Spivak Lipton LLP was established in 1989 by the late Harold Spivak, his son, Steven Spivak, Neil Lipton, and Roy Watanabe.
Prior to establishing the firm, Harold and Steve Spivak were members of Spivak, Rosenman & Spivak, a law firm tracing its origins to the 1940s. At that time, Harold Spivak practiced with his brother-in-law, Matthew Levy, who served as an elected Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York during the 1950s and 1960s. Harold Spivak represented the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) beginning in 1942 with the election of Richard F. Walsh from Brooklyn as the International President.
Prior to 1989, Neil Lipton and Roy Watanabe were members of the entertainment and union-side firm Cohn, Glickstein, Lurie, Ostrin, Lubell & Lubell. Cohn Glickstein had been earlier known as Boudin, Cohn & Glickstein, tracing its origins to 1898, when the iconic Louis B. Boudin began his law practice on New York City’s Lower East Side representing progressive trade unions.
Since 1989, our New York office has grown to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients and in 2007 we opened a Los Angeles office to serve clients coast-to-coast.