LOS ANGELES—Variety has named Neema Sahni to its 2026 Women’s Impact Report, recognizing the most influential women shaping the entertainment industry. She is one of only four law firm honorees.
Neema is based in Covington’s Los Angeles office and serves as co-chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Entertainment & Media practices, as well as co-chair of the firm’s Music Industry Initiative and vice-chair of the Sports Industry Group. Drawing upon her experience at the firm and her prior experience in-house at The Walt Disney Company, she litigates complex disputes across the sports, media, technology, and entertainment industries and serves as trusted counsel for some of the industry’s biggest names.
She has handled an array of complex commercial matters, ranging from royalty disputes to copyright and trademark infringement, defamation, consumer class actions, and licensing and distribution-related litigation. Alongside an active litigation docket, she maintains a robust counseling and advisory practice, assisting sports teams and leagues, television networks, music and tech companies, and film studios to assess and mitigate their litigation risk in the context of high-stakes business transactions. Neema has been recognized in Variety’s Legal Impact Report six times, as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers, as one of Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers six times, and as one of Forbes’ America’s Top Lawyers twice. She has also been named a finalist for The Recorder’s Entertainment Lawyer of the Year award three times, one of California’s Top Women Lawyers by the Daily Journal, and is ranked by Chambers and Partners in the Media & Entertainment: Litigation category.
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