Latham Honored in Variety’s 2025 Legal Impact Report
Five Century City partners recognized for their outstanding achievements and success in shaping the entertainment legal landscape.
Jessica Stebbins Bina, a seasoned trial lawyer, represents media, entertainment, and technology companies in complex, high-stakes, and reputationally sensitive disputes and investigations.
Jessica counsels clients from the earliest stages of investigation through trial and appeal in state and federal courts. She has tried complex cases to successful jury verdicts, and regularly achieves client victories in arbitration and mediation. She has also litigated numerous cases through successful appeals. She draws on extensive litigation experience to assist clients in obtaining early, favorable settlements.
Jessica regularly represents clients in the film, television, music, radio, and internet industries. She also works with clients in the sports, technology, video game, and real estate sectors.
In addition to her litigation practice, Jessica counsels clients facing reputational risk, coordinating structural advice and public relations to reduce exposure.
Jessica's professional experience includes defending clients against a range of complex claims, including copyright, trademark, contract, fiduciary breach, privacy, and fraud claims as well as complex tort actions involving novel issues of employer liability and respondeat superior.
Jessica established her reputation as a skilled trial lawyer representing concert promoter AEG Live in the six-month wrongful death jury trial brought by Michael Jackson’s family, including defending that case on appeal through the family’s attempts to take the case to the California Supreme Court. The verdict was named one of the top 10 most significant defense verdicts of the year by the nation’s leading legal journalists.
Other recent representations include:
Five Century City partners recognized for their outstanding achievements and success in shaping the entertainment legal landscape.
Latham team earned recognition for knocking out claims against client Endeavor Holding Group in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Entertainment, Sports & Media team profiled in Variety’s annual Legal Impact Report.