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Marissa M. Mulligan

Marissa
Mulligan

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

mmulligan@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 213.229.7240

FAX:+1 213.229.6240

Los Angeles

333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation Appellate and Constitutional Law Intellectual Property Media, Entertainment and Technology

BIOGRAPHY

Marissa Moshell Mulligan is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and in its Media, Entertainment & Technology, and Appellate and Constitutional Law Groups.

Ms. Mulligan has represented clients in complex commercial litigation in both the trial courts and on appeal.  She has experience litigating all stages of disputes, including in the areas of breach of contract, profit participation, and defamation.

Recent representative matters include:

  • Representing AMC in profit participation and breach of contract litigations concerning the television series The Walking Dead.
  • Representing Rachel Maddow, MSNBC, NBCUniversal, and Comcast in a defamation case brought by the owner of a television network.
  • Representing Joy Reid in a defamation action.
  • Representing Ashley Judd in her action against Harvey Weinstein.
  • Representing a major entertainment company in a breach of contract dispute concerning a television series.
  • Representing a major entertainment company in a profit participations dispute concerning a television franchise.
  • Representing HBO against claims filed by Michael Jackson’s Estate over the documentary Leaving Neverland.
  • Representing EMI in a dispute regarding music publishing royalties.

Ms. Mulligan earned her law degree in 2017 from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated magna cum laude, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. At Georgetown, Ms. Mulligan served as the Online Development Editor for the American Criminal Law Review and President of the Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance, Law Division. Ms. Mulligan graduated cum laude in 2014 from Georgetown University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, Psychology, and Film Studies.

Ms. Mulligan is admitted to practice law in the State of California, and is admitted to practice law before the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

EDUCATION

Georgetown University - 2017 Juris Doctor

Georgetown University - 2014 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Article - August 25, 2021 | Ninth Circuit Unanimously Affirms First Amendment Protection for Rachel Maddow’s “Paid Russian Propaganda” Commentary
Client Alert - March 18, 2021 | Media, Entertainment and Technology Litigation Update – March 2021
Client Alert - February 2, 2021 | Media, Entertainment and Technology Group 2020 Year-End Review
Client Alert - October 8, 2020 | Media, Entertainment and Technology Group – Fall 2020 Update
Client Alert - January 19, 2018 | Media, Entertainment and Technology Group – 2017 Year-End Update
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