Practice Areas
One practice, built for the business of creativity.
Six disciplines, one point of contact. Whether you're optioning a script, forming a company, protecting a brand, or negotiating an AI clause, the counsel is personal and the coverage is comprehensive.
Entertainment
An extensive background in the Hollywood community, put to work navigating the industry’s legal hurdles.
- Represent production companies and producers in animation, scripted and unscripted television, and motion picture projects
- Draft and negotiate collaboration, production, and co-production agreements
- Talent agreements for above-the-line and below-the-line talent — writers, actors, directors, and producers
- Literary and life-story rights, option/purchase agreements, licensing, royalty, and publishing agreements
- Rights and script clearance advice; title searches and interpretation
- Errors and omissions insurance reviews
- Counsel on tax-incentive film and production credits to finance productions
- Protecting treatments and concepts for submissions to producers, financiers, and production companies
- Guild and union representation
- Merchandising, agency, endorsement, marketing, and licensing deals
- Distribution agreements across all platforms — theatrical, television, digital, DVD, and print
- Film festival accreditation and presentation (Cannes, Berlin, AFM, Toronto) and award-eligibility guidance
- Music recording, publishing, band formation, live performance, touring, and licensing agreements
Production Legal
On-call counsel for productions, from first concept through delivery.
- Concept and treatment protection
- Single-purpose entity formation for productions
- Location agreements and release negotiation
- Sponsorship and product placement contracts
- Above-the-line talent agreements
- Investor financing contracts
- Guild compliance — SAG, DGA, WGA
- Cast and crew agreements
- Clearances for errors and omissions insurance
- On-call production legal advice and insurance coverage representation
Business & Corporate
Experience with both large businesses and small start-ups — and the distinct needs of each — from formation through day-to-day operations.
- Structure and formation of partnerships, LLCs, corporations, and sole proprietorships
- Start-up documentation: founder restricted stock, stock option plans, advisory board agreements
- Operating agreements, corporate governance, bylaws, minutes, shareholder and partnership agreements
- Corporate and LLC upkeep services
- Counsel to businesses, owners, executives, and boards of directors
- Executive compensation, employment, and consulting agreements
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
- Compliance reviews of operating procedures
- Employee handbooks; cease-and-desist letters
- Sponsorship, consultant, independent contractor, and trade alliance agreements
Intellectual Property
Developing, protecting, and exploiting copyright and trademark interests for businesses and individuals in every field.
- Federal copyright registration, assignments, and recordation
- Copyright searches and interpretation of domestic and foreign rights
- Licensing and contract negotiation for copyrighted works
- Merchandising rights protection and monitoring of copyrighted assets
- Strategies for protecting copyrightable content
- Trademark selection, development, and registration of marks, logos, and brands
- Trademark searches, federal and state applications, registrations, and renewals
- Opposition, adverse, and cancellation proceedings
- Counsel on trademark usage in advertising and packaging; brand and licensing strategy
- Trade secret protection and non-disclosure agreements
New Media & Internet
Guiding companies through the complex legal terrain of the digital age.
- Counsel to producers, writers, and creators of content and new media projects
- Digital distribution agreements — music, television, film, podcasting — and content licensing
- Investor financing arrangements
- Rights clearances; privacy, publicity, and defamation advice
- Licensing and delivery of digital information, music, and interactive entertainment
- Satellite broadcast and IPTV agreements
- Software, e-commerce, and online terms-of-use agreements
- Vendor, online advertising, and promotions agreements
- Website, ISP, hosting, and development agreements
- Domain name acquisitions and disputes
Video Games
Representation across gaming — from independent developers to publishers and platforms.
- Trademark protection and enforcement for the names of games and virtual worlds
- Counsel to developers, publishers, distributors, and technology providers
- Trademark use, product placement, and in-game character licensing within games and virtual worlds
- Mobile games, loyalty platforms, contests, and sweepstakes — including tournament design to limit liability
- Development agreements for interactive entertainment companies
- Product clearance and terms of service for games
- Licensing agreements for music and other content used in games and virtual worlds
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