Valente Law

VALENTE LAW: Introduction

Located in Beverly Hills, California, Valente Law counsels individuals and companies on a wide range of business and immigration transactional matters, predominantly in the entertainment industry. By limiting the practice of law to the areas of entertainment and immigration, Valente Law can more competently stay abreast of the latest nuances and developments in the law that continually arise in these rapidly changing areas. The firm's specialization in entertainment and immigration offers unique counsel to individuals and companies engaged in global business and/or working with foreign personnel, and requiring legal expertise in both areas.

A small boutique firm, Valente Law is committed to providing affordable, high quality legal services tailored to meet client needs and aimed at providing a more direct working relationship, including attorney accessibility and more personal involvement than traditional, full-service high-profile firms typically offer their clients.

Solution-driven and result-oriented. Valente Law focuses on the solutions the firm can provide the particular client under the particular facts and circumstances, identifying the objectives of each client and immediately focusing on achieving these objectives. To this end, Valente Law helps the client, whether corporate or individual, understand in simple terms how Valente Law can help the client navigate or resolve the particular issue or legal problem.

Reasonable fees and costs. Valente Law is able to charge clients lower fees and costs than can larger firms with higher overhead. Valente Law meets the needs of clients who require a broad range of services by working with other attorneys or referrals for matters outside the scope of Valente Law's practice.

Conflicts of interest easier to handle. Conflicts of interest, which tend to arise often in the entertainment and immigration areas of law, are easier to handle. Generally-speaking, a law firm cannot handle legal matters that give rise to a non-waivable conflict of interest between clients of the firm. Depending on the size of the community and industry involved, the larger the law firm, the more likely there are to be conflicts of interest.

Principal:

Pamela Forster ..... pamelaf@valentelaw.net

Pamela Forster is an alumni of the University of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.), where she earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and Western State University College of Law, where she earned the degree of Juris Doctor. A former actor, Ms. Forster has nearly a decade of combined experience in the areas of entertainment and immigration. She cares about her clients and takes pride in providing personal attention and strong results-oriented representation in as simplified and straightforward a manner as possible. Ms. Forster presently serves as Co-Chair of the Entertainment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the largest organization of entertainment law attorneys in the world. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the national immigration association of approximately 10,000 attorneys and law professors established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members.

Ms. Forster is a member of a number of other esteemed professional, business, and industry organizations and has organized and participated in numerous seminars, many of which are noted below.

License:

Admitted to the Bar of the State of California. Admitted to practice in all courts of the State and in the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Authorized under Federal Law to represent clients in every immigration office in the United States and in every U.S. Consulate/Embassy worldwide.

Professional, Business and Industry Affiliations :

Member, American Bar Association (Entertainment/Sports Industries Forum, Literary Publishing Committee, Intellectual and International Law Sections)
Member, American Immigration Lawyers of America (AILA)
Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law and Immigration Law Sections)
Member, Beverly Hills Bar Association (Co-chair of the Entertainment Law Section)
Member, Film Independent (f/n/a Independent Feature Project West)
Member, Women in Film
Member, Cinewomen

Past Seminars:

Drafting Collaboration Agreements Across the Film, Television, and Music Industries and Ethical Considerations Beverly Hills Bar Association (2006)

Immigration Law and Foreign Artists, Entertainers, & Other Members of the Entertainment Industry Beverly Hills Bar Association (2005)

Using Other People's Money: Soft Coin, Incentives and other Alternative Film Financing Options Available to Producers Beverly Hills Bar Association (2004)

Combat in Action: The Global Film Piracy Crisis Beverly Hills Bar Association (2003)

The Reality T.V. Phenomenon: To Be Or Not To Be? The dynamics of reality T.V. programming from a Producer, Attorney and Player's Perspective Beverly Hills Bar Association (2003)

Fair Use of Film Clips - Fact or Fiction? Beverly Hills Bar Association (2001)

BOOT CAMP: Current Issues in Motion Picture & Television Production Beverly Hills Bar Association (2001)

Foreign Languages: French, Italian

Office Location/Contact Information:

468 N. Camden Drive. Suite 268N
Beverly Hills, California 90210
Tele: 310.785.9531Fax: 310.694.9120vl@valentelaw.net

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Valente Law is located on N. Camden Drive at the corner of S. Santa Monica Boulevard in downtown Beverly Hills (see map). Ample parking is available on S. Santa Monica Boulevard and on N. Camden Drive, in the office building, and adjacent City of Beverly Hills parking lots (1 hour free parking).

Please contact Valente Law if you would like to arrange a consultation to discuss a legal matter or inquire more about services provided.
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