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Joseph Albert Yanny (born 1952) is an American civil and criminal American trial lawyer, notable for his high-profile clientele and cases. He has represented clients on matters ranging from intellectual property and entertainment issues to criminal RICO actions. Yanny is senior partner in the Century City, California firm of Yanny & Smith

Education
Yanny completed his undergraduate degree at the University Dayton] (B.E., 1975), from which he then obtained his law degree (J.D., 1978). He was admitted to the [[State Bar of California in 19__.

Legal Career
Principal law firm associations: Herzig and Yanny -- 1983 to 1990; Fischbach, Perlstein, Lieberman & Yanny -- 1990-1998; Yanny, Smith & Grieco -- 1998-2001; Yanny & Smith -- 2001-present

Joseph Yanny belongs to the following professional memberships:
 * State Bar of California
 * U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
 * U.S. Supreme Court

Clients
Mr. Yanny has represented a number of high-profile clients including:


 * Jesse James and West Coast Choppers
 * Paula Abdul
 * Bob Dylan
 * Mongols Motorcycle Club
 * IPS Corporation
 * Jerry Garcia
 * Grateful Dead Productions, Grateful Dead Merchandising, and Grateful Dead Records
 * Graham Nash and Crosby, Stills & Nash
 * Religious Technology Center (Church of Scientology)
 * Raytheon Company
 * Vagos Motorcycle Club
 * The Estate of Buddy Holly
 * Jon Peters and Peters Productions, Inc.

Notable cases

 * Yanny represented the Mongols Motocycle Club in the United States of America v. Mongols Nations a case in which prosecutors brought a criminal RICO action that sought as a remedy the forfeiture of the Mongol Nation's trademarks. In September 2015 Yanny obtained the dismissal of the indictment.
 * In October 2011, the California Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a judgment in excess of $3 million that Yanny obtained for a client against his former lawyer who subsequently sought to discharge the judgment against him in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In October 2015 the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court which in turn had affirmed the order of the bankruptcy Court that had declared the three million dollars of debt to be nondischargeable.
 * Persistence of Vision v. Ziffren – This case involved a dispute between a renowned television writer-producer, on the one hand, and his former law firm, Columbia Pictures, and CBS Television, on the other. The case brought to light the serious problems associated with conflicts of interest in the legal profession, especially as they pertain to the entertainment industry, and touched off a series of disputes between artists and their attorneys concerning such conflicts.
 * Yanny represented Virgin Records against after background singer Yvette Marine filed a multimillion-dollar "false and deceptive packaging" lawsuit against Virgin Records, Paula Abdul's record company, claiming she was an uncredited co-lead vocalist on at least two songs of Abdul's 1988 album.
 * In Kamar Int'l, Inc. v. Russ Berrie & Co. Yanny successfully represented plaintiff Kamar creating precedent on damages under the copyright laws in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
 * In Cerveceria Modelo, S.A. de C.V. v. Parallel Products, Inc. he represented the makers of Corona Extra beer in a trademark dispute over the unlawful importation of "grey market goods."
 * In Cerveceria Modelo v. CORONA.NET he represented the makers of Corona Extra beer in a domain name dispute regarding the application of provisions of the Cyberpiracy Prevention Act.
 * In Raytheon Company v. Kenneth A. Hay Yanny represented Raytheon in a lawsuit that involved trade secrets in the confidential, high-technology area of infrared vision devices.
 * In Bob Dylan v. Apple Computer Yanny represented Bob Dylan in a dispute over the use of the "Dylan" name by Apple.
 * In Gallo v. Gallo Yanny played an early role in this case that involved a heated dispute between winemakers Ernest and Julio Gallo and their younger brother Joseph regarding Joseph's right to use the Gallo name in his own business. The case was later the subject of a book entitled Blood and Wine.
 * In Joseph C. Montana, Jr. v. Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Yanny represented Acclaim in a dispute with the football player over the alleged use of his likeness in a television commercial.
 * In Deborah DiNardo v. Beresford Romeo he handled the successful defense of Virgin Records and others in a copyright infringement action involving a dispute over a composition by the musical group Soul II Soul.
 * In Dallas Taylor v. David Crosby Yanny represented Crosby, Stills, Nash in an action for alleged breach of contract action.
 * In Virgin Records Ltd. v. Cindy Crawford he represented Virgin Records in a dispute over the use of a composition and recording in Ms. Crawford's workout video.
 * In Gene Hines, et al. v. Michael France Yanny represented two of the producers of the motion picture Cliffhanger regarding, among other issues, a dispute over "back end" compensation.