Eric P. Early

Eric P. Early is managing partner of Early Wright Sullivan Gizer & McRae LLP, a firm that he formed in June 2010 with several former partners of his prior firm, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard & Shapiro LLP.  Mr. Early had been a litigation partner at Glaser Weil since 2001.  He has extensive litigation and trial experience.  Mr. Early has represented leading figures and entities in business, entertainment and sports, including Kirk Kerkorian's holding company, Tracinda Corporation, in the billion dollar securities fraud case, Tracinda Corporation v. DaimlerChrysler AG (United States District Court, District of Delaware), Fidelity National Financial, First American Title Insurance Company, Old Republic Title Insurance Company and Stewart Title, in bad faith actions, and in representation of the companies' insureds in a wide variety of real estate litigation actions.  Mr. Early also has represented Meridian Healthcare, one of the leading healtcare providers in California, in a wide variety of corporate, partnership and shareholder actions, Greece's Alpha Satellite Television, S.A. against Warner Brothers International Television in an action involving claims for breach of a $60 million licensing agreement, MGM Studios in an action against Sylvester Stallone regarding the Rocky franchise, Industry Entertainment in breach of contract actions against noted talent managers and Paramount Pictures in a defamation action brought by Michael Jackson.  Mr. Early was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and raised in Long Island, New York.  He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from New York University's School of the Arts.  While in film school, Early was a Mobil Student Film Finalist award winner at the school's annual film festival.  After graduating from NYU, Mr. Early spent several years in the film industry, including stints directing and producing short films for a children's television show called The Great Space Coaster, post-production supervising such animated shows as G.I. Joe, The Transformers and Jem and the Holograms, as well as writing several of those episodes, serving as Director of Film Operations for Atlantic Entertainment Group and producing trailers for B-movie king, Roger Corman.In December 1992, Mr. Early graduated from Southwestern University School of Law's evening program.  While at law school, Early was a recipient of two scholarships and wrote the article, It's A Wonderful Life, Motion Picture Studios Can Regain Control of Their Wayward Classics, which was published in the UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 1 UCLA Ent. L.Rev. 139 (1994).  In 1993 he was admitted to the State Bar of California and associated with the law firm of Haight, Brown & Bonesteel.  In 1995, Early moved to Glaser Weil where he made partner in 2001. 

In 2018, Eric was a Republican candidate for California Attorney General.  As a first time politician, Eric received approximately 950,000 votes in the statewide primary.  Eric was the Republican candidate against Adam Schiff in the 2020 election cycle, beating 6 others in the primary to proceed to the General Election against Schiff.  He is currently again running for California Attorney General.  Eric remains active in Republican politics on a state and nationwide basis.