Ken Hertz

Senior Partner, Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP (Los Angeles)

Ken Hertz is a Managing Partner in the Beverly Hills law firm of Goldring, Hertz and Lichtenstein LLP, specialising in representing talent in the entertainment industries.

The firm’s clients include Will Smith, Destiny’s Child, Beyonce Knowles, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt, Hillary Duff and Alanis Morissette. Prior to joining the firm, Hertz was Vice President, Music – Business and Legal Affairs – for The Walt Disney Company. Hertz is also a Principal in Membrain, an entertainment marketing strategy consulting firm that consults a number of firms engaged in businesses operating in the entertainment content, technology and marketing industries (including Hasbro, Alliance Entertainment, BMG and The Estate of Elvis Presley, Def Jam and Paul Frank Industries). Hertz is a frequent speaker on the subjects of entertainment, convergence and technology, and has been an instructor at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management. Hertz is also active in various causes and in December 2002 he, and his partner Fred Goldring, received the ACLU’s Bill of Rights Award for their extraordinary commitment to social justice.