Plovnick, Lucy Holmes
Plovnick, Lucy Holmes
Partner
Entertainment & New Media
Entertainment Litigation
Intellectual Property & Technology
Litigation
Legal Expertise
Representation of media and entertainment industry clients in connection with statutory license royalty matters and in copyright enforcement matters.
Industry Focus
Media and entertainment and technology
Key Professional Accomplishments
* Represents copyright owners of syndicated series, movies and specials broadcast by TV stations in copyright royalty and enforcement matters involving cable, satellite, the internet and other delivery systems.
* Represents clients before the Copyright Office, the Copyright Royalty Judges, the Federal Communications Commission, and state and federal courts.
* Represents clients in administrative litigation, including royalty distribution proceedings, rate-setting proceedings, notices of inquiry proceedings, rulemaking proceedings and settlement negotiations.
* Represents clients in appellate litigation, including significant experience before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
* Advises clients on copyright registration.
* Counsels clients regarding recent FCC regulations and policy, including such issues as closed captioning requirements for programming delivered over internet protocol technology.
* Successfully defended a major motion picture trade association in a contract dispute concerning the distribution of statutory license royalties for cable and satellite television.
* Successfully defended a cable network in a lawsuit concerning record disclosure obligations under the Maryland Public Information Act.
* Drafted and filed numerous appellate briefs in the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit and the Ninth Circuit on behalf of copyright owners, a major motion picture trade association, and multiple public utilities.
* Acted as local counsel for a performing rights organization in multiple copyright infringement cases.
Professional, Business, and Civic Affiliations
* The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
* Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
* Federal Communications Bar Association
* The District of Columbia Bar Association
* Massachusetts Bar Association
* Rhode Island Bar Association
* Roger Williams University Law Alumni Association, D.C. Chapter
* Deacon, First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C.
Court Admissions
* Rhode Island
* Massachusetts
* District of Columbia
* USDC, District of Columbia
* U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
* U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
* U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Education
Roger Williams University, J.D., 2002; cum laude
Emory University, B.A., 1998
