E. Leonard Rubin, an experienced entertainment and copyright lawyer, has joined Querrey & Harrow and its intellectual property group as Counsel. Mr. Rubin also practices trademark, trade secret and defamation law and relocates to Querrey & Harrow from an international law firm.
Prior to returning to private practice, Mr. Rubin served for 13 years as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Currently, Mr. Rubin is president of the Midwest Chapter, and sits on the Executive Committee, of the Copyright Society of the United States. He is a past president and Board member of Lawyers for the Creative Arts, was a Director of CBA-TV Inc., and for 35 years was the director and co-author of “Christmas Spirits,” an annual show produced by the Chicago Bar Association.
Mr. Rubin is currently teaching Entertainment Law at John Marshall Law School and has previously taught copyright law at Northwestern University School of Law, the University of Illinois College of Law, and Loyola University Law School.
