LOS ANGELES / NEW YORK—Variety has named Neema Sahni, Ashley Simonsen, Jonathan Sperling and Hardy Ehlers to its 2025 Legal Impact Report. Variety’s Legal Impact Report profiles “Hollywood’s top entertainment attorneys.”
Neema is based in Covington’s Los Angeles office and serves as co-chair of the firm's Entertainment and Media and Commercial Litigation practices. Drawing upon her experience at the firm and her prior experience in-house, she specializes in handling complex commercial disputes for media, technology, and sports clients, and providing practical solutions that help clients manage risk and advance their business goals.
A litigator in Covington’s Los Angeles office, Ashley focuses on defending complex class actions and mass torts in state and federal courts across the country and represents clients in the technology, financial services, and consumer brands industries through all stages of litigation, with a strong track record of success on early dispositive motions. Her practice encompasses advertising, antitrust, consumer protection, and product liability matters.
Jonathan is a trial lawyer in Covington’s New York office with nearly thirty years of experience and chairs the firm’s Music Industry practice. He has represented record companies and publishers in some of the most significant disputes over distribution of content through new media, and is a trusted advisor on their most sensitive legal issues.
A litigator in Covington’s Los Angeles office, Hardy handles complex legal disputes with particular expertise in intellectual property and contract cases in the entertainment industry. He has comprehensive trial, arbitration, and appellate experience, encompassing representations in the entertainment, private equity, life sciences, and technology industries.
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