Los Angeles Entertainment Attorney

FULL SERVICE ENTERTAINMENT LAW

Representing Clients throughout Los Angeles, the United States, and 22+ Countries Worldwide

Based out of the heart of Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world, NSAHLAI LAW FIRM Legal Counsel is a Los Angeles Entertainment Attorney that has represented numerous individuals and businesses involved with the entertainment industry, whether involving Music, TV, Film, Visual Arts, Fashion, Photography, Literary / Publishing, Digital Media, talent/artist side, company, technical talent, producers, studios, distributors, manufacturers, support teams, or others. Searching for the right entertainment attorney to represent you can be a difficult decision. NSAHLAI LAW FIRM Legal Counsel provides full-service entertainment law firm support for entertainment clients in California and from around the world.

Who We Represent

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM represents numerous types of clients involved in and connected with the film and television industry, whether consisting of the studio/company side, producers and production companies, as well as talent. Our clients include but are not limited to the following:

Talent, Creatives, and Influencers
Bands, Songwriters, Music Groups
Television / Film Clients
Musicians
Music Industry clients
Directors
Fashion Clients
Post-production companies
Art Clients
Screenwriters
Actors/actresses
Television writers
Independent studios
Television producers
Producers and Production Companies

Types of Entertainment Businesses we Represent

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM Legal Counsel can assist your entertainment businesses in full-service legal representations that span multiple practice areas for comprehensive legal coverage:

Entertainment Business Law
Business Tax Law
Formations & Dissolutions
Contracts & Transactions
Talent Agencies
Casting Agencies
Managers and Management
Production Companies
Post-Production Companies
Publishers and Co-Publishers
Public Relations
Independent Record Labels
Entertainment Services
Entertainment Businesses

Film & Television Practice Areas

We represent clients involved with the Film & Television industry with a variety of legal matters. Whether it involves contract negotiations, entity formation, compliance with California laws and regulations, licensing, copyright/trademark matters, consulting, strategic advice, or production issues, NSAHLAI LAW FIRM offers entertainers connected to the film & television industry high-quality legal representation spanning multiple legal fields.

Film and TV Businesses

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM helps Film and Television business form, run, and operate in compliance with California’s laws, rules, and regulations:

Business entity setup and formation
Legal compliance
C Corporations
S Corporations
LLCs
DBAs

Entertainment loan-out companies
Licensing and Permits
Production vehicles
Investment vehicles
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Film Tax Credit Issues

Film and TV businesses
Film and TV business contracts
Partnerships and ventures
Celebrity/Influencer ventures

Music Industry Practice Areas

Music Industry

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM represents Film and TV professionals in their involvement with Film/TV ventures, across multiple practice areas:

360 Deals
Artist Development Contracts
Artist-Producer Transactions
Artist-Record Label Transactions
Band Formations
Band Disputes

Band Management Disputes
Composition Rights
Contract Negotiations
Copyright Infringement
Distribution Agreements
Licensing Agreements
Live Performance Agreements

Manager Agreements
Merchandising
Music Royalties Disputes
Recording Contracts
Recording Agreements
Royalties Accounting
Trademark Infringement

Entertainment Contracts Practice Areas

Writers and Talent

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM Legal Counsel serves the entertainment industry, including entertainment talent, creative professionals, and influencers across multiple medium, including film, television, music, new media, mobile apps, radio, online, and numerous others:

Actor/actress agreements
Screenwriters
Screenwriting agreements
Screenplay commissions
Filmmaking agreements

Producer agreements
Producer compensation
Director agreements
Director compensation
Cast agreements
Talent agreements

Option/purchase agreements
Life rights agreements
Rewriting agreements
Creative consultant agreements

Financing and Investments

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM assists entertainment producers, and production companies with investment and financing issues arising out of the production process

Loanouts and Entertainment Businesses
Production LLCs
Entertainment investment agreements
Entertainment production Financing

Investor pools
Entertainment Investments
Residual/participation agreements
Back-end compensation agreements
Production investment agreements

Producer participation agreements
Participation agreements
Sales financing
Distribution financing

Intellectual Property & Licensing

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM assists entertainment clients with a wide variety of intellectual property and licensing matters, ranging across copyright, trademark, trade secret, licensing, confidentiality, and related matters:

Confidentiality Agreements
Copyrights
Copyright Assignments
Copyright Infringement
Content-Licensing Agreements

Intellectual Property Assignment
Licensing Contracts
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Licensing Contracts
Video Synchronizations
Film Clip Licensing

Trademarks
Trademark Disputes
Trademark Infringement
Trademark Registrations

Disputes, Lawsuits, and Litigation

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM represents clients in entertainment matters in a wide range of disputes, lawsuits, and litigation, ranging multiple practice areas:

Participation/residual accounting'
Accounting disputes'
Intellectual property disputes'
Contract disputes'
Infringement

Breaches of contract
Film investment fraud
TV/Film financial mismanagement
Non-disclosure agreement breaches

Unfair competition
Invasions of privacy
Non-payment of debts or money for services rendered

Unions and Guilds

NSAHLAI LAW FIRM advises clients on a variety of union and guild issues, including compliance, contract negotiations, disputes, and regulatory matters:

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (IATSE)(AFTRA)
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Motion Picture Directors Association
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Writers Guild of America (WGA)
Producers Guild of America (PGA)
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)

International Cinematographers Guild
Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)
Animation Guild
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE)

What Does an Entertainment Lawyer Do?

Entertainment lawyers can help negotiate deals and opportunities for you, and represent you if you have a dispute involving an entertainment matter. They can assist with:

Reviewing contracts
Negotiating terms of a deal, arrangement, opportunity, or contract
Helping you deal with intellectual property issues, licensing, sampling, and other creative expressions
Investigating your rights to royalties and making sure you are getting paid the royalties you are due
Helping you with public relations issues, image- or reputation-management, and working with your team to help take your brand to the next level
Dealing with a lawsuit, dispute, or other legal matter involving others

If you are involved in any type of entertainment matter and need legal advice, contact NSAHLAI LAW FIRM Legal Counsel.

How Much Does it Cost to Hire an Entertainment Attorney?

Many clients wonder how expensive it will be and how these are charged when hiring an entertainment attorney. The answer often depends on the type of the project. For example, if your matter involves a contract review, usually, we can give you a budget and flat fee quote, once we are able to see the contract. In some cases, clients ask us to review agreements they have been presented with, or prepare an agreement they need to present another party with, and we can usually do so for a flat fee. We offer flat fees to make hiring an entertainment attorney more affordable. The typical fees for an entertainment attorney are hourly; however, in our experience, there are a variety of projects that can typically be budgeted and billed on a flat fee basis. We work with clients to make the hiring of an entertainment attorney as affordable as possible.

Some of our flat fee services included the following:

Contract reviews
Contract revisions
Music agreements
- Independent record label agreements
- Artist-Producer agreements
- Studio agreements
- Producer-Record label agreements
- 360 agreements
- Numerous others
Film agreements
- Screenplay option/purchase agreements
- Production collaboration agreements
- Screenplay commission agreements
- Investment agreements
- Financing agreements
- Numerous others
Entertainment loan-out company formations
Visual Arts Agreements
Intellectual property
- Trademarks
- Copyrights

and numerous others.

When Should I Hire an Entertainment Attorney?

One of the biggest mistakes many entertainers make during the course of their entertainment careers is not getting legal help soon enough. Many aspiring authors, musicians, actors, producers, models, bands, and others often make the error of relying on their managers or agents to pair them up with a lawyer. This can often lead to disastrous consequences, with the entertainer receiving very little independent legal advice by a lawyer who is actually looking out for their best interests.

If you are an actor/actress, model, singer/songwriter, artist, a musician, band, photographer, scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker, or are writing, producing books, movies, songs, or anything else, you should get an entertainment lawyer to make sure: 1) you are on equal bargaining terms with a much larger agency, label, production company, or studio; 2) that you understand what you are signing; and 3) get credit and compensation that you deserve. A Los Angeles entertainment attorney can help you accomplish these tasks.

How Long Will my Project Take to Complete?

Generally, we fulfill client orders for services on projects within 1 to 2 days. Obviously, it will depend on the exact nature of what you need. We suggest that you start by contacting us to tell us more about your project, and during the consultation, we will let you know what the estimated time frame will be, once we have more information from you. Most clients have their orders for services fulfilled within 1 to 2 days. If it will take longer than this timeframe, we will let you know.

How to Request a Flat Fee Quote?

The best way to request a flat fee quote for your project is to email us with what you need and, if it involves reviewing an agreement, a copy of your agreement. We will usually respond within 24 hours and provide you with the flat fee quote. Or, you can use the attached link to our form to Request a Consultation.

There is no charge for budgeting. If you would like to go forward with our firm after receiving the quote, then we would love to work with you.

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