Wolk & Levine, LLP

Sarah R. Wolk is admitted to practice law in all California state courts and the federal District Court for the Central District of California. She has a strong legal background in litigation, business contracts, intellectual property, employment issues, assisting with insurance claims, and marital agreements. Since her admittance to the California Bar Association, Ms. Wolk has written legal articles for an international publication called E-Commerce Law Report, the California Bar newsletter Workers’ Compensation Quarterly, and the Biederman Blog, an entertainment blog hosted by Southwestern Law School. She was also quoted in an article in the Jewish Journal explaining portions of the California Business and Professions Code.

Ms. Wolk graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelors of Science in Sociology after three years. After graduation she moved to Los Angeles where she worked in a Beverly Hills plaintiff’s law firm for a short period of time prior to attending Southwestern Law School. At Southwestern, she was on the Board of Directors for the Moot Court Honors Program, and was a semi-finalist in national moot court competitions focusing on intellectual property and telecommunications topics.

Jessica N. Trotter is admitted to practice law in all courts in the State of California, as well as the federal District Court for the Central District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has extensive experience in litigation of all types, with an emphasis on business and partnership issues, intellectual property, and soldiers' rights.

Ms. Trotter is a reserve JAG officer with the California State Military Reserve and has helped to pioneer service members' private actions against, among others, financial institutions under the California Military & Veterans Code and USERRA.

Ms. Trotter graduated summa cum laude from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelors of Arts in English. Thereafter, she attended Southwestern Law School and served as an Associate Editor and Contributor for the Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas.

Christopher M. Wheeler counsels clients on a wide range of business and intellectual property issues primarily in the entertainment and consumer products industries. His practice focuses on general business transactions and litigation, with an emphasis in the areas of trademark and copyright counseling, protection and prosecution. Prior to joining Wolk Levine & Trotter, Mr. Wheeler spent a number of years in private practice where he assisted in the representation of a wide variety of clients, including television personalities, a major music festival promoter, and an international sports star.

Mr. Wheeler is a graduate of Louisiana State University and Southwestern Law School. As a law student, Mr. Wheeler was a semi-finalist of the Cardozo BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition, where he was also recognized as 4th Place Oralist overall.

Mr. Wheeler enjoys volunteering as a member of the Brand Bully Basement Advisory Board, which strives to educate the public on the rights and responsibilities of trademark owners in policing their marks.

Memberships

American Bar Association; ABA Forum Committee on Entertainment and Sports Industries; Beverly Hills Bar Association; and the Golden Rasberry Award Foundation ("Razzies").

Of Counsel

With over 37 years of legal experience representing high-technology clients and an extensive background in computer technology, Michael Scott is considered a "pioneer" in the field of information technology (IT) law and public policy. During his lengthy career he has represented many of the top companies in the computer, software, Internet and wireless industries.

Mr. Scott graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a J.D. from UCLA, where he served as a member of the board of directors of the UCLA-Alaska Law Review.

He is a member of the State Bar of California and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He is admitted to practice before numerous United States District Courts in California, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Scott's areas of practice include intellectual property law; domestic and international licensing; and litigation for all types of businesses, from tech start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of six books on intellectual property, computer, multimedia, internet, and telecommunications law, and has published and presented hundreds of papers on related topics at conferences and symposia around the world.

After many years as a member of Southwestern Law School's adjunct faculty, he joined the full-time faculty in 2003. Professor Scott is currently editor-in-chief of The Cyberspace Lawyer and E-Commerce Law Report. He also serves on the advisory boards for British and American publications on law and and technology, and is co-chair of the California State Bar's Intellectual Property Section, Computer/Internet Roundtable.