Marcela Davison-Aviles
Partner

Contact:
(415) 362-3050

Education:

Stanford Law School, J.D., 1984
Harvard College, Bachelors of Fine Arts, 1980 (cum laude)

Marcela is a partner in Tactical Law's entertainment, intellectual property and outside general counsel practice groups.  

In addition to her legal practice, Marcela has served as a Latino cultural advisor for The Walt Disney Company including Pixar Animation Studios, and has provided creative and strategic cultural consulting capacity on various Disney projects. Recently she was the lead cultural consultant for Pixar's 19th animated feature, Coco.  Her arts and entertainment production activities also include award-winning production on numerous festivals, concerts, theatrical productions, social media and documentary projects. You can learn more about her work in this space at www.tcginsights.com.

Recent press on Marcela's important cultural consulting work on Pixar's smash hit movie Coco include articles at the ​Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Hip Latina, and Tucson.com.

A first generation Mexican-American, Marcela also is a frequent commentator on issues impacting the arts and Latino community, and has appeared as a guest speaker on programs such as National Public Radio and CNN. Her thoughtful editorial opinions have been published numerous times in the San Jose Mercury News, CNN, ModernLatina.com and other media outlets. Marcela also testified before the United States Senate on a bill related to the establishment of a national museum for Latinos and appeared on multiple occasions before government agencies advocating on behalf of Latino issues. 

Marcela holds a BA degree in Fine Arts from Harvard College and a JD from Stanford. 

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