{{Infobox person | name = Jonathan Handel | image = Jonathan Handel.jpg | caption = Jonathan Handel | education = Harvard University (AB, JD) }} '''Jonathan Handel''' is an American entertainment lawyer, journalist, author and commentator.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Lacey |title=The Hollywood Strike's Winners |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/01/25/hollywood-media-labor-biz-media-cx_lr_0128strike.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=TroyGould Attorney Handel to Teach at UCLA Law School |url=http://www.metnews.com/articles/2009/hand100209.htm |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.metnews.com}}</ref>
Handel is an expert on entertainment labor, having reported extensively on the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE and other unions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-29 |title=Videos |url=https://www.foxla.com/video/1241571 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714042746/https://www.foxla.com/video/1241571 |archive-date=2023-07-14 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=FOX 11 Los Angeles |language=en-US}}</ref> He has previously served as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA, and on the legal staff of the WGA.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Political economy of media industries : global transformations and challenges |date=2020 |others=Randy Nichols, Gabriela Martínez |isbn=978-0-429-46933-6 |location=New York, NY |oclc=1118978699}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cieply |first=Michael |date=2013-02-07 |title=Documents on New Zealand Labor Talks Related to Films May Be Made Public |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/documents-on-new-zealand-labor-talks-related-to-films-may-be-made-public/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Media Decoder Blog |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=troygould |url=https://www.troygould.com/who-we-are/jonathan-l-handel/ |website=www.troygould.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2020-09-09|title=SAG-AFTRA Taps Journalist Jonathan Handel as Special Counsel|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sag-aftra-jonathan-handel-special-counsel-1234762918/|access-date=2021-11-07|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
Prior to this, he was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter, and has also written for the Los Angeles Times, Variety and Puck.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Handel|first=Jonathan|date=2020-06-19|title=Writers Guild Scores $5.25 Million Interest Award From Disney on Fox Animation Residuals|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-guild-scores-525-million-interest-award-disney-1299505/|access-date=2021-11-08|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Handel|first=Jonathan|date=2009-06-11|title=Why the film biz still has far to go|url=https://variety.com/2009/voices/columns/why-the-film-biz-still-has-far-to-go-1118004821/|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-21|title=Film school's ties with Matthew Modine face scrutiny in heated SAG-AFTRA election|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-08-21/matthew-modine-sag-aftra-election-new-york-film-academy|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, he has authored five books and is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School and lecturer in law at the USC Gould School of Law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=adjunct prof |url=https://www.swlaw.edu/faculty/adjunct/jonathan-handel |website=swlaw.edu |access-date=2022-03-21 |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926200747/https://www.swlaw.edu/faculty/adjunct/jonathan-handel |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=law lecturer|url=https://pressroom.usc.edu/jonathan-handel/|website=usc.edu|date=17 December 2014 }}</ref>
He currently practices entertainment and technology law at TroyGould and serves as an executive at WIO.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2022 |title=entertainment exec |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/wiopro-launches-unpaid-residuals-royalties-participations-1235084375/ |website=hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=entertainment exec 1 |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/wiopro-creator-residuals-tool-74646/ |website=backstage.com}}</ref>
== Education and career == Handel studied Applied Mathematics, graduating from Harvard College in 1982, and Harvard Law School in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robb|first=David|date=2020-09-09|title=Former THR Labor Reporter Jonathan Handel Joins SAG-AFTRA As Outside Special Counsel|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/sag-aftra-jonathan-handel-outside-legal-counsel-thr-1234573044/|access-date=2021-11-07|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan Louis Handel # 150126 - Attorney Licensee Search|url=https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/150126|access-date=2021-11-08|website=apps.calbar.ca.gov}}</ref>
He began his law career clerking for Judge Irving Goldberg on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Dallas, TX.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Elliott|first=William D.|date=2013|title=Judge Irving L. Goldberg and The Federal Tax Law|url=https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/handle/2346/87952|journal=Texas Tech Law Review|pages=994}}</ref>
In 1991, he was selected to serve as a federal associate independent counsel to investigate alleged White House political misconduct related to the search of then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's passport files.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Giardina|first=Carolyn|date=2020-09-09|title=SAG-AFTRA Names Jonathan Handel as an Outside Special Counsel|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-aftra-names-jonathan-handel-as-an-outside-special-counsel-4057015/|access-date=2021-11-07|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Navarre|first=Jayne L.|title=Social.lawyers : transforming business development|date=2010|publisher=West|isbn=978-0-314-93267-9|edition=2010-2011 |location=[Eagan, Minn.]|oclc=698625345}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Johnston|first=David|date=1995-12-01|title=File Search In 1992 Race Wasn't Illegal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/01/us/file-search-in-1992-race-wasn-t-illegal.html|access-date=2021-11-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ref/archive|url=http://www.sociallawyers.com/jonathan-handel-blogs-his-way-to-blockbuster-media-exposure/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216043801/http://www.sociallawyers.com/jonathan-handel-blogs-his-way-to-blockbuster-media-exposure/ |archive-date=2018-02-16 }}</ref>
In the months prior to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Handel began publishing a series of blogs on the Huffington Post, leading to him becoming recognized as an expert regarding Hollywood unions.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Was This Strike Necessary? {{!}} Which Way, L.A.?|url=https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/which-way-la/was-this-strike-necessary/was-this-strike-necessary|access-date=2021-11-08|website=KCRW|date=6 November 2007 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-11-15|title=Directors uncertain about their contract talks|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-directors15nov15-story.html|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan Handel {{!}} HuffPost|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jh-885|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.huffpost.com|language=en}}</ref>
From 2010 to 2020, Handel was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=reports|url=https://muckrack.com/daily/2014/07/04/featured-journalist-jonathan-handel|website=muckrack.com}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jonathan Handel |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/jonathan-handel/ |access-date=2021-11-08 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, he was appointed as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA.<ref name=":1" />
As of 2022, Handel serves as an executive at WIO, an entertainment software company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tran |first=Diep |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Want to Make Sure You're Getting the Right Residuals? This New Tool Can Help |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/wiopro-creator-residuals-tool-74646/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216135738/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/wiopro-creator-residuals-tool-74646/ |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=July 25, 2022 |website=Backstage}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2022 |first=Victoria |last=Ahearn |title=Canadian composer launches software to track TV airings |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2022/02/14/canadian-composer-launches-software-to-track-tv-airings/ |access-date=2022-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kilkenny |first=Katie |date=2022-01-31 |title=Hollywood Start-Up Plans to Track Unpaid Residuals, Royalties |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/wiopro-launches-unpaid-residuals-royalties-participations-1235084375/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
Handel regularly provides legal analysis for media outlets such as ''The New York Times'', BBC, Reuters, NBC, CNN, ABC and CBS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tesla driver charged with manslaughter in deadly Autopilot crash raises new legal questions about automated driving tech |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tesla-driver-charged-manslaughter-deadly-autopilot-crash-raises-new-le-rcna12987 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=NBC News |date=22 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Carr |first=David |date=2008-02-12 |title=Who Won the Writers Strike? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/arts/television/12strike.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvey Weinstein scandal puts nondisclosure agreements in the spotlight |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/harvey-weinstein-scandal-puts-nondisclosure-agreements-spotlight/story?id=50680794 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Uber fights California efforts to regulate its self-driving cars |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uber-fights-california-efforts-to-regulate-its-self-driving-cars/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=21 December 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-03-30 |title=Fox Tells Time Warner Cable to Halt Channel Streams to IPad |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-03-30/news-corp-s-fox-tells-time-warner-cable-to-halt-use-of-channels-on-ipad |access-date=2022-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-04-24 |title=Hollywood actors, studios agree to extend talks |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-actors-talks-idUSN2347061920080424 |access-date=2022-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Winery Battle, Scientologist Rape Case, Kate Moss Talks Depp Trial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNJw6CXilcA |language=en |access-date=2022-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Elaine |title=Scarlett Johansson's 'Black Widow' lawsuit against Disney could remake studio-talent deals in the streaming era, top Hollywood attorneys say |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/scarlett-johansson-black-widow-lawsuit-disney-could-remake-deals-2021-7 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Residuals == Handel is an expert on entertainment royalties, having authored the only book on residuals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=residuals in dictionary |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residual#examples |website=merriam-webster.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105232122/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residual#examples |archive-date=5 November 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Handel |first=Jonathan |title=Entertainment residuals : a full color guide |date=2014 |publisher=Hollywood Analytics |isbn=978-1-4414-3935-2 |location=Los Angeles |oclc=932128926}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fisk |first=Catherine |date=2017-05-02 |title=The Writer's Share (The Donahue Lecture) |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2961875 |language=en |location=Rochester, NY|ssrn=2961875 }}</ref>
== Personal == Handel is the son of late sociologist Gerald S. Handel.
== Works == * ''Entertainment residuals: a full color guide'', Hollywood Analytics, 2014<ref name=":3" /> * ''The New Zealand Hobbit crisis: how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit'', Hollywood Analytics, 2013<ref>{{Cite book|last=Handel|first=Jonathan|title=The New Zealand Hobbit crisis : how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit|date=2013|publisher=Hollywood Analytics|others=Pip Bulbeck, Warner Bros|isbn=978-0-615-73100-1|location=Los Angeles, Calif.|oclc=824738370}}</ref> * ''Entertainment labor: an interdisciplinary bibliography'', Hollywood Analytics, 2013<ref>{{Cite book|last=Handel|first=Jonathan|title=Entertainment labor : an interdisciplinary bibliography|date=2013|isbn=978-1-4414-3978-9|location=Los Angeles|oclc=835633311}}</ref> * ''Hollywood on strike!: an industry at war in the internet age'', Hollywood Analytics, 2011<ref>{{Cite book|last=Handel|first=Jonathan|title=Hollywood on strike! : an industry at war in the internet age|date=2011|publisher=Hollywood Analytics|isbn=978-1-4382-3385-7|location=Los Angeles|oclc=708263713}}</ref> * ''How to write loi's and term sheets'', Jonathan Handel, 2009<ref>{{Cite book|last=Handel|first=Jonathan|title=How to write loi's and term sheets|date=2009|publisher=Jonathan Handel|isbn=978-1-4414-7578-7|location=Los Angeles, CA|oclc=662606582}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons}}
* [https://jhandel.com Official webpage] * [https://www.troygould.com/who-we-are/jonathan-l-handel/ TroyGould biography] * [https://jhandel.com/all-media Media Appearances] * [https://www.swlaw.edu/faculty/adjunct/jonathan-handel Southwestern Law School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926200747/https://www.swlaw.edu/faculty/adjunct/jonathan-handel |date=2022-09-26 }} * [https://pressroom.usc.edu/jonathan-handel/ USC Law School] * [https://jhandel.news Substack] * [https://muckrack.com/jhandel Journalism Portfolio]
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