A Modern Entertainment Law Firm
Clear, predictable legal services tailored for creators, startups, and entrepreneurs. Our transparent pricing ensures you know your costs upfront, with flat fee, subscription, and hourly options available.

Experience all‑inclusive protection offered by professionals for the entertainment, gaming, fashion, and creator‑economy industries. Flat‑fee services are designed for clearly defined projects—such as specific contracts, filings, or audits—so you know the cost up front, including when AI, digital replicas, influencer campaigns, or platform issues are involved.

Our contract review services are tailored based on complexity and page count. A typical package includes a review of one agreement, a detailed memo outlining risks and proposed edits, and one round of revisions. This can include analysis of AI and digital‑replica clauses, influencer and sponsorship terms, and platform or brand‑safety language where relevant. Packages start at $800 for contracts up to 5 pages.

Our flat‑fee services include a clearance search for your brand name or logo, preparation and filing of one application in one class, and responses to non‑substantive office actions. Our packages start at $1,600, plus USPTO filing fees, and we also offer subscription plans for ongoing branding and contract review services connected to your entertainment, fashion, gaming, or creator‑economy projects.

This package secures your rights in a specific creative work through an application to the U.S. Copyright Office, with guidance throughout the process. It is well‑suited for scripts, music, podcasts, game assets, photography, and digital‑first content. Our flat‑fee services start at $999, plus filing fees, and we also offer contract review services and subscription plans for ongoing copyright and content‑protection support.

For solo creators and small groups forming an LLC, we offer flat‑fee services that include entity formation filings, a basic operating agreement, and a strategy call to discuss how your entity supports your creative and financial goals. This is especially useful for production companies, creator‑led studios, and small entertainment, gaming, and fashion businesses. Additionally, our contract review services ensure that all aspects of your agreements and partnership terms are covered.

Work that falls outside the quoted flat‑fee scope is billed at $450 per hour, or at a discounted subscriber rate of $350 per hour for active subscription clients.

For performers, creators, studios, and brands facing AI and digital‑replica provisions in entertainment, gaming, fashion, or influencer contracts, we offer a focused flat‑fee review and drafting package. This includes review of the AI and digital‑replica language in one agreement up to 5 pages, a detailed memo explaining what it allows, where the risks are, and how it affects your future work, plus proposed clause edits or replacements. Longer or more complex agreements are quoted individually

For influencers, creators, brands, or agencies planning a specific campaign, we offer a flat‑fee legal audit of one influencer or creator campaign built around one primary agreement up to 5 pages, along with the associated campaign brief and sample content. This includes review for disclosure, usage, exclusivity, brand‑safety, and platform‑policy issues, plus a written list of recommended changes and sample disclosure language.

For channels, shows, games, or accounts facing demonetization, strikes, “adult”/“infringing” labels, or adverse brand‑safety reports, we offer a flat‑fee audit and response package. This includes review of the relevant platform notices and brand‑safety reports, plus one primary agreement or vendor terms document up to 5 pages, per channel or account , an assessment of applicable rules, and a drafted appeal or response with a practical next‑steps plan.

For serious disputes that may require formal enforcement—such as breach of contract, misuse of likeness or digital replicas, defamation, influencer non‑payment, or harmful platform/brand‑safety classifications - This includes review of key contracts and written terms up to a total of 10 pages, a 60‑minute strategy call, one detailed demand or cease‑and‑desist letter (or platform/vendor appeal framed for potential litigation), and a written outline of your litigation and settlement options.

For time‑sensitive agreements that must be reviewed ahead of other client work. This package includes review of one agreement (up to 5 pages), a focused risk‑assessment call, and a bullet‑point summary of recommended changes. Rush packages start at $1,500 for contracts up to 5 pages; true 24‑hour or more complex matters are quoted individually based on urgency and complexity.
For pre‑litigation disputes, mediation, arbitration, and court litigation, I bill at my standard hourly rate of $450. An initial retainer is required and typically ranges from $5,000 to $25,000, depending on the complexity and scope of your matter.
Flexible legal plans for creatives and brands. Simplified billing with clear scope and preferred rates. Minimum three-month commitment, then month-to-month.

For artists and creative professionals turning their practice into a structured business. Includes guidance on business formation or refinement of an existing entity, development of a foundational contract suite (such as a service agreement, collaboration agreement, and NDA), periodic strategy calls, and preferred pricing on trademark and copyright filings. This plan is especially valuable around first launches, brand collaborations, early high‑impact deals, and structuring how you want to hand

For active creatives who are regularly asked to sign new agreements. This monthly plan includes review of a set number of contracts (including brand and influencer deals, work‑for‑hire agreements, modeling and talent agreements, game and production contracts, and creator‑platform terms) plus quick “deal check” calls so you can evaluate opportunities, spot AI and digital‑replica clauses, understand platform and brand‑safety language, push back on unfair terms, and sign with confidence.

For creators facing ongoing content theft, misuse, impersonation, or platform issues. Includes assistance with DMCA takedowns and similar platform complaints, marketplace and platform disputes, and strategic advice on enforcing your copyrights and trademarks—plus guidance on fake accounts, copycat brands, deepfakes and synthetic media, and repeat infringement or harmful brand‑safety labels in a calm, steady, and organized way.

For creators, studios, and brands beginning to use AI tools, filters, and digital replicas in their work. This plan provides ongoing review of key AI and synthetic‑media clauses, simple pre‑launch checks on high‑impact assets, and practical guidance so you can experiment with AI without creating legal or platform problems, with Lite and Standard options depending on volume and complexity.

For influencers, creator‑led brands, and small agencies running recurring sponsored campaigns. This plan focuses on reviewing core influencer and brand agreements, checking briefs and flagship content for disclosure and platform‑policy issues, and giving you clear, repeatable guidance so your campaigns stay compliant while still feeling authentic, with Lite and Standard options based on how many deals you handle each month.
Additional services outside scope available at preferred rates.
For early-stage creatives building a real business around their work.
For creatives with multiple active projects and early brand deals.
For creatives regularly asked to sign new deals.
For creators facing ongoing content theft, misuse, or impersonation.
Creators, small studios, and brands starting to use AI tools, filters, or digital replicas in content, but who don’t yet need heavy contract or enforcement work.
For creators, brands, and small studios using AI across multiple projects.
Individual influencers, small creator‑led brands, and micro‑agencies running a steady but modest stream of paid campaigns.
For influencers, creator‑led brands, and micro‑agencies running recurring campaigns.
Note: Unused time resets monthly. Additional hours billed at standard rates unless flat fees are arranged. Litigation and court-related services are scoped and billed separately.
All subscriptions bill monthly with a three‑month minimum. Each plan includes a written scope. Work outside that scope may be billed at preferred subscriber rates or as separate flat‑fee projects.
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