Justin Righettini is Of Counsel in the Madrid office of Jacobacci-Abril.  He focuses his practice on intellectual property, entertainment, and technology matters, with a special emphasis on copyright.

Justin's experience is characterized by sophisticated work and significant wins on behalf of a wide range of clients, including Grammy Award-winning music artists, major music publishers, film production companies, media companies, online service providers, and technology companies.  His work has led to multimillion-dollar recoveries, substantial awards of attorney’s fees, the complete avoidance of millions of dollars in exposure, and a portion of the U.S. Copyright Act being held unconstitutional.

Justin is US-EU qualified and is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland.  He has studied and practiced law for extended periods on both sides of the Atlantic and has rarified experience in US-EU cross-border litigations concerning intellectual property.

Finally, and as a classically trained guitarist and longtime musician, Mr. Righettini is particularly adept in music matters, especially when music plagiarism claims are involved.

Education
University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain)
(Ph.D in Law, expected 2025)
Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)
(LL.M., expected 2023)
University of Southern California, Price School of Public Policy (Los Angeles, California)
(M.P.A., 2014)
Southwestern Law School (Los Angeles, California)
(J.D., 2006)
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music (Los Angeles, California)
(Grad. Cert., Classical Guitar Performance, 2002)
California State University Northridge (Northridge, California)
(B.M., Classical Guitar Performance, 2000)