Practice Areas:
- Gun Law
- Copyright
- SNAP/EBT Violations
- Business Litigation
- Contracts
Practice Areas:
Experience: 17 Years
When people ask me if I’m an “entertainment lawyer,” I’m never sure how to answer, because in reality, there’s no such thing. There isn’t a particular body of entertainment law, and there aren’t specific courts or judges designated to hear and try entertainment-related cases. There’s just the law. Much like the entertainment industry, my practice revolves around the law of contracts. I negotiate and draft them; I review them; and when all else fails, I litigate them. Don’t get me wrong, I love to go to court, but I see litigation as a means to an end, not an end in or of itself. The better the contract is written usually means the less likely it is to end up in court.
Before I became an attorney, I played the saxophone for a living. Over the years, I played with the likes of Grammy-award winners Ray Charles, The Four Tops, and Tom Harrell. Before moving to New York, I studied jazz improvisation with the late, great Joe Henderson. I lived in Brooklyn, Manhattan, eventually New Jersey, and oftentimes out of a suitcase. After several years of that life I made the decision to go back to school, to become an attorney. Two things factored into that decision: first, I had dreamed about becoming an attorney since I was nine years old; second, I felt like my life experience had given me an incredibly unique perspective to offer to my clients.
My favorite color happens to be gray, much like the world of law. Ironically, however, I’m a very black-and-white person. I am passionate, convicted, and oftentimes sarcastic (which is readily apparent if you follow my blog, or Twitter feed).
The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D. (with honors)
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, M.A. (high academic honors)
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, B.A. in Jazz Studies
Rising Star
New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine
2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Fast Case 50 Award Winner
Fastcase, Inc.
2017
Public Service Fellow with Dean’s Recognition
Ohio State Univ. College of Law
2007
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