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Lupita Nyong’o to Ayo Edebiri: Del Shaw Moonves Celebrates 35 Years of Representing the Underrepresented
Legal Ground Breakers: Del Shaw Moonves celebrates 35 years of inclusion and representing the underrepresented
Today, Del Shaw’s staff is 62.5% women and 57.5% people of color, and the firm has a long history of cutting game-changing deals for a diverse roster of clients that includes Cedric the Entertainer, Ayo Edebiri, Paul Reiser, Lena Waithe, Warner Bros. TV Group chair and CEO Channing Dungey, FX Networks chairman John Landgraf, Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o, filmmakers Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood, and model and TV personality Chrissy Tiegen and her husband, musician and EGOT club member John Legend. While the entertainment industry is often described as a “business of relationships,” all the golf rounds and poker nights wouldn’t mean much — nor would Del Shaw’s much-touted diversity — if the firm didn’t produce outstanding results for its clients. That calm, measured attitude proved invaluable when a suit was filed against Quinta Brunson and ABC, alleging that her series “Abbott Elementary” was “a veritable knock-off” of a New York City schoolteacher’s script.
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