Jocelyn (Josie) L. Leinart is a senior associate attorney in the firm’s corporate/transactions practice and co-chairs Munck Wilson Mandala’s Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) practice.
Josie counsels clients on contracts, transactions, and other corporate matters, including partnerships, shareholder agreements, entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance. She is also a sports law attorney leading the firm’s NIL and sports practices. She is a frequent presenter and has served on panels in various sports law and sports business conferences in the past two years.
Prior to her legal career, Josie worked as an actress (Josie Loren) on more than 23 professional television and film projects for various studios and networks including Paramount, Warner Brothers, ABC, NBC, Lifetime, Disney, and Nickelodeon. She is best known for her role as Kaylie Cruz in the ABC Family series Make It or Break It, and as FBI agent Michelle Vega in the CBS series The Mentalist.
Josie is fluent in Spanish. She received her J.D. from Loyola Law School in LA where she was a member of the Evening Student Bar Association, a Class Representative, a Student Ambassador, and a Writing Tutor. She attended UCLA for her undergraduate degree, earning a B.A. in mass media communications.