We advocate for artists, creators, athletes, and influencers.
We work to protect our client's life's work and growing their personal brands. We strike innovative, multiplatform deals that help our clients advance their careers and capitalize their talent. We get it, and we want our clients to win.
Contact UsWe see the opportunities and the risks, and we are in position to help clients through them.
We bring our practice to bear on an array of industries, including film, television, new media, music, sports/esports, theater, publishing, and advertising. Our clients include media, entertainment and content companies of all types, as well as individual artists and creators.
Ready to enforce our clients’ rights in the courtroom.
We fight for our clients, so they can do what they do best: innovate and create. To protect their work, we litigate intellectual property disputes, infringement claims, complex contractual disputes (including those related to profit participation, royalties, licensing and financing).
Helping clients take the next step.
We utilize industry experience and long-standing connections to achieve success for our clients. We provide legal resources and knowledge that go beyond the realm of entertainment, music and sports law, providing discreet advice to clients on a variety of legal issues.
Buck is an invaluable resource to the Long Center. He provides excellent guidance on our specific legal needs while keeping our broader company goals and industry developments front of mind.
— Abby Sandlin • Chief Revenue Officer, The Long CenterNegotiating fair artist agreements, protecting music rights, and maintaining legal standards are all paramount to our record label - Buck has navigated Big Indie Records through these fluid variables with great confidence and in-depth knowledge that has proven essential and imperative to help sustain our growth within the entertainment industry.
— Richard Hannan • Director, Big Indie RecordsBuck has helped me tremendously in the time that we have worked together. He is a great communicator, understands the business, and prioritizes his clients interests. His commitment to his own artistry as an instrumentalist and songwriter gives him insight and sensitivity that is rare in the business of music.
— James Petralli • Lead singer of White DenimBuck’s background gives him as much of an artistic viewpoint as it does a legal perspective when it comes to handling my cases. It’s great to have confidence in knowing I’m working with a trusted partner who understands, challenges and delivers when it counts.
— Paul Reiffer • Owner, Paul Reiffer Photography
A sound trademark allows a person to protect their audible intellectual property. If you have created a song, audible tagline, soundbite, or another sound that you are using in the stream of commerce as a business owner, you should consider obtaining an official trademark to protect your intellectual property from infringement by others.
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Your client is a bass player that has just been ousted by his group. Historically, the group has made business decisions collectively and split profits equally. However, after a secret meeting of the other members of the band, the decision was made to terminate the bass player.
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