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Legal, Biz, & Finance Adviser to Media/Tech/General Biz w/ Social Cause Focus
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Biography
AJ helps Media, Technology, Online, Education and other businesses launch, grow, and build lasting relationships with customers, partners and the community through a strong public benefit / social cause focus. He likes to make it Fun, because life is short! (And, it turns out, Fun is Good for Business! :)
Practice Areas
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Intellectual Property
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- International Law
- Imports & Exports
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
Additional Practice Area
- Traditional, Creative, & Crypto-Asset Finance
Video Conferencing
- Google Meet
- Zoom
- Signal app
Fees
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Free Consultation
Up to 20 minute initial consultation free. -
Credit Cards Accepted
Most major credit cards, pay by text, zelle, etc.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Georgia
Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Managing Partner
- Merrill Law
- - Current
- Outside General Counsel. Business & Legal Adviser to Entertainment, Tech, Education startup and growth companies with a strong focus on Public Benefit. Production, Finance, and Distribution Agmnts. Int'n'l Tech Mktg, Sales, Shipping, Finance and Delivery Agreements, Sourcing, Brokering, Letters of Credit, Currency Exchange, other Int'n'l Transfer of Funds Issues, Crypto Assets, Sourcing/Printing/Delivery of Foreign-Language Materials, Talent Representation, Employment Agreements, Contract Drafting, Negotiation. Startup Consulting, all aspects of the enterprise including structuring, launch, tax treatment, ownership and control, p'ner agreements, client agreements, protection of intellectual property & other material, pricing, marketing, growth and development, exit strategy and planning, liability insurance. Copyright Trademark Consulting. Agreements within the Organization. Developing long-term relationships with p'ners, customers and the community. Keeping it Fun :)
- Managing Partner
- Valant LLP
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Education
- University of Southern California
- J.D. (1996) | Entertainment, Contracts, Intellectual Property, International Business and Finance, Telecommunications, Constitutional Law and History of American Legal Thought
Professional Associations
- State Bar of Georgia
- Member
- Current
Speaking Engagements
- Business Ethics, Women in Nuclear Energy
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