Costa Law Offices is a boutique law firm based in Los Angeles, specializing in entertainment, trial, and business law. With over thirty years of collective experience, the firm stands out for providing high-quality, cost-efficient legal services to creative professionals, businesses, and individuals, combining deep expertise with a personalized, approachable client experience.
The firm prides itself on an individualized approach to representation, serving as trusted counsel and confidants to clients through both opportunities and challenges. Its attorneys bring extensive litigation and transactional experience from both plaintiff and defense perspectives, and are well-suited to act as outside general counsel. Representative clients include major talent agencies, studios, production companies, and high-profile individuals in the entertainment industry.
Services Offered
- Entertainment law (music, motion picture, television, media, advertising)
- Intellectual property management (copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity and privacy)
- Rights clearances and intellectual property development planning
- Litigation (jury trials, bench trials, arbitration, administrative hearings)
- Copyright and trademark infringement litigation
- Employment law (including sexual harassment, disputes, counseling)
- Business litigation (partnership disputes, real estate disputes, false advertising)
- Transactional services (contract drafting, negotiations, licensing agreements)
- Corporate formation and maintenance
- General business counseling
- Internet law
- Privacy procedures
- Agency representation (AFTRA arbitrators, labor commissioner cases)
- Real estate litigation
The firm primarily serves clients in the Los Angeles area and has been recognized with multiple accolades, including Super Lawyer selections for twenty consecutive years. Its founding attorney, Joseph Costa, was also named among LA’s Top 10 Attorneys by the Power Agent Directory.
