Diana Palacios

Counsel

T 213.633.6828 Los Angeles
Helping content creators create.
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Diana Palacios focuses her practice on media, First Amendment, and intellectual property litigation and counseling. In her practice, she works on a range of matters, including defamation, records and courtroom access, privacy, right-of-publicity, false advertising, copyright, and trademark issues. She also provides pre-publication and pre-broadcast counseling in both English and Spanish for studios, television networks, production companies, and newspapers.

Practice Highlights

Media litigation

Defending intellectual property and content-tort claims in state and federal courts, and has experience resolving cases through mediation and arbitration.

Pre-broadcast and production counseling and IP advice

Counseling producers and distributors of feature-length films, documentaries, television series, and video games regarding right-of-publicity, life rights, copyright, trademark, and defamation issues, often on projects that tackle sensitive topics and involve substantial fair-use issues. Representative projects include "Wild Wild Country," "Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On," "The Story of Diana," "Open House," "Rick and Morty," "@midnight," "Guy's Grocery Games," "Guy’s Big Project," "Face Off," "Easy," and "WAGS: Wives and Girlfriends of Professional Athletes."

Latin America production and distribution counseling

Advising on mitigating risks associated with filming, producing, and distributing in Latin America, including counseling on rights, pre-broadcast issues, and advertising. Representative projects include "Destino Russia," "Chumel con Chumel Torres," "Luis Miguel: La Serie," and "Nicky Jam: El Ganador."

Admitted to Practice

  • California

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2012
    • Lead Article Editor and Style Editor, Law Review
    • Founding Executive Editor, Voice newspaper
    • President, American Constitution Society
    • Women’s Law Society
    • National Lawyers Guild
  • B.A., Politics, Pomona College, 2009
    • Latina Achievement of Excellence Award

Languages

  • Spanish

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Lecturer in First Amendment, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2018-2019
    • Lecturer in Introduction to California Federal Local Rules & Filings, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2019
    • Co-author of ABA Forum on Communications Law Moot Court Competition Hypothetical, 2015

Professional Recognition

    • Selected to "Southern California Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2020
    • Featured in the Up Next section of "Variety’s 2019 Legal Impact Report"

Background

    • Law Clerk, Hon. John A. Mendez, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California,  Sacramento, Calif., 2012-2014
    • Legal Intern, National Lawyers Guild, Law Office of Carol Sobel, Santa Monica, Calif., 2010-2012
    • Research Assistant to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, 2011-2012
    • Extern, Hon. Dolly Gee, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2011
    • Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine, Los Angeles, 2011
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