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Entertainment Law

Nov. 18, 2015

Patti C. Felker

Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson LLP Los Angeles

F elker sometimes operates in non-traditional ways. She met screenwriter Kevin Williamson 20 years ago when he was another client's assistant.

"He asked me to read a script. That happens all the time, but I was nice and did it."

The script was a horror thriller Williamson had titled "Scary Movie," and Felker immediately saw its promise.

"You should not be an assistant," she told him before Miramax LLC got involved. The result was "...

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