Avery Williams is a trial lawyer specializing in complex commercial litigation and intellectual property matters. He is co-chair of McKool Smith’s trade-secret practice, and also focuses on representing clients in emerging copyright disputes concerning infringement related to AI-generated images. He is the author of McKool Smith’s AI Litigation Tracker, which provides weekly updates to monitor breaking developments related to key generative AI-focused copyright infringement-related litigations impacting the media and entertainment sectors. Avery represents both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts across the nation. His experience includes being a member of the McKool Smith trial team that secured a “Top 100 Verdict” for the developers of Canyon Ridge Resort against financial services firm Sterne Agee & Leach, and one of its former investment bankers.  On the defense side, Avery’s victories include helping to secure a complete defense verdict for CenturyLink in a securities fraud suit brought by five groups of investors and four of its current and past executives who accused the company of securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud.

Avery is recognized as a leading lawyer for commercial litigation by Best Lawyers.

Karen Chesley is an experienced commercial litigator who serves as Senior Litigation Counsel at The New York Times, where she manages The Times’s litigation against Microsoft and OpenAI for copying millions of Times articles to train and operate their generative AI models and products. Prior to joining The Times, Karen was a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner, where she focused on high-stakes litigation, including contract disputes, trade secrets litigation, copyright matters, shareholder lawsuits, and cases involving international law. She is also an experienced appellate litigator, having worked on appeals before the Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits, and served as lead appellate counsel in a New York First Department appeal that led to the reversal of a substantial defamation judgment. She is a trustee of the Woodstock Public Library and previously served as a board member for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Syracuse University School of Law, and as a law clerk for judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Karen holds a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Syracuse University and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review and President of the Penn Intellectual Property Group.

Schuyler M. Moore ("Sky") is a partner in the corporate entertainment department of Greenberg Glusker, practicing entertainment, corporate, and tax law. Sky holds his undergraduate degree from UCLA (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude) and his law degree also from UCLA (first in class). He has been practicing in the entertainment industry since 1981, and he represents a broad spectrum of clients throughout the entertainment industry, including producers, sales agents, foreign distributors, and financiers. Sky has handled some of the largest financing transactions in Hollywood, including Reliance’s investment in DreamWorks, the Ratpac-Dune slate financing for Warner Brothers, the Hemisphere slate financing for Sony and Paramount, and the Hunan Group slate financing for Lionsgate. He is the author of several books, including The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal, and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry, a popular book in its 5th edition, Taxation of the Entertainment Industry, the leading treatise on that topic, and What They Don’t Teach You in Law School. He was an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law and Business School and an adjunct professor at the USC School of Law, and he is a frequent speaker and writer on a wide variety of entertainment topics. Sky has been named a "Power Lawyer" by the Hollywood Reporter; included in Variety's "Dealmakers Impact Report" and "Legal Impact Report" and named a leading lawyer in the area of Entertainment and Media: Transactional, recognized as one of the top 100 lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, and named one of the top three "Most Influential Lawyers" in media by the National Law Journal. In 2019, he was named a lifetime “Legal Legend” by The Hollywood Reporter.

Peter Csathy, Media, Entertainment, AI & Tech Expert, Chairman, Creative Media: Peter is a leading international media, entertainment, AI and tech expert who has worn just about every “hat” in his 30+ year career that spans both traditional and tech-driven media. He is a frequent speaker, writes a weekly column about media, entertainment, AI and tech in TheWrap, hosts a major music podcast series on Consequence, and has written several best-selling industry books. Peter is Chairman of Creative Media, a boutique media, entertainment, AI and technology business advisory and legal services firm. He previously served as CEO and President of several pioneering media-tech companies with successful exits. He also spent several years as a senior executive at Universal Studios where he negotiated over $3 billion in deals. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and began his career as an entertainment and intellectual property attorney representing major media companies and artists, including ground-breaking rap group N.W.A.