Admitted
1978, New York, California and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, Florida; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Law School
New York University Law Center, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., summa cum laude, 1974
Memberships
New York State (Founding Chairman, and Chairman, 1988-1990, Section on Entertainment Arts and Sports Law; Founder and Chairman, Special Committee on Entertainment Law, 1984-1988; Member, Special Committee on Copyright Law, 1980-1984) and American (Member: Committee on Broadcasting, Sound Recordings and Performing Artists, 1979-1984, Committee on Pictorial Graphic and Sculptural Works, 1985-1988, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 1982-1990) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Florida Bar (Member, Section on Entertainment and Sports Law, 1987-1992); The Internet Alliance (Member, 1995-2002; Chairman, 1998—; Independent Feature Project, 1984—); N.Y. Women in Film & Television (1989); Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers (1990); Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; Association of Independent Music Publishers.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Board, New York University Law Center. Publications Author: Prodigy: It May Be Many Things to Many People, But It is Not A Publisher for Purposes of Libel and Other Opinions, St. Johns Journal of Legal Commentary 673, Summer 1996. Co-Editor: Music Unleashed: Legal Implications of Mobile Music Distribution, Reports presented at the meeting of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers, MIDEM, Cannes, France, 2003; Digital Performing Rights in Sound Recordings: The US Experience, Newsletter of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers, Autumn, 2002.