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| Practice Areas
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard has represented and counseled clients in the areas of entertainment law, publishing, art law, copyright, trademark, and litigation for about twenty years. |
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Zehra Abdi practices primarily in the areas of copyright, trademark and transactional entertainment law. Prior to joining Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, she was with the firm of Wolff & Godin, LLP, where she worked closely with Nancy Wolff in matters involving copyright, trademark, licensing, art law, digital media, rights of publicity, privacy and libel and commercial/corporate transactions. |
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Anne C. Baker is a transactional attorney specializing in the areas of intellectual property and entertainment law with a focus on digital media, publishing, television, film, copyright, trademark, and music law. She is formerly a professional violinist. |
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Frederick
P. Bimbler practices primarily in the area of transactional entertainment law,
representing producers and the production of theatrical, television, motion picture, and digital media projects at all levels, though he also actively represents Latin media stars, individual actors, personalities, and writers in all media. He is an affiliate member of the League of American Theatres and Producers. |
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Michael Bracken practices primarily in the area of transactional entertainment and law, focusing on media, live events and sports and representing cable networks, television and event producers, team owners, website developers, digital media distributors, and providers of technical services. He is a former senior vice president of Madison Square Garden. |
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Toby
Butterfield is an experienced litigator who handles intellectual property, copyright, trademark, digital media and general commercial cases in federal and state
courts. He also counsels clients on various non-litigated matters. He chaired the Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and was a member of the Community Advisory Board of WNYC, New York's Public Radio station. |
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Lisa K. Digernes practices primarily in the areas of copyright, trademark and transactional entertainment law, including publishing, digital media and film. Ms. Digernes has her law degree from the University of Oslo, Norway, and her LL.M. degree in intellectual property from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She speaks fluent Norwegian and English and is proficient in Danish, Swedish and French. |
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Hayden M. Goldblatt is a transactional attorney practicing primarily in the areas of entertainment, copyright, and trademark law, including film, television, theater and digital media. He graduated cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2008. While there, he interned with Kimmel International, the foreign sales agency of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and since January 2007 with Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP. Prior to law school, Hayden worked as Assistant to the Producers for Robert Altman’s Sandcastle 5 Productions. |
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Roger E. Kass is an entertainment and media lawyer who specializes in the areas of feature and documentary films, television, the Internet and multimedia entertainment. His clients include producers, financiers, distributors, directors, writers and performing artists, as well as studio executives, recording artists, fashion designers, photographers and other media industry creative talent. |
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Gary E. Redente is an entertainment, intellectual property, and business lawyer with transactional and litigation experience. His clients include record labels, film production companies, digital media companies, writers, producers, managers, actors, musicians, songwriters, photographers and product manufacturers. |
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M. Kilburg Reedy is a transactional attorney in the areas of intellectual property and entertainment law, including publishing, film, television, copyright, trademark, and music, with a specialization in theater contracts and financing. |
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Josh Sessler brings over eight years of legal experience in large New York law firms, private practice and as general counsel for several digital communications and media companies. Josh has specific expertise in Information Technology, Securities, Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law. |
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Marc Simon, an experienced entertainment attorney, represents film and television companies, producers, directors, writers and talent. He has served as production counsel on numerous films, handled complex negotiating and transactional matters on behalf of his diverse clientele, and has functioned as a producer's sales representative. Mr. Simon advises clients on financing, intellectual property acquisitions, all above-the-line agreements, co-production and distribution agreements. He also has experience in all areas of commercial litigation, including securities, employment, real property and entertainment matters. |
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Steven Weinberg, of our West Coast office, is a leading litigator and transactional lawyer in the areas of branding and trademarks; brand, content and celebrity licensing, sponsorship and endorsements; copyrights and digital rights; branded entertainment; employment and trade secret issues; publishing; software and online technology deals and licensing; online television deals; domain name protection and enforcement; IP and digital rights management; and direct response, advertising and promotion in all media. |
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Nancy E. Wolff practices primarily in intellectual property and digital media law. Clients include trade associations Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) and PLUS, Inc., stock photo libraries, individual photographers, authors, illustrators, designers, publishers and digital media companies. She counsels clients in copyright, trademarks, licensing, contract, rights of publicity and privacy and libel. In addition to transactional work, she represents clients in arbitration hearings as well as state and federal court civil actions. |
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