Gary Stiffelman
Founding Director of The Private Bank of California
Attorney and Partner with Ziffren Brittenham LLP in Century City

  • Represents or has represented some of the most prominent recording artists in the world, has been counsel for significant independent record labels, and has been involved in ground-breaking transactions in music publishing
  • Currently an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA School of Law teaching Music Industry Law, since 2008. He was also an Adjunct Professor at UCLA for three years in the 1980’s teaching The Practice of Entertainment Law.
  • Named by the Hollywood Reporter as one of the 100 Power Lawyers in the Entertainment Industry each year since 2007
  • Received a BS in Pre-medical Studies from Kansas University, a MA in Film from the University of Southern California, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was Chief Comments Editor of the UCLA Law Review
  • Member of the University of California at Los Angeles Entertainment Law Symposium Executive Committee since 1976; Member of the Advisory Board of NARAS' Entertainment Law Initiative since its inception in 2001; President of the Music and Entertainment Committee for the City of Hope; and member of the Executive Board of the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program