Cardozo congratulates the eight alumni who were named to Variety's 2022 Legal Impact Report, which includes the top attorneys winning cases and making deals in Hollywood: Jason Boyarski '00, Brad Cohen '05, Vejay Lalla '00, Alexis Robinson '08, Marc Simon '01, Julie Swidler '82, Rachel Strom '06 and Monika Tashman '00.
Boyarski, Robinson, Simon, Swidler and Tashman made the list for the second year in a row. Recently, Cardozo was ranked seventh on The Hollywood Reporter's List of Top Schools for Music Lawyers and also had nine alumni named to Billboard's 2022 Top Music Lawyers List.
Many of these alumni studied at Cardozo's FAME Center. Through its unique access to companies and professionals throughout the fashion, arts, media and entertainment industries, the FAME Center provides unprecedented training and development opportunities relating to the representation of businesses driven by the creative process.
The FAME Center provides unique value on the intersection of law and business in the fashion, performing and visual arts, entertainment, sports, industrial design, media, and film and streaming industries and builds on Cardozo’s core intellectual property curriculum focused on trademark, copyright and patent and privacy law. Faculty and FAME Board members sponsor events with industry leaders on topics including employment law, technology, digital media, finance, tax, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and enforcement. The curriculum has unparalleled subject-specific offerings critical to success in creative industries.