Stefan Bogdanovich is an Associate Attorney and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) whose complex commercial litigation practice includes media/entertainment, false advertising, and IP disputes, and class action litigation. He enjoys developing and executing strategic solutions to difficult legal problems. He has experience obtaining and enforcing injunctions and favorable judgments, negotiating settlements, and appealing final orders.
Stefan earned his J.D. at the University of Southern California, where he participated in the Hale Moot Court Honors Program, the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, and the Trial Team. He received the highest grade in his class in three subjects, including First Amendment Law.
Representative Matters
- Obtained preliminary (and later, permanent) injunction stopping an online false advertising campaign and requiring corrective disclosures by a client’s competitor
- Successfully appealed a trial court order wrongfully rescinding the sale of an apartment building
- Obtained a judgment against a well-known musical recording artist’s company for breaching deal to buy a Swedish wireless headphone company
- Obtained a judgment against a Chinese state-owned enterprise for breaching its fiduciary duties to a US online travel agency in a joint venture
- Secured a favorable settlement from a City for violating pro bono client’s Constitutional Rights
Practice Areas
- Business Litigation
- Class Actions
- Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
- Defamation and Common Law Privacy Torts
- First Amendment Rights
- Intellectual Property
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Education
- University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, J.D.
- University of California, Irvine, B.A.
Certification
- CIPP/US, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Publications & Presentations
- “Your Honor, please drop my case,” Daily Journal, December 8, 2022
- “First Amendment Considerations for Corporations,” 2022
- “Making ‘Mad Men Pay,” Los Angeles Lawyer, September 2020 issue
