Committed to Your Success & Protection
At Fofana & Associates, our mission is to empower entertainment professionals by providing forward-thinking, results-driven legal representation. We understand the challenges of the industry and work tirelessly to ensure our clients receive strategic legal guidance at every stage of their careers.
From Public Service to Hollywood’s Legal Frontlines
Fatima Fofana is an entertainment & broadcast attorney based in Los Angeles, California who represents clients locally and globally. She practices law in the areas of film, television, social media, publishing and broadcasting. Her clients include corporations, limited liability companies, filmmakers, motion picture and television producers/production companies, production crew, directors, actors, screenwriters, publishing companies, recording artists, Internet companies, radio and television station owners and creators of new media content.
The firm is committed to providing clients with strategic, forward-thinking, results-oriented and tirelessly dedicated service to meet each client’s goals. Ms. Fofana’s hands-on approach ensures that she consistently represents clients with exceptional legal guidance and representation in the entertainment and broadcast industries. She is passionately committed to advocating for clients effectively. With over twenty years of legal practice, Ms. Fofana brings her legal expertise and business insight to build, expand, protect and defend her clients’ careers, businesses, brands, images and rights.
A Passion for Law & Advocacy
Fatima Fofana attended Morgan State University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Political Science and French. She obtained a Master of Arts in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America.
Ms. Fofana began her career in public service, working on the federal and state levels. She dedicated her early years in the practice of law championing causes against discrimination in the media and telecom industries in minority communities. At the White House, she worked for the Vice President’s General Counsel, where she spearheaded research on civil rights and consumer protection laws impacting minority communities. As a Staff Fellow at the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), a national nonprofit diversity organization, her work focused on addressing the lack of representation in the telecom, media and tech industries in communities of color, as well as advocating for equal access to technology. As a Strategic Partner at the Ghatt Law Group her practice focused on dismantling regulatory barriers that impede marginalized communities from gaining equal access to radio and television ownership.
In 2004, Ms. Fofana moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion in the entertainment industry.
