Background
Sadler, Walter R. was born on November 19, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Sadler, Walter R. was born on November 19, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
University of California at Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1979). University of California at Davis (Juris Doctor, 1982).
Worked at Leopold, Petrich & Smith, A Professional Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Entertainment, Civil Litigation, Copyright and Trademark, Libel and Slander, Unfair Competition. Admitted to the bar, 1983, California. Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1980-1981 and Editor, 1981-1982, University of California at Davis Law Review.
First Place Prize in 1982 University College Davis American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Competition.
Author: "Free Lance Artists, Works for Hire and the Copyright Acting of 1976," 15 University College Davis Law Review 703, 1982. "Copyright Ownership in Commissioned Artworks--A Copyright, Who Dunnit," 16 Intellectual Property Law Review, 1984.
Member: Century City (Member, Entertainment Law Section), Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Member, Intellectual Property and Trial Lawyers Section) and American (Member, Patent, Trademark an Copyright Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Los Angeles Copyright Society.
California Trial Lawyers Association. Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association.
Member, 1980-1981 and Editor, 1981-1982, University of California at Davis Law Review. First Place Prize in 1982 University College Davis American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Competition.