Our Teams


Elsa Ramo
Managing Partner

At the dealmaking intersection of where content makers meet buyers, financiers and distributors, Elsa Ramo is often at the forefront of first-time deals with emerging and established streamers, guiding her clients into innovative terms that optimize their reach and prevalence in today’s...

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Michelle Chang
Managing Partner

Since joining the Firm in 2010, Michelle has been instrumental in executing Ramo Law’s non-fiction initiative and expanding the department through its representation of clients such as Boardwalk Pictures (“Chef’s Table,” “America’s Sweethearts”), Scout Productions (“Queer Eye”), and Campfire Studios (“The Way Down,” “The Money Game”). Michelle also provides comprehensive business and legal affairs for clients such as...

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Erika Canchola
Partner

In her leadership of production legal for such works as the recent festival films “Oh, Canada” and “Eden,” as well as Skydance’s “Reacher,” “Foundation,” and “Fubar,” Partner Erika Canchola optimizes her clients’ financial, legal and business position in the financing, production and exploitation of their content. Erika serves as outside production counsel for Skydance Television and is currently advising several producers of short- and long-form content slated for theatrical, television and new media platforms.

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Nicole Compas
Partner

Nicole brings her native New Yorker’s touch to Ramo Law PC’s bicoastal representation of Indie productions, writers, producers, and directors by leading the firm’s New York office. She represents numerous clients in projects with Netflix, Apple, Hulu and HBO such as Imagine Documentaries, Concordia and Push It Productions. As production counsel, Nicole Compas leverages...

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Chad Russo
Partner
Chad Russo joined Ramo Law PC in 2014 upon his graduation from Loyola Law School Los Angeles, after having worked as an intern for the firm since 2013. Formerly, he worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment and interned with The Walt Disney Company and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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Zev Raben
Partner
Providing guidance and advice to financiers and distribution companies, Zev Raben brings his depth of legal experience to bear for his clients in all aspects of their varied businesses. While his practice is primarily focused on representing financiers and distribution companies, Zev also assists producers...
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Sean Pope
Partner

Sean works with producers and production companies focusing on all aspects of production legal services from development to distribution, with a particular focus towards documentaries and docu-series. He serves as counsel for Emmy award-winning companies Boardwalk Pictures (“Chef’s Table”)...

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Robin Hilman
Of Counsel
With over twenty years of entertainment business and legal affairs experience, Robin Hilman serves as Of Counsel at Ramo Law where she advises clients in all general entertainment matters, including on all above the line guild issues. Recent projects she’s worked on include Guy Ritchie’s THE...
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Lindsey Wagner
Of Counsel
With a background in litigation and transactional matters for both employees and employers, Lindsey Wagner brings her previous employment attorney experience to Ramo Law, advising clients on, amongst other matters, employment deals, employment and severance agreements, and all employment compliance...
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Elliot Hill
Senior Associate

Elliot Hill brings his expertise as a corporate attorney in London and Los Angeles to provide strategic advice and counsel to film producers, financiers, and media entrepreneurs. Elliot focuses on supporting producers in optimizing corporate structures to manage a project’s intellectual property rights, ownership, control, and recoupment. Projects range from...

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Geoff Lee
Senior Associate

Drawing on his background as a creative producer, Geoff Lee focuses his legal practice on facilitating his clients’ vision, providing them with the legal tools to actualize their ideas for mediums of all types. Lee is general counsel for unscripted and premium docu-series production companies such as Scout...

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Michael Peters
Senior Associate

As a legal professional, academic, and art enthusiast, Michael focuses his career on the complex and nuanced interplays between media, formats, and mediums of the modern entertainment industry. With a specialty in music rights management, media financing, and dispute resolution, Michael is uniquely positioned to advise and advocate for...

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Mary Trier
Senior Associate

Mary Trier works primarily with production companies and creators on film and television projects, directing clients through varied development stages, whether it be through industry norms or complex chain of title issues. She oversees business and legal affairs at Imagine Entertainment...

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Jackie Ward
Senior Associate
Jackie Ward is a valued asset to her clients, representing producers and production companies with a focus on rights grants, acquisitions, and clearances. Her expertise spans a complex chain of title, life rights, and fair use matters, guiding clients through every stage of a production’s life cycle. Jackie’s clientele includes the Emmy-award winning projects “Girls State," Skydance Sports’ “American Dream” and CNN’s “Have I Got News for You."
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Ana Arounian
Associate
As an associate at Ramo Law, Ana Arounian supports clients in all stages of their production legal needs. Focusing on all aspects of projects in the production legal space, Ana’s practice includes rights and clearance legal services as well as production legal services for both scripted and nonfiction productions.
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Blayne DeGiovanni
Associate

Blayne DeGiovanni provides production legal and development counsel for scripted and unscripted projects and offers a tailored and creative approach when working with clients. In her time at Ramo Law, Blayne has had the privilege of working on films, TV series and specials such as “Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs” from All Things Comedy on Netflix, the 2024 Sundance premiere “Alok,” and the Emmy-award winning program “Girls State”. She also recently provided...

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Anthony Glukhov
Associate

Anthony Glukhov joins the Ramo Law team with an extensive background in the unscripted space, having served as lead production counsel for game, historical, travel, and true crime shows at all stages in the project life cycle. In his previous role at Critical Content, LLC he served in a business affairs capacity...

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Cailin Grantham
Associate

Cailin Grantham’s interest and enthusiasm for entertainment singularly equips her for her role as an Associate at Ramo Law. Her Mexican-American background gives her a unique and deep-rooted love and admiration for art, music, and media, which she was able to further foster through her previous positions at the Getty Museum, the Guggenheim Gallery, and small non-profit children’s museums. She gained...

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Laura LaBrecque
Associate

Laura LaBrecque primarily focuses her practice on production legal for all types of productions, ranging from high profile nonfiction and docu-series to low budget independent narrative and documentary films. Laura attentively supports both new and experienced production companies and producers as they navigate every phase of the production process. An avid sports fan, Laura specializes in ...

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Tatiana Perez
Associate

An East Los Angeles native, Tatiana Perez works as part of the production legal team, assisting primarily on unscripted and scripted productions. Tatiana graduated cum laude from California State University, Los Angeles with a degree in English, and worked as a legal assistant to a business litigator prior to...

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Cooper Ward
Associate

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Cooper graduated the University of Georgia as an English and Philosophy double major. He then moved to the West Coast to pursue a Juris Doctorate from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law. During his study, Cooper interned with a talent-side entertainment...

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Heather Yonkers
Associate

With production legal experience in both New York and Los Angeles, Heather Yonkers focuses on legal and distribution work for various production companies, which includes guiding financiers and distributors. Heather is particularly attuned to the talent perspective when drafting contracts and agreements...

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Josh Neubarth
Associate

Josh Neubarth joins the production legal team at Ramo Law where he represents production companies in all aspects of development, finance, production, as well as rights clearances and acquisitions for both scripted and non-scripted projects. Josh draws on his invaluable experiences in entertainment and intellectual property law to guide...

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Alexis Whitaker
Associate

Alexis Whitaker is a dynamic attorney with a specialization in film finance, production legal, and content distribution deals. Leveraging a strong foundation in corporate law, Alexis offers a unique perspective to entertainment clients...

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Tiffany Boyle
President

For over 15 years, Tiffany Boyle has leveraged her business-oriented sales and packaging skills to bring hundreds of films and documentaries to fruition. Through her critical review of content and strategic use of Ramo Law resources, Tiffany creates successful content...

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Stuart Arbury
VP of Packaging & Sales

Stuart Arbury joined Ramo Law in 2017 as a television executive before becoming Vice President of Packaging and Sales in 2021. In his role he collaborates with clients to review, develop, package, and take-out series projects, both scripted and unscripted. Stuart draws on...

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Nicole McLendon
Creative Executive, Packaging & Sales

With a BFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University, Nicole’s knowledge of story, writing, and the Film & TV industry uniquely equips her in her role as the Packaging and Sales department’s Creative Executive. Nicole supports the team in reviewing, developing, and...

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Stephanie Brown
Chief Operating Officer

Stephanie Brown joined Ramo Law in 2017 as Account Manager and was promoted to Operations Manager in 2019 and Head of Operations in 2021. As Head of Operations, she handles day-to-day business operations for the firm including financial management at the firm. Through this lens, she...

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Ady Pié
Project Manager
As Ramo Law’s Project Manager, Ady Pié combines her experience in film and theater to provide a creative, business-minded perspective when onboarding new clients, and offers a resource to clients in the day to day management of their legal matters...
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Rosario Alvarado
Accounting Manager
Rosario Alvarado has been working in the Accounting Field for over 25 years, handling new and elevated challenges as they arise. . As a first-generation Latina born and raised in Santa Monica, Rosario is a dedicated and passionate individual who brings...
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Sarah Gingrich
Director of Client Relations
As the Director of Client Relations at Ramo Law, Sarah specializes in discerning the unique requirements of incoming clients and expertly directing them to the appropriate department. With combined efforts from the project management department, Sarah...
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