J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law
B.S., University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
Shaun is a shareholder in the Firm’s Entertainment practice group.
Shaun’s practice encompasses all aspects of the entertainment industry, including film, television, podcasts, and new media. He is a Los Angeles native who was a senior attorney in business affairs at a media company prior to joining the firm in 2018.
Awards
Best Lawyers in America®, “Ones to Watch”, 2023 – 2024, Entertainment and Sports Law
Variety Magazine’s Dealmakers Impact Report, 2024
Variety Magazine’s Legal Impact Report, 2021, 2023
Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star”, 2022 – 2024
Apple TV+ is producing a limited TV show based on the Apple original podcast, “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy,” created and produced by award-winning podcast company and Weintraub client At Will Media. The eight-part series will star Jude Law and Andrew Garfield as the iconic magicians Siegfried & Roy. At…
Award-winning podcast host and Weintraub client Guy Raz is partnering with point-of-sale software giant Square to launch a new video series showcasing stories of entrepreneurial growth and success, “The Way Up.” The series features interviews with six businesses powered by Square, highlighting their journeys of scaling up from initial concepts…
Award-winning podcaster and Weintraub client Guy Raz is among the initial group of creators to partner with LinkedIn on a new content partnership framework that will include sharing advertising revenue with a select group of creators. The change comes after the network debuted their own full-screen video feed earlier this…
Co-creator and host of the megahit podcast “Call Her Daddy” Alex Cooper will be the subject of a new docuseries from Hulu launching this summer 2025, aptly titled “Call Her Alex.” The two-part documentary follows Cooper as she prepares for her inaugural tour, taking a look behind-the-scenes through her early…
Award-winning podcast production company At Will Media is producing the first scripted podcast series for Apple with “Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story.” Set to premier on June 23, 2025, the eight-part original series tells the story of the infamous Italian immigrant who gave the Ponzi scheme its name. The…
Five Weintraub clients have been recognized by The Podcast Academy at the fifth annual Ambies, a series of awards recognizing those in the audio entertainment industry. Guy Raz was awarded ‘Best Business Podcast’ for his hit show How I Built This on NPR. Small But Mighty Media won ‘Best News Podcast,’ and Tinkercast won…
Weintraub client Unwell signed a deal for its Unwell Hydration brand to sponsor The National Women’s Soccer League, in Unwell Hydration’s first partnership since the brand’s creation. The brand, founded by the most popular podcaster among women, Alex Cooper, will promote the league in an effort to draw more young…
Weintraub client and writer Chase Palmer is working with Netflix, AGBO, and director James Ashcroft on a film adaptation of the New York Times bestselling crime thriller novel, The Whisper Man, by Alex North. Chase Palmer adapted the script. Robert De Niro will star in the film, which follows a…
Weintraub client and media personality Caleb Pressley is breaking away from Barstool Sports to launch his own production company, Bill Joe Productions, which will take over the production and distribution of his popular show, Sundae Conversation. Pressley will partner with Tom Brady’s creative agency, Shadow Lion, on sales and talent production for…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that Shaun Gordon has been named to Variety’s 2024 Dealmakers Impact Report. Shaun is a partner at Weintraub Tobin and member of the Firm’s Entertainment & Media group, where he represents creators and companies across digital media and podcasts, as well as authors, actors,…
Weintraub client and Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper signed a multi-year deal with Sirius XM, ending her distribution and advertising partnership with Spotify. The deal promises exclusive content from her starting in 2025. She is currently on her Unwell tour, which was extended with additional dates along the West…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that Tara Sattler, Shaun Gordon, Jamie Lincenberg, and Kavan Jeppson have been selected to the 2024 Southern California Rising Stars® list. This list, compiled by Super Lawyers®, recognizes attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or have been in practice less than 10…
Based on a true story, the new legal drama film “Mansanto” is set to star Anthony Mackie, Glen Powell, and Academy Award-winner Laura Dern. The film follows the story of attorney Brent Wisner (Powell), who took on U.S. chemical company Monsanto in 2019 on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie)…
Sonoro is teaming with former NBC chief Paul Telegdy of The Whole Spiel to produce a sci-fi podcast titled “Zone of Silence” with hosts Mario Lopez and Eric Winter. “Zone of Silence” will be made in Spanish and English, and plans are in place to develop it into other formats,…
In Netflix’s “A Man In Full,” Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane star as Charlie Croker, a crumbling real estate mogul, and his ex-wife Martha. Lucy Liu, Tom Pelphrey, Sarah Jones, William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Jon Michael Hill, and Chanté Adams round out the star-studded cast. Based on Tom Wolfe’s…
Barstool Sports personality and Sundae Conversations host Caleb Pressley has partnered with Piermont Brands to release a new peanut butter-flavored agave spirit, Chica~Chida. Pressley’s goal was to reach beyond the focus on agave terroir and production processes to add some fun and freshness to the world of spirits tasting. Weintraub shareholder…
Paul Giamatti’s “Chinwag” with Stephen Asma from Treefort Media has been nominated for a 2024 Webby Award for Best Series, Features (Podcasts). The 28th annual Webby Awards are set to honor the best of the internet. The awards cover an array of categories, including overall website design, video content, advertising, media and…
Several Weintraub clients had high-profile premieres at the recent SXSW Film Festival in Austin (March 8-16, 2024). Director Doug Liman unveiled his remake of “Road House” starring Jake Gyllenhaal at this year’s festival. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios, the film also stars Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen, Lukas Gage, and Conor…
Weintraub Client Zosia Mamet was recently cast alongside Michael Angarano and Tommy Martinez in Peacock’s upcoming comedy series “Laid” as series regulars, joining series lead Stephanie Hsu. Based on an Australian series, “Laid” is written and executive produced by Nahnatchak Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. Weintraub shareholders Stan Coleman and Shaun Gordon represent Zosia Mamet. Read…
Village Roadshow Television is developing a scripted series and a two-part docuseries centered around the notorious convicted serial killer William Dathan Holbert, also known as “Wild Bill,” presently serving a 47-year sentence for the murders of at least five American expatriates. Executives from Village Roadshow Entertainment Group and Treefort Media…
Weintraub client Zosia Mamet is set to star alongside Ann Dowd in the upcoming horror thriller “The Undertaker’s Children” from producer and seller The Exchange. Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of a girl and her younger brother who are sent to live with their distant relative,…
Amazon podcast studio Wondery is partnering up with toy makers Thames & Kosmos to release a new toy line based on the hit Tinkercast kids podcast, Wow in the World. The toy line, set to release this fall, will include seven STEM-focused toys for kids ages four and up. It…
Weintraub client Treefort Media will produce a satirical podcast for Audible about the college admissions industry called Big Envelopes. The 6-part series was created by Aaron and Will Eisenberg, who will also serve as executive producers. Abbi Jacobson from A League of Their Own, Whitney Peak from Gossip Girl, Susie Essman from…
Lifetime has announced the premiere of documentary The Prison Confessions Of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a true crime documentary from Category 6 Media, part of the A&E Factual Studios group, and Weintraub client Melissa Moore. The six-hour special, debuting over three nights on January 5, 6, and 7, 2024, features unprecedented…
Weintraub client Orbit Media cast Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel and actor/director Fisher Stevens for its upcoming documentary podcast series, Avenger. The series will share the true story of the Argentine ‘Death Flights’ that occurred during the late 70s and the local journalist who was determined to shed light on the crimes…
Weintraub client At Will Media launched the new thriller podcast series Possession on Audible, starring Lamorne Morris from New Girl, Ebon Moss-Bachrach from The Bear, and Kylie Bunbury from Big Sky. The series was co-written and co-created by Weintraub client Matthew Derby, and follows a pair of expecting parents as they…
The popular podcast series Moriarty: The Silent Order, set in the Sherlock Holmes universe, has announced a lineup of new actors joining the show for its second season. Helen Mirren, Anya Chalotra, Ross McCall, and Arielle Goldman will star alongside the mystery thriller’s returning cast, which includes Dominic Monaghan as Professor James Moriarty and Phil LaMarr…
Weintraub client Simon Kent Fung’s true crime podcast “Dear Alana” has been released, and is available to stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other podcast platforms. Created by Simon and produced with Tenderfoot TV, the podcast is about the life and tragic death of devout youth Alana Chen, whose…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that 25 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, and eight attorneys have been named to the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Three attorneys have also named “Lawyer of…
The new young adult podcast series “Academy,” from Weintraub client At Will Media and Wondery, is set to launch on Amazon Music and Wondery+ this summer.
Weintraub client Gregg Simon is set to direct “The Patience of Vultures,” a neo-noir crime thriller presented by Pulsar Content, XYZ Films, and WME Independent. Luis Guzmán (“Narcos,” “Traffic”) and Ed Skrein (“Game of Thrones,” “Deadpool”) are set to lead the ensemble cast, which also includes Josh Brener (“The Last…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that attorneys Tara Sattler, Shaun Gordon, and Jamie Lincenberg have been selected to the 2023 Southern California Rising Stars list. This list, compiled by Super Lawyers®, recognizes attorneys who are 40 or younger or have been in practice less than 10 years. All three…
Weintraub client Ned Benson’s romantic film in which music is a key element The Greatest Hits recently completed production and is now in post production. The film was acquired by Searchlight Pictures in August of 2022. Benson wrote the script and directed as well as produced alongside Michael London, Shannon Gaulding, Stephanie…
Weintraub client Diane Lane is set to star in the upcoming thriller film Anniversary alongside Kyle Chandler (The Wolf Of Wall Street), Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Zoey Deutch (Zombieland Double Tap), Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton), Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters), and Daryl McCormack (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.) The film will be…
Podcast network and Weintraub client Sonoro Media has struck a deal with Audible to create a new roster of original podcast shows in both English and Spanish. The audio-forward, bilingual content from the partnership aims to continue to feature stories and talent from the Latinx and Hispanic community. The first…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that the Firm’s Audio Team of partners Shaun Gordon, Jessica Marlow, Tara Sattler, and associate Jamie Lincenberg have been named to Variety’s 2023 Legal Impact Report. Variety spotlights the world’s top lawyers in entertainment and media in the annual Report, highlighting their groundbreaking work…
In its official announcement earlier this week, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation confirmed that Weintraub client Walt Dohrn (Trolls, Trolls World Tour) has returned as director in the third installment of the animated musical franchise Trolls. Weintraub client Zosia Mamet is also named among the A-list cast. The threequel, named…
The hit bilingual podcast Princess of South Beach, produced by Weintraub client Sonoro Media, is set to be adapted to a series for Netflix. Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin) will executive produce the project along with Sonoro, Jasmine Romero, and iHeart’s My Cultura Network. The podcast is the top performing…
Actor Paul Giamatti will co-host a new podcast series, Chinwag, alongside author and philosopher Stephen Asma. The series, produced by WT client Treefort Media and Giamatti’s Touchy Feely Films, will explore such topics as aliens, conspiracies and altered states of consciousness in weekly episodes. It is set to launch on…
Weintraub client Sonoro has partnered with actors Manolo Cardona and Martha Higareda to help them create their own imprints of original audio content. Cardona is developing a new slate of shows, the first of which, Cuba 58, will premiere in the first quarter of this year. Higareda is focusing on…
Weintraub clients Orbit Media and Sonoro have teamed up to create a series of three investigative podcast documentaries which will be produced under a new audio imprint. The podcasts, which will be released first in Spanish and then translated into other languages including English, are set to shed light on…
Weintraub client Zosia Mamet, known for her role as Annie Mouradian in the HBO Max original series The Flight Attendant, leads opposite Saturday Night Live’s Aristotle Athari in a sci-fi romantic comedy Molli & Max in the Future.
Weintraub client Diane Lane is set to join the cast of Ryan Murphy’s Feud on FX, along with Tom Hollander, Naomi Watts, and Calista Flockhart.
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that 19 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Additionally, six of our attorneys have been named to the third edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, and one attorney, Kay Brooks, was named the…
Weintraub client Zosia Mamet (The Flight Attendant, Girls) has signed on for a role in the upcoming Sony Pictures film Madame Web, an adaptation of the Marvel comics by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr.
Weintraub client Diane Lane has been cast in the Netflix limited series “A Man in Full,” based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name. Lane will star alongside Jeff Daniels. David E. Kelly will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner for the series. Weintraub client Tommy Schlamme…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that attorneys Tara Sattler, Shaun Gordon, and Jamie Lincenberg have been selected to the 2022 Southern California Rising Stars list. This list, compiled by Super Lawyers®, recognizes attorneys who are 40 or younger or have been in practice less than 10 years. Each year…
A popular podcast by Weintraub client Sonoro Media will be adapted into a film for Paramount+. The podcast, titled Toxicomania tells the story of a Mexican doctor who led a revolution during the 1940’s to legalize drug use in the country. It is a fictional story based on real-life events.…
On March 27, 2022 CODA won all three Academy Awards for which it was nominated (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay). It made history as the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast and the first film produced by a streaming service (Apple TV+) to win Best…
Guy Raz, host of the NPR show How I Built This, with Guy Raz, has struck an exclusive licensing and ad deal with Amazon Music and Wondery. The three-year contract is the first of its kind to be reached between the three companies. Guy Raz is represented by Shaun Gordon. Read more…
Weintraub client Story Mill Media is launching a podcast with Supernatural stars Richard Speight Jr. and Rob Benedict. The podcast – Supernatural Then and Now – will provide listeners with an inside perspective of the hit drama TV show. Story Mill Media is a podcast company that was recently launched…
Weintraub client Steven Hein has launched a new podcast company called Story Mill Media. The company completed a pre-seed round of financing to fund several original podcasts with help from Weintraub’s Justin Borrowdale. Hein previously worked for Fox, Legendary, and most recently at NBC, where he was responsible for NBC’s…
Weintraub Tobin entertainment attorney Shaun Gordon has been elected Shareholder in the Firm, effective January 1, 2022. Shaun joined the Entertainment & Media practice group in 2018, where he has developed a diverse client roster of producers, production companies, writers, authors, and talent. He has developed a particular expertise in…
Weintraub client Treefort Media is producing a new weekly talk show with Acast titled Kasich & Klepper, starring The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper and former Ohio Governor John Kasich. The show will launch in early 2022 and will cover a variety of hot topics with “humor and understanding.” Treefort Media is represented by Shaun Gordon.…
Paramount+ is ordering the TV adaptation of the hit true-crime podcast series Happy Face. The podcast series was created by Weintraub client Melissa Jesperson-Moore and produced in partnership with iHeart Media. Jesperson-Moore discovered at 15 that her father was the serial murderer known as the Happy Face Killer, which the…
Actress, writer, and producer Zosia Mamet has signed a two-book deal with Viking Penguin. My First Popsicle, an anthology exploring food experiences and featuring celebrity contributors, is scheduled for publication in Fall, 2022. The second book will feature a collection of personal essays and is slated for 2023. Currently appearing…
Podcast company Treefort Media and Audible have partnered to produce original scripted audio series as part of a multi-project, first-look development and production deal. Among the projects is Killing Hollywood: The Cotton Club Murder (which will feature Juliette Lewis, Christian Slater, and Rainn Wilson); Fishpriest (written by Mike Batistick and featuring…
Apple has made a deal for a podcast series about entertainers Siegfried & Roy with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Leckart and Will Malnati from podcast company At Will Media as executive producers. The series will be launched by Apple TV+ via its podcast platform and marks the first major show…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that Jessica Marlow, Wayne Kazan, Shaun Gordon, and Jamie Lincenberg have been named to Variety’s 2021 Legal Impact Report. Variety spotlights the world’s top lawyers in entertainment and media in the annual Report, highlighting their groundbreaking work in film, television, music, and digital. Weintraub’s…
Tinkercast, a company co-founded by Guy Raz, host of NPR’s How I Built This, has struck a partnership with Sony Music Entertainment to develop a slate of shows. Raz founded Tinkercast with Mindy Thomas, host of SiriusXM’s Absolutely Mindy Show, and Meredith Halpern-Ranzer. The deal also includes the existing kid’s podcast…
Freeform has ordered a pilot for the comedy Single Drunk Female. The series is to star Sofia Black-D’Elia as an alcoholic who is forced to move back with her mother, played by Ally Sheedy, to sober up. The pilot will also star Rebecca Henderson, Lily Mae Harrington, and Garrick Bernard.…
Treefort Media, the podcast company behind the audio series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, has struck a deal with Village Roadshow Entertainment Group to cross-develop and produce podcasts and television series. In addition to Fatal Voyage, Treefort Media is also known for Keegan-Michael Key’s NFL series Drafted and podcast spin-offs of…
CBS All Access is adapting the serial killer podcast Happy Face, about Dr. Oz contributor Melissa Moore, for television with writer Jennifer Cacicio, and creators Robert and Michelle King. The Podcast was created by Moore and co-produced with iHeart Media. Moore found out at the age of 15 that she…
Shaun Gordon joins the firm as an associate in the Entertainment Group. Prior to joining Weintraub, Shaun was a senior director in business affairs at Awesomeness, where he negotiated and managed deals across all verticals with a focus on feature films, series, short-form digital projects, and brand partnerships. Shaun spent…
