23 Facts About Jeffrey Konvitz

Jeffrey Konvitz was born on July 22,1944 and is an American attorney, writer, and film producer.

Jeffrey Konvitz was raised in Woodmere, New York and graduated from Hewlett High School in 1962.

Jeffrey Konvitz continued his education at Cornell University and the Columbia University School of Law.

Jeffrey Konvitz married model Vicki Peters in 1980, but they were divorced after parenting one child, Kristen Nicole who is a motion pictures packaging agent with United Talent Agency in Los Angeles.

Jeffrey Konvitz was Managing Partner of VX119, a financing company in the entertainment industry.

Jeffrey Konvitz worked as an agent for CMA, general counsel for the Jerry Lewis theatre chain, a production executive for MGM, and as a film producer.

Jeffrey Konvitz saw that anything good was being snapped up by studios before it was ever seen by him, so Jeffrey Konvitz set out to create original projects.

Jeffrey Konvitz showed the treatment to the financier on a Friday and told them the screenplay was being typed.

The financiers asked to see the script but Jeffrey Konvitz didn't have a script or a writer, so he wrote the script himself in 3 days.

Jeffrey Konvitz first pitched The Sentinel as a movie but was turned down by several studios, so he decided to write The Sentinel as a novel, staying up writing until 4am each night while he practiced law in New York during the day.

Jeffrey Konvitz dedicated The Guardian to Rufus, who he credited with editing Chapter 27.

Jeffrey Konvitz rose to become one of the top independent production executives in Hollywood in the 1980's and 90's, leading two Nasdaq-listed Entertainment companies: Kings Road Entertainment, and Communications and Entertainment Corp.

Jeffrey Konvitz was admitted to the State Bar of California on October 27,1983.

Jeffrey Konvitz is, and has been, an active member in good standing since 1983.

Jeffrey Konvitz has written major articles on tax shelter film financing for various legal publications.

In 1997, Jeffrey Konvitz was retained by Regent Entertainment as lead finance counsel and the lead litigation council in a dispute with Showtime over the financing of the motion picture Gods and Monsters.

In 2009, Jeffrey Konvitz represented Regent Entertainment and Here Network, the preeminent LGBTQ+ streaming service in a complicated German Tax shelter arbitration before IFTA.

In 2011, Jeffrey Konvitz filed a bank fraud lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Blue Rider Finance Inc.

Jeffrey Konvitz oversaw companion cases in Illinois and Maryland while securing a judgment against the defendants in this Los Angeles action.

In 2015 Konvitz filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Plaintiff Foreign Language Center Inc et al v National Geographic, 20th Century Fox and David Hasselhoff et al.

Since at least 2017, Jeffrey Konvitz has represented Malek Media Group LLC and Matthew Malek in a business dispute with AXQG Corp.

Jeffrey Konvitz proceeded to file an appeal on behalf of his client.

Jeffrey Konvitz successfully filed a summary judgement motion for Blue Rider against GFI in the trial court but Blue Rider's cross-complaint was dismissed.