Walter Mosley (lawyer)

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Walter Mosley is an American lawyer who specializes in entertainment, media and technology at Mosley and Associates. [1] [2] [3] [4] Mosley represented Blac Chyna in a law suit against Kim Kardashian in 2018. [5] [6] [7] [8] As the case progressed in court, Mosley reportedly received threats to life from unnamed persons on social media platform, Instagram for leading the case against Kardashian. [9]  In 2017, Mosley was the attorney who represented DeMario Jackson, a contestant in Bachelor In Paradise show on ABC’s dating series in a ligation against abrupt shutting down of the program. [10] [11] [12] He is a graduate of Harvard Law School. [13]

Education and career

Mosley earned a first degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan (1996–2000) and later received an MSc in information, economics and management, majoring in incentive-centered design.[ citation needed ] He holds a JD from Harvard Law School (2005).  He is a member of the California and New York states bars as well as the Federal Tax Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. [1]

He began his legal career as a clerk to Judge Damon J. Keith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. His legal practice centered on Labor & Employment, Corporate Transactions, Entertainment, Hospitality and Real Estate. Mosley represents Debbie Allen Dance Academy – a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. [14] Before venturing into entertainment and media law practice, he spent four years as a corporate lawyer in the Los Angeles and New York offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and was Head of Business Affairs and General Counsel at Smith Global, Inc. (a Smith Family entertainment company) for two years.[ citation needed ]

He had a stint in engineering profession when he worked with Intel Corporation as a chip designer and software engineer and later moved to telecommunication firms in Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. [13]

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