THR Next Gen 2008: Legal

November 05, 2008 The Berkeley and UCLA Law grad is too busy building his entertainment law practice from scratch, having bypassed the risk-averse career trajectory of most attorneys by starting his own law firm at age 27. Now, while other showbiz lawyers his age are slaving for a senior partner, Cohen is growing a book of business with clients like director Wong Kar Wai, actors Esai Morales and Tony Leung, production outfits Once Upon a Time Films (2006's "Broken Trail") and Triage Entertainment/Levity Entertainment (Food Network's "Iron Chef America"), and corporate clients Netflix and Digital Domain. And because MGM is smaller than more diversified studios, Miller finds himself with unusually big responsibilities -- he typically handles about 10 active pieces of litigation and 30 prelitigation matters at a time against everyone from the estate of Burt Lancaster to the members of Spinal Tap.

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