Ernest Del
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attorney at Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano
Ernest Del | |
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| Born | January 16, 1952[1][2] Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley Stanford Law School (JD) |
| Known for | President of ZeniMax Media attorney at Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano |
| Spouse | Danielle Del[3] |
| Children | 4[3] |
Ernest Del (born January 16, 1952) is an American entertainment attorney. Del served as Senior Advisor at ZeniMax Media from 2017 till 2021.[4][5] Del previously served as President of ZeniMax from 1999 up until April 2017.[3] He also serves as a director of Delivery Agent[6] and of the Silver Eagle Acquisition Corporation.[7]
Del graduated with degrees in economics and political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973 and earned his J.D. degree from Stanford University Law School in 1976.[4]
Career
Del began his law career in 1976 as an antitrust litigator at the law firm of Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman & Kuchel, focused primarily on cases addressing the transformation of the nationwide Bell telephone system in the late 1970s before shifting to transactional entertainment law. Initially he worked exclusively on feature films in the United States and abroad. He later worked on television and digital media.[8] In December 1999, he became President at ZeniMax Media. He additionally served as president of ZeniMax Europe from December 2010 to August 2012.[9] Del later became part of the law firm Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano.
