Aimée Scala Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Represent and advise clients on fine art, photography, IP, media, entertainment, and other matters• Evaluate potential fine art, IP, and other claims and develop strategies to best serve client needs • Register copyrights and trademarks• Provide specialized expertise for evaluating and managing art collections and photographic archives• Negotiate agreements and transactions for firm clients• Create corporate entities and draft agreements

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Engage in motion practice in both state and federal courts on the trial and appellate levels• Draft, revise, and edit pleadings, briefs, contracts, mediation statements, purchase, sale, and licensing and agreements, and other legal documents• Provide expertise in conducting factual research, particularly in the areas of provenance and IP rights• Conduct legal research, particularly in the areas of fine art, copyright and other IP rights, import and export regulations, First Amendment law, privacy, defamation, cultural property, and insurance law• Assist with propounding, responding to, and reviewing discovery materials• Prepare for and attend depositions, court appearances, and client meetings

Glendale, Ca

• Evaluated risk and assessed potential company exposure with regard to copyright, trademark, state and federal employment law, and various collective bargaining agreements• Negotiated and drafted agreements for animation services with individuals, production companies, and others• Negotiated and drafted licensing agreements for the use of company intellectual property assets

Greater New York City Area

New York, Ny

• Managed and oversaw entire photography department• Ensured that all visual material for publication was in compliance with applicable law• Maintained relationships and negotiated with galleries, museums, photographers, archives, stock photography houses, nonprofit arts institutions, and artists to license and reproduce artwork in Artforum and its sister publication Bookforum• Conducted specialized provenance and art historical research to locate and obtain rights to archival material for publication• Drafted and reviewed contractual agreements• Created, organized, and maintained Artforum’s photography archive• Managed all of the company’s photography assets• Arranged photo shoots of art fairs, concerts, and other cultural events• Oversaw image editing of all images selected for publication, established that they were reproduction quality, and coordinated with other staff to develop publication design• Handled requests to reproduce material from the archive and from past issues of the publication and ensured all reproduction requirements and licensing restrictions were satisfied• Wrote all captions for images reproduced and drafted all necessary copyright lines• Created style sheet to govern the drafting of captions and copy-edited and fact-checked editorial content

New York, Ny

• Researched issues and drafted memoranda and judicial reports and recommendations concerning civil rights claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, petitions for writs of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and employment claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)• Attended hearings, status conferences, settlement conferences, criminal duty, and other meetings

Brooklyn, Ny

• Interviewed and counseled clients considering bankruptcy• Prepared and filed bankruptcy petitions• Accompanied clients to meetings with the U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee• Researched and drafted memoranda regarding bankruptcy and exemptions for client cases• Conducted research and drafted complaints objecting to discharge on behalf of Mr. Doyaga in hiscapacity as a U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee

New York, Ny

• Researched issues and prepared memoranda and judicial reports and recommendations concerning breach of contract, negligence, and patent litigation discovery disputes• Attended hearings, status conferences, settlement conferences, criminal duty, and other meetings

New York, Ny

• Researched and contributed to amicus briefs drafted or signed by the Coalition• Drafted model guidelines for arts institutions to handle requests for the removal of artworks on display

Brooklyn, Ny

• Confirmed all facts and sources of authority for Copyfraud (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011)• Researched trademarks, copyright registrations, legislative histories, and motions for cases referenced

New York, Ny

Jd, Law, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Co-Chair, Art Law Association; Student Interviewer, Faculty Hiring CommitteeStudent Representative, Committee.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, Cum Laude