Tara Pollard Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

• Provide business and risk assessment as production counsel in connection with the development and production of content production and distribution and/or concept and script vetting, intellectual property issues.
• Draft and negotiate a wide range of agreements for the development and production of original content, including, production service agreements, talent agreements, location and material releases, above-the-line.
• Provide counsel to creative, business affairs, and production stakeholders on the development and production of original content.
• Primary liaison among legal department, program executives, business affairs and production services regarding original productions.
• Lead legal kick off calls and training regarding production of content.

Greater New York City Area

- Provide advice, counsel and risk assessment on a wide array of legal issues in connection with the development and production of content production and media, script and/or concept vetting, intellectual property issues, defamation issues, clearance issues, marketing and advertising, standards, interpret guild and union guidelines, and related issues and.

Greater New York City Area

Production attorney at NBCUniversal, handling day-to-day production legal services and responsible for all legal oversight for production. I identified and informed production on business and legal risks, FCC, FTC issues, advertising and marketing content, pre-broadcast review of standards and transcripts and cuts, as well as all IP issues (defamation.

Greater New York City Area

- Advise clients on legal issues, including trademark clearances, advertising guidelines, defamation, FTC regulations, social media platform policies, and right of privacy and publicity issues. - Review promotional/advertising materials for on-air, online, and print.- Provide guidance on promotions and advertising matters, including contest and sweepstakes.

New York, NY

- Researched recent European and U.S. trademark cases. - Assisted in creation of annual intellectual property conference topics, including speakers and panelists.- Researched European and U.S. non-traditional trademarks.

Greater New York City Area

• Registered trademarks with USPTO; performed trademark searches using TESS and TTABVUE.
• Communicated with examining attorneys at USPTO; responded to office actions.
• Drafted joint venture agreements, trademark licenses, and trademark assignments.
• Researched and advised clients appropriate corporate structure information.

Greater New York City Area

• Edited terms and conditions of sweepstakes law for Bravo, CNBC and NBC.

New York, NY

• Assisted in anti-counterfeiting measures.
• Prepared cease and desist notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
• Filed claims with the UDRP.

New York, NY

• Revised and drafted work for hire, joint ventures, 360 deals, non-disclosure, and talent management agreements.
• Created deal summaries.
• Researched privacy law regarding content user information and collection of data.
• Researched and drafted license agreements for third party content owners and artists.

New York, NY

• Filed declaration of use affidavits for foreign trademarks.
• Cleared stylized names on USPTO.

New York, NY

- Performed trademark searches domestic and abroad.- Researched copyright "fair use" doctrine on photographs to be used in documentary.- Researched sweepstakes law and edited sweepstakes terms and conditions. - Researched FTC guidelines regarding bloggers. - Updated employee handbook regarding social media policy.- Researched California Supply Chain Act.

• Collaborate with managing attorney to implement department mission statement
• Develop and maintain relationship with over 5,000 clients.
• Liaison between attorneys, clients, government agencies and bankruptcy companies.
• Coordinate and implement client meetings.
• Research asbestos products, job sites and occupations.
• Prepare content-specific case files reflecting supporting forms, documentation and medicals to use during litigation and client compensation.

Research relevant information through depositions, interrogatories and affidavits for upcoming litigation

• Prepare internet and newspaper clip packages for staff and upper management.
• Aid on-air and play-by-play production in television booth, and video management in the press room.
• Assist in various team-media press functions, including press conferences and pre-game preparation such as the distribution of credential requests and media kits.

J.D, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science, Sport Management

Education record