Angela G. Kim

Angela Kim is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Litigation Department. She brings over 25 years of experience defending Fortune 500 companies as well as businesses of all sizes in the defense of product liability claims, employment claims, invasion of privacy claims, and commercial disputes. She has also represented and consulted with large and small entities in the entertainment industry relating to core issues of their business. Ms. Kim also has extensive experience in representing non-profits as well as defending medical professionals and attorneys in malpractice claims.

Prior to joining Musick Peeler, Ms. Kim was the managing partner of the Los Angeles office and was on the Board of Directors of a California firm with 5 offices statewide.

Ms. Kim has represented networks, producers, creators, distributors and financiers in all media, including television, music, motion pictures and digital media. Her clients included production companies, program suppliers to television networks and cable networks, individual artists, writers, and performers. She has successfully negotiated contracts and counseled on behalf of production companies, producers, performers and writers in television, music and motion pictures, and negotiated license and production agreements on behalf of her clients. She has consulted on marketing and product integration matters and managed risk management issues for movie and television projects. She has also had Motions for Summary Judgement granted based on waivers, releases and lack of breach and causation on behalf of a network, producers, creators, production companies and financiers.

Notable Accomplishments

• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a network and production company against a seven figure demand from injuries sustained during the production of a show.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Fortune 500 company against a seven figure demand arising from injuries sustained at the client's premises.
• Obtained dismissal via demurrer in connection to a breach of contract and conversion case.
• Obtained dismissal via demurrer in connection to a civil rights violation case.
• Obtained dismissal via demurrer with prejudice in connection to a breach of contract, conversion, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress action involving multiple underlying matters which was affirmed on appeal.
• Received a voluntary dismissal in favor of a defendant in an action alleging wrongful death.
• Received a voluntary dismissal in favor of a defendant in an action alleging product liability.

Presentations

• Panelist at Southern California Association for Healthcare Risk Management (SCAHRM), Wrongful Death Cases, Pre-Death Damages for Plaintiffs in California and Important Changes in MICRA, 2022
• Panelist at SCAHRM, How the Correct Charting Can Help Not to Get Sued, 2021
• Panelist at SCAHRM, How to Win Your Deposition, 2017
• Panelist on Risk Management for various self-insured entities, 2014-2019

Admissions & Associations

State Bar of California

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Beverly Hills Bar Association

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel

Southern California Association for Healthcare Risk Management (SCAHRM)

DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar