Sarah Moses is a partner in the Firm’s industry-leading Manatt Entertainment group and focuses her practice on a variety of complex litigation and commercial disputes. Sarah represents media, entertainment and technology clients in copyright, trademark, right of publicity, First Amendment, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) matters, among others.

Her representative matters within the entertainment sector have included: securing the dismissal of copyright, trademark and unfair competition claims on behalf of a fitness entrepreneur and obtaining a significant attorneys’ fees award; representing a prominent influencer in a dispute involving claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), federal securities laws and state law related to a cryptocurrency project; serving as lead counsel for an international music publisher and record label on multiple intellectual property (IP)-related matters, including nuanced fair use questions; guiding a major talent agency in an antitrust action; representing a grunge band in a copyright and trademark dispute with a fashion designer; and counseling a sports agency in contract disputes with professional athletes.

Sarah’s representative matters outside the entertainment industry include: securing two concurrent summary judgment victories for a digital real estate platform on claims of rescission, financial elder abuse and unfair competition law (UCL) violations; prevailing at trial for a telecommunications company in a breach of contract dispute worth more than $20 million; and prevailing on motions to dismiss in three concurrently pending arbitrations related to claims of age and gender discrimination on a dating app, including complex First Amendment, Commerce Clause and preemption defenses.

Sarah has extensive hands-on experience researching, writing, and arguing dispositive and other substantive motions in state and federal courts, and she works closely with clients to develop and manage case strategies. She regularly serves as the primary advisor to clients on their most sensitive business matters.

Her pro bono experience has included participating in the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission’s investigation of “sheriff deputy gangs” and spearheading the representation of a transgender inmate in an Arizona state prison, including briefing and oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

She began her legal career as a judicial extern to the Honorable David J. Cowan, Los Angeles Superior Court.