Admitted
1978, Illinois; 1979, Minnesota; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Law School
Southern Illinois University, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of Iowa, B.A., 1973; University of Iowa, M.A., 1975
Memberships
Minnesota State (Member, Art and Entertainment Law Section; Chairperson, 1993-1994; Chairperson, Music Subcommittee, 1990-1993) and American Bar Associations; National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS); Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed: Super Lawyer in the area of Intellectual Property/Arts, Entertainment, Advertising and Media in Minnesota's Journal of Law & Politics, 1994-2002. Directorships: Governors Task Force on the Music and Recording Arts Industry in Minnesota; Education Subcommittee and Industrial Development Subcommittee; 1984-1985; Independent Feature Project/North: Director July 1987—. Minnesota Independent Film Fund. Instructor: Inver Hill Community College Minneapolis Community College, Film and Video Department, 1985-1988. Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Film and Video Department, 1989-1993, Visiting Lecturer, 1993—, Frequent National Lecturer on Entertainment Law Topics. Music Tech, Minneapolis, MN, Music Business Program, 1995-1996. Adjunct Professor: Entertainment Law, William Mitchell College of Law, 1997—. Editor and Principal Contributing Author of The Practical Musician-A Legal Guidebook to the Music Industry, published by MCLE, 1993. Assistant Editor, ABA's Entertainment and Sports Lawyer. Articles: Contracting with Minors in the Entertainment Industry, July, 1989. Entertainment Law, May 1990; Band Name Searches, November, 1990; Legal Issues Facing Independent Record Companies, May, 1992; Option Agreements and Rights Acquisition in Motion Picture and Television Productions, May, 1993; Recording Artists Agreements - Comparing and Contracting Major and Independent Record Label Deals - Issues from the Artist's Perspective, October, 1995; Independent Films - Structure and Finance, May, 1996; Content Clearances for Multimedia, April, 1997; Riding Shotgun with the Independent Film Producer, March 1998; Comparing and Contrasting Major and Independent Label Deals, March 1998; Other People's Money: Financing The Low-Budget Independent Feature Film with Private Equity Securities Offerings, Volume 16, Number 3, Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (Fall, 1998) also published in Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1999-2000 Edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan;