Leigh Brecheen

Leigh represents top writers, directors and actors as well as leading television production companies, talent management organizations and multimedia companies. Read Less Among her powerful clients are on camera talent such as John Oliver, Conan O'Brien, Jenny McCarthy, Mel Gibson, Rob Delaney (Catastrophe), Iliza Shlesinger (Last Comic Standing), Jamie Lee (Crashing), Julian McMahon (FBI Most Wanted); award-winning writers and directors such as Jon Cassar (24), Anne Kenney (Outlander), Martha Williamson (Touched by an Angel), Brent Friedman (Mortal Kombat II, Tomb Raider , Afterworld ), and production companies such as Davis Entertainment Television (Blacklist), Plan B Television (the OA, Sweetbitter, Americanah, Third Day), Serendipity Point Films (Barney's Version, Eastern Promises, Being Julia, The Statement, The Sweet Hereafter), Conaco (Final Space, People of Earth, Conan, The Pete Holmes Show), Atmosphere Entertainment (Power) and Avalon Television (Catastrophe, Last Week Tonight, Workaholics, Taskmaster). Leigh began her California legal career serving five years at O'Melveny & Meyers. After a short stint out of private practice as VP of Business Affairs for NBC Entertainment, she joined Bloom, Dekom, Hergott as head of the television department. At the beginning of 2020 after the retirement of Jake Bloom and Alan Hergott, she started a new firm with a some of her partners called Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson. Born and raised in Arizona, Leigh received her B.A. from Mills College and graduated Cum Laude from The Sandra O'Conner College of Law (ASU) where she served on the Law Review as a writer and topics editor. She is a member of the Arizona, New York and California State Bars and was recently profiled in The Hollywood Reporter's Power Lawyers 2019 and 2020 issues, as well as in Variety's 2017 and 2020 Dealmakers Impact Report. She has also been featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal in their "Who's Who in L.A. Law" Special Report, in Elle Magazine's "The PowerList:TheMadWomen,theTwilighters,andTeamConan"and hasrepeatedlybeenelected as one of Southern California's Super Lawyers by Los Angeles Magazine. She has also been chosen as a Who's Who of American Women and a Who's Who of American Lawyers and is currently on the board of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society. She served a 4 year term as the Chair of the Motion Picture, Television, Cable and Radio Division of the American Bar Association Forum on Entertainment and Sports and is an emeritus board member of the UCLA Entertainment Symposium which she also chaired for two years. A member of the Women in Film and Television, the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, she is a frequent lecturer and has authored various articles on television and related businesses. Leigh is active in civic and charitable causes. Married and the mother of two children, Leigh is also an avid polo player.