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

  • Prominent entertainment attorney representing top actors, writers, directors and producers in feature film and television
  • First woman honored as Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Beverly Hills Bar Association in 1997
  • Obtained her BA and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles, with academic honors including Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa
  • Board Member of Painted Turtle, the West Coast sister camp to the Boggy Creek Gang Camp founded by Paul Newman; active with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles; and is a Founding Member of Hollywood Habitat for Humanity