I began my career in publishing at Macmillan Publishing. After a decade of working with celebrities, politicians, famous authors, and institutions, including The Who, Yehudi Menuhin, Albert Speer, Ntozake Shange, the New York Public Library, and the Estate of Margaret Mitchell, I left the romance of publishing behind and embraced the law -- contracts, civil procedure, torts, and IP. After I graduated from law school, I worked for Viacom Enterprises. My focus was on television syndication and merchandise licensing -- mainly renting others the right to manufacture Honeymooners and Mighty Mouse mugs and t-shirts. Following Viacom, I served two years of hard labor as a trademark associate at a nationally ranked IP firm. Note to self: Be careful what you ask for. Two years later, I opened my practice. For over 30 years, I have advised celebrities, politicians, institutions (Publishers Weekly, the IBPA, Audio Publishers Association, Small Press Center, Romance Writers of America), authors, agents, and publishers on copyright, contract, defamation, and trademark licensing matters. My firm is where publishing industry insiders go for business and legal advice. While I don't brand myself as a network-based consulting firm, I have a group of talented people with an unmatched depth of industry-specific consulting experience in insurance, accounting, ghostwriting, publicity, sales, and marketing I've developed over the years. As a result, clients gain access to all the knowledge, counsel, and advocacy my firm can provide.

Pro bono legal and board positions: Independent Book Publisher's Association (IBPA); Beacon Press, Media Coalition, Audio Publishers Association, Small Press Center.

Debbie Macomber, Michael S. Singer, Jude Deveraux, Jim DeFelice, Estate of E. Lynne Harris, David Shields, Pete Seeger, Cherie Calbom, Barry Ritholtz, One Day University, Beacon Press, BenBella Books, Romance Writers of America (RWA)

Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey (Simon & Schuster); The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (New Harbinger); Everything's Bigger in Texas: The Life & Times of Kinky Friedman by Mary Lou Sullivan (BackBeat Books); Code Name: Johnny Walker written by Jim DeFelice (William Morrow); Jude Deveraux (Ballantine); Debbie Macomber (Random House); The Surrender Experiment by Michael S. Singer (Harmony); Bailout Nation by Barry Ritholtz (Wiley); Still Alive & Well: The Authorized Johnny Winter Story by Mary Lou Sullivan (BackBeat); The Kill Bill Diaries by David Carradine (Harper); Fitzwilliam Darcy Gentleman trilogy by Pamela Aidan (Touchstone); Dark Magus: The Jekyll & Hyde Life of Miles Davis, by Gregory Davis (BackBeat)

The Untethered Soul.

Holy Ghost: The Life & Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler (Jawbone Press)

Attorney with focus on entertainment, intellectual property and publishing law (admitted NY & NJ); Adjunct Professor, New York University (NYU), Center for Publishing, where I teach a course on digital rights; Executive Board Member, NY Center for Independent Publishing (1995 - 2008); Law Department, Viacom Enterprises (1989 - 1991); Publicity Director, Simon & Schuster Ref. Group / Prentice Hall Press (1985 - 1987); Asst. Publicity Dir., St. Martin's Press (1981 -1984); Macmillan 1980 - 1981); listed in Who's Who in the Media and Communications; (co)author of The Copyright Permission & Libel Handbook (John Wiley & Sons).