Alex Weingarten

Managing Partner, Los Angeles
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Georgetown University Law Center
Litigation

Named one of the most influential business leaders in the region by the Los Angeles Business Journal Alex Weingarten is the managing partner of the Los Angeles office at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. He spearheads a high-growth commercial trial practice specializing in entertainment, probate and high-stakes business litigation across California.

Weingarten currently represents Tempo Music in a significant copyright challenge against the hit song Flowers while defending the Brandeis Institute against pervasive campus antisemitism. This record of advocacy extends to protecting the Leonard Cohen Family Trust where he successfully suspended a former business manager and trustee to safeguard the composer’s intellectual property. Capitalizing on this level of expertise he provides strategic counsel for the Optimism Company regarding the confirmed theft of over $10 million by its former executive.