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film industry. His clients were directors, writers, producers,
and actors. Some of petitioner’s clients, who numbered over 75,
included: Maria Conchita Alonso, Larry David (creator of
“Seinfeld”), David Foley, Gregory Hines, David Koepp (whose
credits include “Jurassic Park”, “Carlito’s Way”, and “Mission
Impossible”), Norm MacDonald, Conan O’Brien, Bronson Pinchot,
John Singleton, and several writers from “The Simpsons” and
“Seinfeld”.
Martin Bauer and Peter Benedek owned the Bauer Benedek
Agency (BBA).2 BBA was a talent agency. In the summer of 1989,
after working at International Creative Management (ICM), one of
the three largest Hollywood talent agencies,3 for 4 years,
petitioner left ICM and began working at BBA.
Petitioner had offers to work for other agencies but chose
BBA. BBA primarily had feature film clients. Petitioner went to
BBA to build its television business. Petitioner’s initial
salary at BBA was $90,000. In 1990, BBA increased his salary to
$150,000.
In 1991, Leading Artists Agency (LAA), primarily a
television talent agency, merged with BBA to become UTA. James
2 Messrs. Bauer and Benedek were also attorneys.
3 During the years in issue, the three largest talent
agencies in Hollywood, in alphabetical order, were the Creative
Artists Agency (CAA), International Creative Management (ICM),
and the William Morris Agency (William Morris).
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