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Top Women Lawyers

May 12, 2011

Bernice Conn

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP Location: Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation Practice specialty: Business litigation, antitrust and trade regulation



There was nothing Mickey Mouse about Conn's closely watched case, pitting Celador International Ltd. against the mighty Walt Disney Company, in a dispute over profits for the successful game show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"


Celador, a United Kingdom-based company that developed the show, sued ABC, Buena Vista Television, Valleycrest Productions and Disney to recover profits owed from the North American network broadcast of the show, and f...

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