Leads and supports the BET BALA team and BET creative and business executives across a range of areas, including a high-volume of long-form unscripted development and production (e.g., Martin: The Reunion, Celebrity Squares, College Hill, Ms. Pat Settles It, BET News), award shows and live events (e.g., BET Awards 2022, Hip Hop Awards 2022, Media House 2023, NAACP Image Awards 2024 and BETX 2024), ad sales, and short-form digital and marketing content, including influencer agreements, for BET’s channels and platforms (BET Networks, BET+ and BET YouTube, TikTok, Instagram).In addition beyond drafting a number of BET acquisitions projects, streamlined the acquisitions dealmaking process, enabling creative and development teams to quickly address budget needs and secure guild deals in a timely manner.

Freelance business affairs and legal support to global brands, digital media startups, content creators, television personalities, television specials, award-winning music artists, including WME, Union Rescue Mission, and One Republic, by structuring, reviewing and negotiating business/content development, talent, influencer and linear/digital/podcast content agreements.

Drafted, reviewed and negotiated over 4 million dollars of digital/new media production, talent/social media influencer, branded content agreements and vendor agreements to support Company’s vertical digital formats, including podcast monetization, branded content, experiential productions and activations.Acted as legal lead for the production of company’s national and international original digital/new media vertical programming covering various genres for Facebook, Netflix, YouTube and Hulu which included vetting production materials and content for defamation, fair use and clearance issues, resulting in over a year over year 90% decrease in copyright infringement claims.

Led end-to-end support for 50+ original content projects across a wide variety of business and legal affairs matters including television and new media productions such as Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Cutthroat Kitchen, Men in Blazers, Talking Dead, Watch What Happens Live, Barstool Sports: The Rundown, Fashion Queens and Unlocking the Truth. Structured, negotiated, drafted and reviewed broadcast and digital talent deals, development deals, network production services, content and music licensing, sponsorship, linear, internet streaming, technology, experiential production, brand integration and digital distribution agreements.Provided general legal support for addressing division's needs by handling, negotiating and overseeing commercial real estate leasing agreements, labor and employment matters and litigation demand letters.

Established a core foundation in content creation focusing on FCC compliance, third party clearances, fair use and right of publicity issues on national advertising campaigns and live broadcast productions and specials for projects such as The View, The Chew, Good Morning America and New Year's Rocking Eve.

Concentrated in the areas of Labor and Employment contracts and international program licensing agreements.