Helen Yu | Yu Leseberg Los Angeles Entertainment Lawyer

The Yu Leseberg law firm is a diversified entertainment law firm serving music, film, and television clients. Principal Helen Yu founded the firm in 2000 and has since added a number of capable associates and staff members, including:

Ryan Powers, member, California State Bar Association. Mr. Powers is an intellectual property law expert and graduate of Southwestern Law School.
Nichole Chapman, member, California State Bar Association. A magna cum laude graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego), Ms. Chapman covers entertainment, media, and intellectual property law.

Yu Leseberg counsels well known musicians and talent, as well emerging stars alike on a wide range of legal matters. The firm’s core areas of practice include:

Intellectual property protection
Brand marketing
Use and abuse of new technologies by third parties
Recovering Copyright Assets - including living heirs of musicians
Business strategy
Music Licensing
Domestic and Worldwide Music Distribution
Executive Representation

Yu Leseberg is among the most prolific firms practicing music law in the United States. In 2014, for instance, the Yu Leseberg firm and Helen Yu negotiated more Billboard Hot 100 and
Hot R & B 100 singles than any other Hollywood firm.

Yu Leseberg has been involved with several high-profile legal actions in recent years. In the mid-2000s, Helen Yu and her team helped uncover financial wrongdoing against the Black Eyed Peas’ and business associates by their former business manager and accountant, resulting in an audit revealing the accountant/business manager misreported the group’s touring and other  income along with other financial improprieties.

Prior to founding Yu Leseberg, Ms. Yu held several associate legal and non-legal positions in the music industry, gaining valuable insights in the process. Past employers include Virgin Records America and Sony Pictures Entertainment. During law school, she interned at Motown Records and public television, KCET.  While still a teen, she  interned at Enigma Records, one of the most influential 1980s alternative scene record labels.

Ms. Yu is a graduate of Whittier College  (J.D., with honors, 1993) and California State University - Northridge (bachelor’s, speech communication).

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Yu Leseberg	Los Angeles, CA	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Whittier Law School	J.D.	Law School	1993
California St University Northridge	Bachelors		N/A

State / Court	Date
California	1995

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• Yu Leseberg negotiated and lawyered more charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R & B 100 than any other law firm in the entertainment industry.

• Billboard: http://www.scoopmarketing.com/2012/08/billboard-qa-with-music-biz-attorney-helen-yu/  
  Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/legal-fight-t-rex-songs-588429

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