Richard L. Stone is a leading trial lawyer, concentrating on antitrust, intellectual property, and complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the media and entertainment industries.  Mr. Stone’s experience extends to litigating antitrust, copyright, trademark patent, piracy, securities, commercial fraud and related business tort cases.  He has handled numerous shareholder, consumer and antitrust class actions.  Mr. Stone represents Fortune 100 and smaller companies engaged in the entertainment, communications, internet, finance, high technology, transportation and retail industries, among others.

In addition to numerous jury trials, Mr. Stone’s experience includes the representation of clients in court-annexed and private arbitrations and in other alternative dispute resolution processes.  While always aggressively pursuing clients' contractual and legal rights, Mr. Stone is alert to clients' interests in diminishing the expense and distraction that litigation may impose and he works with clients both to maximize their litigation posture and to explore alternative solutions to legal problems.

Since 2008, Mr. Stone has consistently been ranked by Chambers USA as a leading media and entertainment litigator.  He was also ranked as a leading general commercial litigator in the 2010 Chambers USA guide, which noted him for being "very responsive and cost conscious" and for his "remarkable ability to break down complex matters into concepts that are easy to understand." Mr. Stone has also been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers every year since 2007.