Lauren Menkes is a transactional entertainment attorney with over 30 years experience handling all aspects of reality, live action, scripted, animation, podcast, streaming, television and motion picture programming representing individuals and companies. She spent most of her career in Los Angeles working as an in-house legal and/or business affairs executive for a major film studio (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation), television studio (Walt Disney Television), television network (Comedy Central), independent production and distribution companies (Vidmark, PorchLight Entertainment), and also represented a variety of talent working as a business affairs executive for United Talent Agency. After moving from California to Maryland, Lauren practiced entertainment law at Wise Entertainment Law, LLC. In the Spring of 2017, Lauren joined Boyarski Fritz LLP. an entertainment law firm with main offices in New York City and Los Angeles, as Senior Counsel, where she works for the firm's celebrity clients (e.g., Th