TRENT COPELAND T: 310.274.7100 PARTNER F: 310.275.5697 OFFICE: CENTURY CITY
[email protected] Trent Copeland is a partner at Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis. He began his career at a major multinational law firm and then as a solo practitioner specializing in both criminal and civil litigation. He is a nationally recognized attorney and has successfully defended hundreds of serious high stakes civil and criminal matters including several capital offenses. He is regarded as a go-to lawyer for high-profile matters, particularly where legal EDUCATION acumen, courtroom competence and intense media interest intertwine. Dartmouth College A,B. George Washington Trent is the rare trial attorney who practices adeptly in both civil and criminal University Law School, litigation. Among others, his list of clients have included prominent medical J.D. professionals such as Dr. Gordon Goei and Dr. Henry Johnson both of whom faced criminal prosecution related to their medical practice but were proven BAR ADMISSIONS . State Bar of California innocent and publicly vindicated following Trent’s successful representation. Trent also successfully represented a Muslim college professor who had been AREAS OF PRACTICE wrongfully targeted by the FBI under one of the first uses of the Patriot Act . Civil Litigation against a U.S. citizen engaging in protected speech. After numerous proffers and . Employment an oral presentation by Trent, the Government withdrew its case against her Discrimination and she was restored to her teaching position. Trent has also represented and . Entertainment . Defamation provided legal counsel to numerous celebrities, including Jean Claude Van . First Amendment rights Damme, Matt LeBlanc, Tracey Edmonds, Shannen Doherty, TMZ Co-founder Jim .