JAMES “BO” PEARL
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Bo Pearl is a Los Angeles-based partner in Weil’s Complex Commercial Litigation and Entertainment, Sports & Media practices and one of California’s most accomplished first-chair trial lawyers. With nearly 30 years of experience, Pearl has secured landmark, industry-changing victories in bet-the-company disputes spanning entertainment, First Amendment, sports, antitrust, employment and intellectual property matters.
Pearl regularly leads large, multidisciplinary trial teams in clients’ most critical and precedent-setting cases, and has delivered multiple nine-figure trial wins in recent years alone. A true generalist who
litigates on both sides of the “v,” Pearl is a trusted strategic advisor to studios, talent agencies, media and technology companies, manufacturers, financial institutions, and other leading companies.
