Our Approach

Russ August & Kabat is client-driven. We listen to you. Wise counsel is the product of understanding what you need, setting attainable goals, and working creatively and aggressively to attain those goals.

A Full-Service Law Firm

Russ August & Kabat provides refined and economically efficient legal services. We understand that legal matters come in different sizes. We are sensitive to our clients’ needs.

• Our intellectual property practice emphasizes plaintiff’s patent infringement litigation, as well as trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition and related litigation. The firm also provides trademark, copyright and patent prosecution and counseling.
• Our litigation and trial practice includes sophisticated experience in trademark, patent, copyright and other intellectual property as well as commercial, entertainment, partnership, real estate, securities, antitrust and general business litigation. While negotiation and rational business determinations should, and often do, resolve most disputes, we have an advantage. Our lawyers try cases. That trial experience provides negotiating leverage that translates into outstanding results.
• Our corporate and finance practice services a variety of sophisticated corporate needs including mergers and acquisitions, representation of non-public companies.
• Our real estate practice includes all transactional, regulatory and litigation aspects for the acquisition, development, ownership, management, construction, use and financing of real property.
• Our media and entertainment practice focuses on traditional and “new” media to represent artists, producers, and content providers of all varieties, to protect their rights across all platforms.
• Our apparel and fashion practice incorporates all aspects of retail sales, manufacturing and distribution, licensing, copyright, trademark, and financing issues.
• Our mergers & acquisitions practice provides premier legal representation to both buy-side and sell-side clients during all phases of a transaction timeline from the auction process through post-closing matters. Our expertise in operational matters and first-class litigation practice enables us to protect our clients from a wide range of matters throughout the deal process.
• Our private equity practice delivers value and personalized service with our team of experienced attorneys and is supported by our sophisticated finance, real estate, litigation, apparel & fashion, entertainment & media and intellectual property practice groups.  We staff our teams leanly and work with only the best tax, employee benefits, environmental, bankruptcy, health care and regulatory specialists on an as-needed basis to provide quality work to our clients in the most efficient manner.

Russ August & Kabat’s practice is both local and national. While our practice is Los Angeles-based, we are proud to represent our local, national and international clients on challenging, interesting, and cutting-edge legal matters from coast-to-coast.