As Deadline revealed last night, former Verve CEO Bill Weinstein has joined Paradigm along with former Verve colleague Devon Schiff. Both join as agents in the Literary Content department and will be working out of Paradigm’s Los Angeles office.
29.02.2024 - 22:13 / deadline.com
Just over a week after Bill Weinstein left Verve, the former CEO of the agency he co-founded wants his old job back – and Weinstein’s going to court to get it.
The breach of contract lawsuit filed in LA Superior Court today by Weinstein claims he was kicked out earlier this month for “without any notice, reason, cause or an opportunity to cure.”
“With Weinstein now conveniently out of their way, Levine and Besser are looking to sell Verve without Weinstein’s participation or cutting him in on the sales proceeds, giving further clarity to the nefarious motives behind the timing and abruptness of Levine and Besser’s ouster of Weinstein,” the complaint from the firm of Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae states, with more that a few additional swipes of “repeated leaks to the media” out of Weinstein’s departure.
“This misguided coup attempt by Levine and Besser violated multiple provisions of the Operating Agreement, including the required dispute resolution procedures, which Mr. Weinstein seeks to enforce through this action for injunctive relief.”
To that end, the ex-Endeavor literary agent is seeking a court injunction against Verve and co-founders AdamLevine and BryanBesser rendering his firing DOA, at least until the widely expected legal action he began today is dealt with.
If granted, such an injunction would put Weinstein back in the CEO seat for the agency he helped create 14 years ago. On top of that, with Verve not naming anyone to the CEO job since Weinstein was shown the door on February 19, Devon Schiff, Matthew Doyle and Jake Dillman left the company too. The speculation is that Weinstein would be forming a new company with the trio first on board.
At the time of his ouster, the agency’s leadership did
As Deadline revealed last night, former Verve CEO Bill Weinstein has joined Paradigm along with former Verve colleague Devon Schiff. Both join as agents in the Literary Content department and will be working out of Paradigm’s Los Angeles office.
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In 2010, Endeavor lit agents BillWeinstein, AdamLevine and BryanBesser left in the wake of the WMA merger to launch a new agency built on a different, client-first approach to representation and a different culture from the corporate-minded big firms.
Katcy Stephan Verve agents Jake Dillman, Matthew Doyle and Devon Schiff are leaving the literary boutique in the wake of Bill Weinstein‘s departure, Variety can confirm. It appears Weinstein has plans to set up shop on his own, as alluded to in a statement from Verve leadership. “We are aware that Bill may be trying to create his own agency and we wish him the best,” the statement reads.
EXCLUSIVE: Days after CEO Bill Weinstein separated ties with Verve, lit agents Devon Schiff, Matthew Doyle and Jake Dillman are also leaving the agency, sources tell Deadline. While not confirmed, sources believe the three agents will be joining Weinstein at a new shop he is planning to open up. No details have been disclosed about the potential new agency. Verve leadership had this to say in a statement: