Lara Lavi

Managing Partner & GM Columbia City Theater (volunteer position) at Dreaming In Color Entertainment

Lara Lavi is a decisive decision-maker, creative business developer, and tenacious leader with over 20 years of experience in legal and business development across various sectors including entertainment, intellectual property, technology, consumer retail, and licensing.

Throughout her career, Lara has held in-house and senior executive roles where she has excelled in brand licensing within music, movie, television, literary, new media, and online industries. She possesses historical expertise in environmental law, natural resources, policy, and Indian Law.

One of Lara's notable achievements includes turning around MusicSkins LLC into a profitable company re-branded as Zing Revolution, resulting in a 200% increase in business development and financial success. Her strategic approach involves streamlining operations, enhancing marketable licensed collections, reducing costs, and optimizing marketing and social media efforts.

Lara Lavi is known for being a visionary brand accelerator, dispute resolution specialist, collaborative communicator, operations and business transformer, fearless negotiator, and protective general counsel. She is a business development specialist with strong entrepreneurial skills, blending creativity with analytics to ensure a solid return on investment for investors, clients, and her businesses.

In addition to her professional experiences, Lara holds a Doctor of Law (JD) with an emphasis on Environmental Law and Intellectual Property from the University of Oregon School of Law. She also studied wildlife biology, natural resource policy, animal behavior, and economics at the University of Michigan and The University of Chicago.

Currently, Lara serves as the Managing Attorney at her own law firm, Media Law Group, and holds positions at Solight-Design and Dreaming In Color Entertainment. Previously, she worked as the Senior Of Counsel at Foundry Law Group and held leadership roles at Columbia City Theater, Zing Revolution (formerly MusicSkins LLC), and other notable organizations.