For 20 years, Elsa Ramo has been at the intersection of entertainment law and content innovation, architecting groundbreaking deals for industry disruptors and major studios alike.  She guides her clients into innovative terms that optimize their reach and prevalence with reputable velocity. In an era where content comes in an increasing number of forms, Ramo’s ability to successfully monetize the deal for her clients sets her apart on this evolving frontier. Ramo provides comprehensive legal services to producers, financiers, creators, and owners of film, television, and digital content and projects across a range of budgets and production levels. She established her own law firm to enable up-and-coming filmmakers and producers to bring their stories to life.

In her leadership of production legal for such works as the recent festival films Oh, Canada and Eden as well as Skydance’s Reacher, Foundation, and FUBAR, Partner Erika Canchola optimizes her clients’ financial, legal and business position in the financing, production and exploitation of their content. Canchola serves as outside production counsel for Skydance Television and currently advises several producers of short- and long-form content slated for theatrical, television and new media platforms.

Nicole Compas brings her native New Yorker’s touch to RAMO’s bicoastal representation of indie productions, writers, producers, and directors by leading the firm’s New York office. She represents clients in projects with Netflix, Apple, Hulu and HBO such as Imagine Documentaries, Concordia and Push It Productions. As production counsel, Compas leverages her dealmaker skills for clients working across platforms on the East and West coasts. Her credits over the past decade span more than 100 independent films, TV series and specials, new media, documentaries and music, including Jim Henson: Idea Man, Girls State, Diarra From Detroit, The Dynasty: New England Patriots, Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman, Frida, Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer, Unstoppable, and Beasts of the Southern Wild, the winner of a Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.

Providing guidance and advice to financiers and distribution companies, Zev Raben brings his depth of legal experience to bear for his clients in all aspects of their varied businesses. Recently, Raben has done financing legal work on Terrifier 3, which debuted number one in the domestic box office, Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman of the Hour (TIFF Premiere in 2023, which debuted #1 on Netflix), and Fing!, featuring Taika Waititi based on the David Williams’ children’ book of the same title. While his practice is primarily focused on representing financiers and distribution companies, Raben also assists producers in all areas of their creative pursuits. He has worked with producers whose films have been recognized by Cannes Film Festival, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and nominated for Independent Spirit Awards. His experience as an entertainment litigator equips him well to identify potential issues early on in transactions. 

Chad Russo counsels production and distribution for companies such as Unified Pictures and Citizen Jones, and has worked on films such as Fury and Dragged Across Concrete. His focus on developing emerging media is especially useful to the firm. Russo has represented podcast producers and creators for critically acclaimed podcasts such as Limetown, The Wilderness, Black List, and Guys We F***ed, with associated companies such as Crooked Media, Luminary, Ninth Planet, Paragon Collective, and Action Park Media.

Anthony Glukhov provides his clients with business and legal affairs expertise in nonfiction and scripted film and television series, podcasts, and short-form content, working with production companies like Boardwalk Pictures (Paul American, Chef’s Table, Welcome to Wrexham), Abu-Dhabi based Image Nation (Hokum, The Vile, Late Night with the Devil, Watcher), Imagine Documentaries (Earnhardt), and Park Pictures (Soul Patrol—premiering at Sundance 2026) as well as independent directors, producers, writers, and other content creators. Glukhov’s breadth of experience allows him to be instrumental to solving the needs of his clients throughout various stages of projects, from development, financing, production, and post-production to final delivery and distribution.

Elliot Hill brings his expertise as a corporate attorney in London and Los Angeles to provide strategic advice and counsel to film producers, financiers, and media entrepreneurs. Hill focuses on supporting producers in optimizing corporate structures to manage a project’s intellectual property rights, ownership, control, and recoupment. Projects range from single picture vehicles for first time filmmakers, to complex film funds investing in a portfolio of projects and multi-party joint ventures for media-adjacent initiatives. Hill also works with film financiers to structure equity and debt funding on projects, more significant loan syndication transactions, and tax credit financing. Hill combines industry expertise with a business practical approach to enable filmmakers to navigate the corporate landscape and focus on their creative endeavors.  Hill is licensed to practice law in both California and England & Wales. 

Geoff Lee is a former creative producer turned attorney who helps clients bring their ideas to life across all media platforms. As general counsel to companies like Scout Productions, Skydance Sports, The Comedy Store, and Boardwalk Pictures, he negotiates major deals and supports high-profile projects including Welcome to Wrexham, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, and America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys.  Lee also specializes in brand partnerships, connecting entertainment with consumer products for properties like Chef’s Table and Queer Eye. He represented Boardwalk Pictures in its minority stake sale to Shamrock Capital and was named a Legal Visionary by the Los Angeles Times and one of Variety’s Hollywood New Leaders in 2022.  His writing has been featured in Georgetown University’s Entertainment and Media Alliance Law Review. 

Legal professional, academic, and art enthusiast, Michael Peters focuses on the complex and nuanced interplays between media, formats, and mediums of the modern entertainment industry. With a specialty in music rights management, media financing, and dispute resolution, Peters is uniquely positioned to advise and advocate for modern artists, content creators, and entrepreneurs who wish to build their brand and media presence empire.  Peters represents a wide variety of clients in negotiating complex agreements and disputes relating to music production, music distribution, media finance, music publishing and administration, film and TV production and distribution, multi-media licensing, and generative artificial intelligence. 

A rising force in entertainment law, Jackie Ward redefines how producers and production companies in independent film and television do business. With a deep understanding of the industry and a forward-thinking legal mind, she brings an innovative, fresh perspective to every deal. Her clients appreciate her individualistic and strategic collaboration, meeting them at the inflection point of all things legal and creative. In addition to her work at RAMO, Ward represents Breaking Through the Lens, a non-profit that provides secure avenues to finance films by way of grants, curated meetings, and industry mentorship for any filmmaker who experiences marginalization due to nonconforming gender stereotypes.

Blayne DeGiovanni provides production legal and development counsel for scripted and unscripted projects and offers a tailored and creative approach when working with production companies as well as independent producers, writers, and other creators.  From her experience on the talent and management side, managing the global contracts department of a booking agency in live and streaming performances, television production, and other commercial project, Blayne's 360-degree review of contracts helps our clients identify and address risks.  In her time at Ramo, Blayne has provided production legal for 2025 Cannes Premiere The Plague, 2025 Tribeca Premiere Yanuni, and 2024 TIFF premiere Relay.  She has also had the privilege of working on projects such as Ronny Chieng: Love to Hate It, Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall, and Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things on Netflix, Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years on Hulu, Emmy-award winning program Girls State, and 2024 Sundance premiere Alok.

Cailin Grantham’s interest and enthusiasm for entertainment singularly equips her for her role as an Associate at RAMO. Her Mexican-American background gives her a unique and deep-rooted love and admiration for art, music, and media, which she was able to further foster through her previous positions at the Getty Museum, the Guggenheim Gallery, and small non-profit children’s museums. She gained copyright, trademark, and entertainment law experience during her tenure as a law clerk at Ameri Law PC, a boutique entertainment law firm. Grantham now brings this cultural heritage, passion and experience to RAMO’s business and legal affairs team, where she has had pleasure of providing legal services to clients such as Imagine Entertainment, Concordia Productions, and The Jim Henson Company at all points of development, production, and delivery on a number of projects, including “The Dynasty: New England Patriots” on Apple TV+, the reboot of the children’s classic television show “Yo Gabba Gabba Land,” and Imagine Entertainment’s five time Emmy-Awarded documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man."

Los Angeles native Michael Segal is known for his innovative approach to scripted and unscripted production legal, trademarks, and emerging tech. He advises on lender- and producer-side dealmaking, with credits including The Kill Room,  Terrifier 3, Babies, Via Negativa, The Heart Brake, and At The Center.