Legal leader makes move in 'Lord of the Rings' sequel.Suzanna Rosencrans figured it would be best to quit New Line Entertainment while she was ahead. After five years as de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. director of legal affairs for the "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Rosencrans, who was senior vice president of business and legal affairs, has returned to private practice as attorney of counsel in entertainment law at Katz Golden & Sullivan LLP's Los Angeles office. "Having done this project, and returning to the plain vanilla Refers to the bare minimum of functions that are known to be available in an application or system. Contrast with bells and whistles. (in-house) entertainment practice would seem like such a letdown," she said. But the new position brings more variety. "I can represent book authors who are negotiating with publishing companies or selling rights to TV or film, TV production companies involved in casting, actors, infomercial companies, and of course screenwriters." She also gets to spend more time with her two children at her home in Beverly Hills while working 3 1/2 days a week at Katz Golden. She said the greatest challenge in working on the "Rings" series was making three major films at once. "What was so risky and scary about 'Lord of the Rings' was that we were doing three films and we didn't know if the first one would work," she said. Rosencrans, now 41, grew up on Long Island and studied English literature at Brown University with plans to make a career in TV and film production. She worked at public station WNET Wnet Windows Networking WNET Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training WNET Wireless Network in New York and other public TV stations during college, and for the New York office of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. as coordinator of international productions and sales after graduating in 1984. After two years as a producer of books-on-tape at Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , Rosencrans went to Columbia Law School Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. . She moved to Los Angeles right after law school to practice entertainment law at Loeb & Loeb LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol in 1990. She moved to Hansen Jacobson, Teller & Hoberman LLP in 1992 and to New Line in 1995. |
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