{"id":867072,"date":"2025-08-22T20:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T01:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/entertainment-attorney-harrison-dossick-dies-at-65\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T01:11:59","slug":"entertainment-attorney-harrison-dossick-dies-at-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/entertainment-attorney-harrison-dossick-dies-at-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment Attorney Harrison Dossick Dies at 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/harrison-dossick\/\" id=\"auto-tag_harrison-dossick\" data-tag=\"harrison-dossick\">Harrison Dossick<\/a>, a longtime entertainment and media litigator and partner at Glaser Weil, died unexpectedly on Aug. 14 in Los Angeles. He was 65. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tOver nearly four decades, Dossick represented major film studios, creative talent, distributors and media companies. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tAmong his notable cases were his successful <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2013\/film\/news\/judges-ruling-favors-angelina-jolie-in-blood-and-honey-suit-1200331058\/\">defense of Angelina Jolie<\/a> in the copyright infringement case concerning \u201cIn the Land of Blood and Honey\u201d and his representation of FilmDistrict Distribution in false advertising claims over \u201cDrive.\u201d He also repped Paramount Pictures in copyright and idea submission claims related to \u201cWhat Men Want,\u201d and Sony Pictures Entertainment in a profit participation dispute over a sequel to \u201cBasic Instinct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDossick also represented Sony\u2019s Screen Gems in a profit participation and likeness dispute over \u201cThe Partridge Family,\u201d and Volvo over a misappropriation and copyright action involving social media use of photographs. <\/p>\n<div data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"1234758890\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tRecently, he had represented a prominent screenwriter and director involving a major film project and advocated for a prominent boxing manager in a commission dispute against a sports promotion company.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cHarrison was an exceptional lawyer and a treasured colleague and friend,\u201d said Peter Weil, Managing Partner of Glaser Weil. \u201cHe combined intellectual brilliance with warmth, humor, and integrity, earning the trust of his clients and the deep admiration of everyone who worked alongside him. Harrison\u2019s sudden passing is an immeasurable loss to our firm and to the legal community. We will miss him greatly, and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and all who loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPrior to joining Glaser Weil, Dossick served as a partner at Reed Smith from 2012-2023, Katten Muchin Rosenman from 2000 to 2012, and Hill Wynne Troop &#038; Meisinger from 1988 to 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe has been recognized by the Legal 500 and Best Lawyers in America, and was named a Southern California Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine and Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine (2006-2010 and 2014-2018).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe is survived by his wife, Joanne, and children Artie and Carly. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/harrison-dossick-dead-attorney-1236496336\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Pat Saperstein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrison Dossick, a longtime entertainment and media litigator and partner at Glaser Weil, died unexpectedly on Aug. 14 in Los Angeles. He was 65. Over nearly four decades, Dossick represented major film studios, creative talent, distributors and media companies. Among his notable cases were his successful defense of Angelina Jolie in the copyright infringement case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3469,1798],"tags":[5232,14293],"class_list":{"0":"post-867072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-attorney","8":"category-entertainment","9":"tag-attorney","10":"tag-entertainment"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}