John Branca

  Attorney John Branca Published on  March 15th, 2021 | by  Jameelah “Just Jay” Wilkerson Name a major rock star over the past 40 years and, more often than not, you’ll find the name of  Attorney John Branca  associated with it. Branca is the legendary music industry lawyer whose list of cli e nts reads like a who’s who of the entertainment business. More than 30 of his clients are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including Michael Jackson, the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith, Elton John, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, and more. Other clients include the estates of Otis Redding and Elvis Presley and worldwide celebrities like boxer Mike Tyson and comedian/actor Eddie Murphy. Currently, along with his other clients and responsibilities, Branca is co-manager of the Michael Jackson Estate and brand. How does one become a  John Branca ? What advice would he give aspiring attorneys who are drawn to the glamor of the entertainment business? We sat down with J...

  John Branca discusses the different way Leaving Neverland was treated by HBO, as opposed to the way any other “documentary" would need to be.   John Branca : I'm thinking obviously of Leaving Neverland where the point of view is presented as fact, but there's no other side to it. In fact, the director of that documentary said, “I had no interest in talking to anybody else.” So, I would challenge you to name one media outlet where if you went to your boss and said, “I don't feel like talking to anybody who has any fact or opinion that might shoot down my theory,” that film that article never get written, never get made.   So, I found it interesting that HBO, they didn't have journalists come to the screening, they had movie reviewers. And if this had been presented as a movie and an opinion, fine. If they had presented both sides like you would require in a courtroom, the courtroom requires both sides. So, something like Leaving Neverland is the one side, ...