Ralph P Brescia is a transactional attorney currently practicing law in and around Los Angeles, involving all areas of the arts and entertainment industries. Mr. Brescia has represented financiers (including banks, bond companies and individual investors), production companies, rights holders, distributors and world-renowned actors, musicians, writers, artists, photographers, editors, producers and directors. He has done deals with all of the major Hollywood studios, streaming services, guilds and talent agencies, as well as with publishers, record companies, manufacturers and retailers.
He was the lawyer behind several successful motion pictures including Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic,” Oliver Stone’s “W” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed.” Prior to starting his own law practice in 2017, Mr. Brescia worked for 16 years at the preeminent entertainment law firm of Bloom Hergott Diemer & Cook, LLP, through its various iterations, representing clients including Sylvester Stallone, Javier Bardem, George Lucas, Julian Schnabel and Dennis Hopper.
His work has helped bring to fruition motion pictures (“The Incredibles 2,” “Creed,” “300,” “The Expendables” franchise, “Wolf of Wall Street,” “Rocky Balboa,” “Shutter Island,” “Immortals,” “World Trade Center,” “Hugo,” “Rambo V,” “The Aviator”), television productions (“Boardwalk Empire,” “Power,” “Vinyl,” “Ghost,” “The Secret History of the United States,” “Beastmasters”) and documentaries on Bob Dylan, The Blues, Fran Liebowitz, and George Harrison.
Mr. Brescia holds B.A. degrees, summa cum laude, from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., a Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a J.D., Order of the Coif, from Georgetown University.