Jonathan Handel

Jonathan Handel is an American entertainment lawyer, journalist and author.

Jonathan Handel
Jonathan Handel
EducationHarvard University (AB, JD)

He practices entertainment and technology law at TroyGould and currently serves as an executive at WIO.[1][2] He previously served as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA.[3][4] Prior to this, he was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter, and has also written for the Los Angeles Times and Variety.[5][6][7]

Additionally, he has authored five books and is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School and lecturer in law at the USC Gould School of Law.[8][9]

Education and Career

Handel graduated from Harvard College in 1982, and Harvard Law School in 1990.[10][11]

He began his law career clerking for Judge Irving Goldberg on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Dallas, TX.[12]

In 1991, he was selected to serve as a federal associate independent counsel to investigate alleged White House political misconduct related to the search of then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's passport files.[13][14][15][16]

In the months prior to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Handel began publishing a series of blogs on the Huffington Post, leading to him becoming recognized as an expert regarding Hollywood unions.[14][17][18][19]

From 2010 to 2020, Handel was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter.[20][21]

In 2020, he was appointed as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA.[4]

Residuals

Handel is an expert on entertainment royalties, having authored the only book on residuals, and is regularly cited in the media.[22][23][24]

Personal

Handel is the son of late sociologist Gerald S. Handel.

Works
  • Entertainment residuals: a full color guide, Hollywood Analytics, 2014[25]
  • The New Zealand Hobbit crisis: how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit, Hollywood Analytics, 2013[26]
  • Entertainment labor: an interdisciplinary bibliography, Hollywood Analytics, 2013[27]
  • Hollywood on strike!: an industry at war in the internet age, Hollywood Analytics, 2011[28]
  • How to write loi's and term sheets, Jonathan Handel, 2009[29]

References
  1. "entertainment exec". hollywoodreporter.com.
  2. "entertainment exec 1". backstage.com.
  3. "troygould". www.troygould.com.
  4. McNary, Dave (2020-09-09). "SAG-AFTRA Taps Journalist Jonathan Handel as Special Counsel". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  5. Handel, Jonathan (2020-06-19). "Writers Guild Scores $5.25 Million Interest Award From Disney on Fox Animation Residuals". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  6. Handel, Jonathan (2009-06-11). "Why the film biz still has far to go". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  7. "Film school's ties with Matthew Modine face scrutiny in heated SAG-AFTRA election". Los Angeles Times. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  8. "adjunct prof". swlaw.edu.
  9. "law lecturer". usc.edu.
  10. Robb, David (2020-09-09). "Former THR Labor Reporter Jonathan Handel Joins SAG-AFTRA As Outside Special Counsel". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  11. "Jonathan Louis Handel # 150126 - Attorney Licensee Search". apps.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  12. Elliott, William D. (2013). "Judge Irving L. Goldberg and The Federal Tax Law". Texas Tech Law Review: 994.
  13. Giardina, Carolyn (2020-09-09). "SAG-AFTRA Names Jonathan Handel as an Outside Special Counsel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  14. Navarre, Jayne L. (2010). Social.lawyers : transforming business development (2010-2011 ed.). [Eagan, Minn.]: West. ISBN 978-0-314-93267-9. OCLC 698625345.
  15. Johnston, David (1995-12-01). "File Search In 1992 Race Wasn't Illegal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  16. "ref/archive". web.archive.org.
  17. "Was This Strike Necessary? | Which Way, L.A.?". KCRW. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  18. "Directors uncertain about their contract talks". Los Angeles Times. 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  19. "Jonathan Handel | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  20. "reports". muckrack.com.
  21. "Jonathan Handel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  22. Low, Elaine. "Scarlett Johansson's 'Black Widow' lawsuit against Disney could remake studio-talent deals in the streaming era, top Hollywood attorneys say". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  23. "residuals in dictionary". merriam-webster.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020.
  24. Handel, Jonathan (2014). Entertainment residuals : a full color guide. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3935-2. OCLC 932128926.
  25. Handel, Jonathan (2014). Entertainment residuals : a full color guide. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3935-2. OCLC 932128926.
  26. Handel, Jonathan (2013). The New Zealand Hobbit crisis : how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit. Pip Bulbeck, Warner Bros. Los Angeles, Calif.: Hollywood Analytics. ISBN 978-0-615-73100-1. OCLC 824738370.
  27. Handel, Jonathan (2013). Entertainment labor : an interdisciplinary bibliography. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3978-9. OCLC 835633311.
  28. Handel, Jonathan (2011). Hollywood on strike! : an industry at war in the internet age. Los Angeles: Hollywood Analytics. ISBN 978-1-4382-3385-7. OCLC 708263713.
  29. Handel, Jonathan (2009). How to write loi's and term sheets. Los Angeles, CA: Jonathan Handel. ISBN 978-1-4414-7578-7. OCLC 662606582.
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