Stephen Beke

Stephen Beke is a master of story. Prior to attending Harvard Law School in 2000, Mr. Beke worked as a Hollywood screenwriter for almost a decade-selling a feature film to Paramount Pictures in 1995. He now utilizes his ability to capture an audience to help individuals and companies achieve justice in the courtroom.

Mr. Beke helps litigate all of the Firm’s matters, and heads up the Entertainment and Business Litigation departments . He honed his litigation skills over the past decade working for some of the world’s largest law firms in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mr. Beke has extensive litigation experience in complex individual and class cases. His past clients include Google, Merck, Bank of America, IBM, and many other Fortune 500 corporations.

His experience includes securities and M&A litigation, shareholder derivative actions, antitrust litigation, contract disputes, SEC investigations, securities fraud, copyright litigation, patent, proxy battles, and international law.

Mr. Beke is adept at simplifying complex legal and factual issues to their essence-so they are easily understood, whether his audience is judge or jury. His current practice covers a broad spectrum of legal matters-including personal injury, insurance bad faith, medical malpractice, employment law, class actions, privacy, entertainment and business litigation.

Education:

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, Juris Doctor, 2003
• Oxford University, Oxford, UK, M.Litt., Literae Humaniores (Masters), 1991
• Queens University, B.A. (Distinction) in Philosophy, 1988

Bar Admissions:

• California
• New York
• Ontario, Canada