speaking engagements & mcle presentations
Natasha Chee is a dynamic and thought-provoking speaker who presents to organizations, schools, and conferences on a variety of topics. She has spoken in the areas of entertainment Law; Intellectual Property - Copyrights & Trademarks; diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI); civil and criminal case management & Litigation; wellness; and much more.
If you are interested in having Natasha Chee speak for your organization, please contact us.
Behind the scenes: The Roles and responsibilities of lawyers in the film & TV Industries
Natasha Chee, along with two other industry professionals, provided an overview of the roles and responsibilities of lawyers in the film and television industry. Discussed the pathway to becoming an entertainment lawyer, various legal duties of entertainment lawyers on film and TV from development through distribution, DEI in the industry, and the future of the industry in light of labor strikes and AI .
Santa Clara University School of Law - Sports and Entertainment Law Society, March 6, 2024.
Legal forum on entertainment law
Natasha Chee, along with two other industry professionals, provided an overview of the roles and responsibilities of lawyers in the film and music industry. Natasha spoke about her pathway to becoming an entertainment lawyer, various legal duties of entertainment lawyers on film and music projects, DEI in the industry, and the future of the industry in light of AI.
UC Berkeley Kappa Alpha Pi Psi Class, November 7, 2023.
Am I OK? Recognizing sign of Mental Health Impairment in Attorneys
Natasha spoke on recognizing various signs and symptoms of mental health impairment in attorneys, including burnout, dementia and Alzheimers, depression, and other illness, as well as providing some strategies around how to combat stress as a legal professional in a high-stress working environment.
Contra Costa County Bar Association MCLE Spectacular, November 3, 2023, 1.0 Elimination of Bias credit.
Alcohol, women & wellness
Natasha moderated a panel discussion on wellness strategies around alcohol and substance abuse, as well as how to combat stress as a legal professional in a high-stress working environment.
California Women Lawyers Annual Conference, May 19, 2023, 1.0 Elimination of Bias credit.
Entertainment law in the film & Music Industry
Natasha Chee provided an overview of the legal aspects in the film and music industry, and what to look out for when making films and content. Discussed the pathway to becoming an entertainment lawyer and the various areas of the law that are required for working in the entertainment industry.
University of California Irvine - Business Careers in Entertainment Club, May 25, 2022.
DIVERSITY and Inclusion IN Hollywood
Award-winning Entertainment Attorney and Music Supervisor Natasha Chee presented a discussion about diversity in the entertainment industry and filmmaking. She analyzed laws and regulations enacted to protect and/or promote diversity and inclusion in the film industry and within the various guilds and unions. Natasha gave an extensive visual overview of the history and diversity climate in Hollywood throughout the years. She discussed the responsibility of various industry “players” to ensure better diversity, how various efforts have improved representation to date, new developments, and what can be done to make further advances.
Berkeley Law Sports & Entertainment Conference - Lunch Keynote Speaker, April 8, 2022, 1.0 MCLE credit.
DIVERSITY IN Hollywood
Award-winning Entertainment Attorney and Music Supervisor Natasha Chee presented a discussion about diversity in the entertainment industry and filmmaking. She analyzed laws and regulations enacted to protect and/or promote diversity and inclusion in the film industry and within the various guilds and unions. Natasha gave an extensive visual overview of the history and diversity climate in Hollywood throughout the years. She discussed the responsibility of various industry “players” to ensure better diversity, how various efforts have improved representation to date, new developments, and what can be done to make further advances.
Santa Clara University School of Law - Sports & Entertainment Law Section, November 12, 2021.
pathways to becoming an attorney
Natasha was the speaker for a fireside chat with high school students to discuss her pathway to becoming an entertainment, video game, and intellectual property attorney. High school students moderated and took turns asking insightful questions on the legal profession, finding your purpose, and preparing to become an attorney.
iFund Education, October 23, 2021.
DIVERSITY IN FILMMAKING
Award-winning Entertainment Attorney and Music Supervisor Natasha Chee presented a discussion about diversity in the entertainment industry and filmmaking. She analyzed laws and regulations enacted to protect and/or promote diversity and inclusion in the film industry and within the various guilds and unions. Natasha gave an extensive visual overview of the history and diversity climate in Hollywood throughout the years. She discussed the responsibility of various industry “players” to ensure better diversity, how various efforts have improved representation to date, new developments, and what can be done to make further advances.
Contra Costa County Bar Association, April 22, 2021, 1.0 Elimination of Bias credit.
Contra Costa County Bar Association Visual art Show
The inaugural CCCBA visual art show, showcased artistic works from five creative attorneys including Natasha. Each artist presented their works, which ranged from oil painting, photography, knitting, dot rock painting, fashion, and ceramics. The artists discussed their inspirations, techniques, how it contributes to their wellness, and what drew them to choose this particular art medium.
Contra Costa County Bar Association, February 9, 2021.
DIVERSITY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY & FILMMAKING
Entertainment Attorney and Music Supervisor Natasha S. Chee shares her experience in the entertainment industry and discusses the laws and regulations protecting and promoting diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry and filmmaking. She provides an overview of the stats on diversity for top Hollywood films, provides insight into the various initiatives by the different guilds and unions, and provides action steps that everyone can partake in to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in Hollywood and independent filmmaking.
California Women Lawyers, July 16, 2020, 1.0 Elimination of Bias credit.
Ear Gab Podcast - Jason Clark Interviews Natasha Chee
Natasha Chee is the sole Attorney of Business and Legal Affairs, Music Supervisor, and Post-Production Supervisor for the films Best F(r)iends Volumes 1 + 2 (distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment). Best F(r)iends Volumes 1 + 2 stars Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero of the cult film, The Room, which inspired Golden Globe Award Best Actor winner and Oscar nominated The Disaster Artist. She is also the Music Supervisor for the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Best F(r)iends, composed by Daniel Platzman of Imagine Dragons, produced by Mr. Platzman and Will Wells. Natasha discusses her career path, copyright/trademark/patent law, film, art, music, and much more! Listen here…
Ear Gab Podcast, October 10, 2019.
An Evening with Greg Sestero and Natasha Chee - Diversity in Film
The films Best F(r)iends Volumes 1 + 2 (distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment). Best F(r)iends Volumes 1 + 2 stars Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero of the cult film, The Room, which inspired Golden Globe Award Best Actor winner and Oscar nominated The Disaster Artist. Greg is the author of The Disaster Artist, and the Writer, Producer and Star of Best F(r)iends Volumes 1 + 2. Natasha Chee is the sole Attorney of Business and Legal Affairs, Music Supervisor, and Post-Production Supervisor for Best F(r)iends Volumes 1 + 2. She is also the Music Supervisor for the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Best F(r)iends, composed by Daniel Platzman of Imagine Dragons, produced by Mr. Platzman and Will Wells. Greg and Natasha discuss the new movies, Greg’s start in Hollywood and being an author, working with Tommy Wiseau, The Room, diverse voices in independent film, upcoming projects, and much more!
Lafayette Library and Learning Center, July 17, 2019.
Climate change hike
An eye-opening presentation and discussion on Climate Change, carbon credits, carbon emissions policies, the Paris Accord, and other Environmental Law topics that everybody should know. Speakers include Natasha Chee, Jeffrey Thayer, Partner - Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, Steve Richards - Co-Founder Sustainable Lafayette, and Sarah Shen, Ph.D - Associate Consultant at Strategic Earth Consulting.
Contra Costa County Bar Association, September 30, 2017, 0.5 MCLE credit.
TRIALS 101: CIVIL PRETRIAL CASE MANAGEMENT
The panel will examine handling a case from inception to pretrial. The discussion will focus on filing and answering a complaint, propounding and responding to discovery, taking and defending depositions, and filing and opposing dispositive motions. Common ethical issues that may arise early in a case will also be reviewed. This aspect of the discussion will look at handling conflict considerations, informing prospective clients of statutes of limitations, interacting with opposing counsel and ethical considerations in motion practice.
Contra Costa County Bar Association, October 31, 2017, 1.5 General and 0.5 Legal Ethics MCLE credit.
TRIALS 101: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS - PART 4: TRIAL PART 1: WHAT TO PREPARE FOR THE TRIAL AND WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE TRIAL
Each of the sessions will cover a different part of the litigation process from both the criminal and civil aspects. This series is geared toward effective lawyering from a criminal defense and plaintiff/defense litigation aspect.
Part 4: Trial Part 1: What to prepare for the trial and what happens during the trial.
Civil: Trial 1 (Motions in Limine, voir dire, page line designations, exhibits, openings). Criminal: Trial Part 1: (Motions in Limine, Witness List, Jury Instructions, Direct/Cross-Examination Witnesses, Batson/Wheeler).
Contra Costa County Bar Association, September 9, 2014, 1.0 General, 0.5 Elimination of Bias MCLE credit.
TRIALS 101: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS - PART 3: EXPERTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND THE NEXT STEP...
Each of the sessions will cover a different part of the litigation process from both the criminal and civil aspects. This series is geared toward effective lawyering from a criminal defense and plaintiff/defense litigation aspect.
Part 3: Experts, Investigations, and the next step…
Civil: Expert discovery and dispositive motions. Criminal: Pretrial investigation, marshaling the evidence, subpoenas.
Contra Costa County Bar Association, August 5, 2014, 1.5 MCLE credit. Click here to view the video.
TRIALS 101: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS - PART 5: TRIAL PART 2: TESTIMONY, OPENINGS & CLOSINGS, APPEALS/WRITS
Each of the sessions will cover a different part of the litigation process from both the criminal and civil aspects. This series is geared toward effective lawyering from a criminal defense and plaintiff/defense litigation aspect.
Part 5: Trial Part 2: Testimony, Openings and Closings, Appeals/Writs
Civil: Trial 2: Testimony, closing, appeals, and post-trial issues and motions, such as motions for new trial and Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (JNOV) motions. Criminal: Trial Part 2: Openings, closings, speaking with jurors, Appeals/Writs.
Contra Costa County Bar Association, October 7, 2014, 1.5 MCLE credit.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, COPYRIGHTS! COPYRIGHTS IN FILM, GARCIA V. GOOGLE AND SCOTUS UPDATES
Analysis of the Ninth Circuit Garcia v. Google copyright case. A discussion of copyrights in films, and whether an actor in a film owns a copyright interest in their performance, whether the Ninth Circuit's decision constitutes a prior restraint on the First Amendment's freedom of speech, and other intellectual property (IP) issues.
Contra Costa County Bar Association, June 19, 2014, 1 MCLE credit.
TRIALS 101: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS - PART 2: DISCOVERY & PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS
Each of the sessions will cover a different part of the litigation process from both the criminal and civil aspects. This series is geared toward effective lawyering from a criminal defense and plaintiff/defense litigation aspect.
Part 2: Discovery and Pre-Trial Motions
We will examine discovery, motions and other issues that may arise along the way.
Civil: Fact discovery (written discovery, depositions, subpoenas)
Criminal: Pretrial and trial motions (1538s, Sernas, Pitchess, Miranda, Motions to Compel)
Contra Costa County Bar Association, July 8, 2014, 1.5 MCLE credit.
TRIALS 101: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS - PART 1: COMPLAINT! NOW WHAT?
Each of the sessions will cover a different part of the litigation process from both the criminal and civil aspects. This series is geared toward effective lawyering from a criminal defense and plaintiff/defense litigation aspect.
Part 1, of a five-part series:
Examine how to file a complaint and what to do if your client has been served a complaint or has been charged with criminal proceedings.
Civil: Case inception (complaint/response)
Criminal: The beginning (complaint, arraignment, case assessment, CALCRIMS)
Contra Costa County Bar Association, June 3, 2014, 1.5 MCLE credit. Click here to view the video.