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Eric Farber
Legal experience. An operator’s perspective.
Eric Farber is a mediator, entrepreneur, author, and former trial lawyer with more than three decades of experience navigating high-stakes disputes, negotiations, and business relationships.
Throughout his legal career, Eric represented some of the most influential names in music and entertainment, including the Tupac Shakur Estate, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eazy-E, The Notorious B.I.G., and the Jacksons, as well as more than 200 professional athletes, including Andre Ward, Vernon Davis, and Jason Kidd. His work encompassed litigation, intellectual property, business disputes, negotiations, and the complex personal and commercial relationships that often surround creative businesses. His representation of the Tupac Shakur Estate extended for nearly two decades.
Eric later founded Pacific Workers, growing the firm into one of California’s largest plaintiff-side workers’ compensation practices, with six offices and approximately 120 employees, before its sale in 2026. A 15-time California Super Lawyer and author of The Case for Culture, Eric brings to mediation the perspective of a lawyer who has litigated disputes, an advisor who has negotiated high-stakes matters, and a founder who understands the realities of building and running a business.
Phillip Alberstat
Creative industries. Commercial perspective.
Phillip is a dealmaker of the highest order, with a career that has run through four worlds, as a lawyer, agent, award-winning producer, and investment banker. That rare combination lets him sit comfortably on every side of an entertainment or media dispute. He began on the independent-film team at the William Morris Agency, working on films including Thank You for Smoking, Frozen River, and Away From Her.
As a producer he won an Emmy (for The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie) and earned an Academy Award shortlist for the documentary Downstream. On the legal side he served as Global Head of Media Law at Baker McKenzie in London, advising studios, financiers, and production companies on complex cross-border deals. He later co-founded the branded-content agency Contend and has executive-produced acclaimed podcast series.
Today Phillip advises companies on mergers, acquisitions, and capital raises across the media, technology, and consumer sectors, including with AlixPartners, and over his career he has negotiated hundreds of seven-, eight-, and nine-figure deals. He is a published author of industry guides on film finance and content, and has taught at The Studio School in Los Angeles. He works across Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, London, and Dubai, and takes matters from around the world.
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