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I am an experienced technology transactions, intellectual property and entertainment lawyer who has been lucky to be able to combine my professional career with my other career as a freelance professional jazz pianist and a recording artist. I chair my firm’s Entertainment, Media and Sports Law Group, its Copyright Practice Group and its Technology Transactions Group. I have also had the privilege to serve as an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz College of Public Policy and Entertainment Technology Center). I represent clients in a variety of industries, with a focus on Internet, computer, advertising, life sciences and technology, as well as those involved in the entertainment industries.I was bitten by the music bug as a young child and played my first professional gig when I was 14 years old. Because of my professional musician background, I bring unique insight to entertainment law matters. I assist clients with contractual drafting and negotiations, business formation, licensing and intellectual property matters involving the protection and commercialization of entertainment talents, works and persona.My entertainment industry clients have included musicians, record companies, recording artists, record producers, concert promoters, songwriters, music publishers, advertising agencies, authors, literary publishers, book packagers, television personalities, news anchors, broadcasters, webcasters, playwrights, actors, motion picture production companies, film investors, video game developers, arts organizations, professional athletes and sports organizations.In the technology arena, I represent clients in a variety of industries including Internet, e-commerce, software and information technology, biomedical, consumer products, manufacturing, insurance, advertising and retail industries in connection with licensing and other business transactions involving the sale, acquisition and commercial development of software, biotechnology and other technology assets. I have been named one of the leading intellectual property transactions attorneys in Pennsylvania for over 10 years and have been named as the best entertainment lawyer in Pennsylvania by several organizations. I am listed in Best Lawyers in America in both the categories of Entertainment Law and Information Technology Law.I partner with my clients to help them achieve their goals, whether they are tech companies, purchasers of tech services or products, entertainers or companies focused in one or more of the entertainment, media or sports industries.

Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Licensing, Corporate Law, Mergers And Acquisitions, and 34 others.