Tifanie Jodeh

Tifanie Jodeh is a founder and partner at Entertainment Law Partners, where she represents many corporate clients and entrepreneurs as well as individual actors, performers, writers, directors, musicians, agents, PR agencies, managers, and producers in the corporate, business, and entertainment industry.

She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder and her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Jodeh began her career as head of Business and Corporate Affairs for the prestigious personal management company of Royal and Associates in Beverly Hills, California, representing entertainment talent (mainly for Nancy Cartwright of the SIMPSONS) as well as corporate interests in the industry. From Royal, Jodeh was recruited by TFN, The Football Network, as General Counsel, to manage corporate governance, talent negotiations, development and acquisition of programming including options, live and taped sporting events, documentaries, home video/DVD and Digital distribution, news shows, reality, Internet content development and syndication. Jodeh maintained her own practice before she joined MindFusion Law, LLP as partner representing such high profile personalities and such entities as Hart-Lunsford Pictures, Diverse Talent Group, Animated Celebrities, StormMaker Productions, Saddle Ranch Productions, WayOut TV, P.S./Stargames, Care Media Holdings, PetCare TV, KidCare TV, Eurocinema, Grand Prix Rugby and AIM Group.

Tifanie has also served as VP of Business and Legal Affairs for Saddle Ranch Productions where she Executive Produced 3 feature films. She is a certified mediator, past columnist for InsideFilm, has lectured at NXTComm, Hollywood Black Film Festival, Film Break, the Slamdance Film Festival, Southern Law School and Louisiana State University and has served on panels discussing various issues in the entertainment industry.

Ms. Jodeh currently writes for HOLLYWOOD AND VINE magazine under a column entitled "Showbiz, Esq.". She also serves as chief legal counsel for the Santa Catalina Film Festival and the Catalina Film Institue, and is on the board of directors for the Romance in a Can Film Festival in Miami, FL. Jodeh was named a "VivMagnificent Woman" in 2011 by Viv Magazine.