Background
Chieffo, Vincent H. was born on October 5, 1945 in New York, New York, United States.
Chieffo, Vincent H. was born on October 5, 1945 in New York, New York, United States.
Hamilton College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Columbia University School of Law (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1970).
Worked at Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, A Professional Corporation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, California. Staff Member 1968-1969 and Articles Editor, 1969-1970, Columbia Law Review.
Law Clerk to Judge Wilfred Feinberg, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, 1970-1971. Author: "Entertainment Law Practice in California," Parts I and II, California Business Law Reporter (Continuing Education of the Bar), September and November, 1991.
"Bette Midler v. Ford Motor Company: To Impersonate Her Voice Is To Pirate Her Identity" June, 1992.
"Descendibility of Publicity, Rights/Flaws in the New State Law," Los Angeles Lawyer. "lieutenant"s a Crude, Crude World: The Buchwald Case," Montage, April, 1990.
Company-Author: "Vanna White and Tom Waits: Recent Court Decisions Expand Rights of Celebrities To Resist Unwanted Commercial Exploitation," California Business Law Reporter (Continuing Education of the Bar), December, 1992. Lecturer: Independent Feature Project/West (1988 Seminar Series - selected infringement and right of publicity subjects).
"Current Issues in Entertainment Law," Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California, Los Angeles County, and the Los Angeles Copyright Society, 1989.
Lecturer and Member, Planning Committee, 1991, and Company-Chairman, 1992-1993, University of Southern California Entertainment Law Institute. Member, California Copyright Conference. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Member, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Section), American and International Bar Associations.
State Bar of California.
Los Angeles Copyright Society (Past President). Copyright Society of the United States of America.
Member, California Copyright Conference. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Member, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Section), American and International Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Los Angeles Copyright Society (Past President).
Copyright Society of the United States.A.