Actors, entertainers and entrepreneurs are extremely creative, emotional and passionate about their projects and what they create. They are quirky, they are different – some of you would even call them weird. But because of their energy, passion and drive to create, actors and entertainers frequently dive into projects without considering even the most basic legal concerns. That’s where you come in.
It’s your job as the attorney to ensure that your client has adequate legal protection and that their hard work, ideas and creations will be protected from a contractual standpoint. In this spirited presentation filmed at Arthur Seleen Theatre in Times Square, entertainer and attorney Monroe Mann details the top ten entertainment contract mistakes that you need to help your clients avoid. Monroe discusses the following contractual pitfalls: failing to be specific, vague sentences, failing to account for great success, failing to account for great failure, using legalese, awkward language, failing to consider all possible legal issues, not getting it in writing, losing your only copy of the contract, reading the contract only from your client’s vantage point and letting you or your client screw the deal by being too nitpicky.
Monroe Mann is an actor, producer, director, writer, musician, entertainment law attorney and much, much more. Fluent in French, Italian and Chinese, Monroe graduated from Franklin College, Switzerland, with a degree in International Economics and French. Monroe received his J.D. from Pace Law School, his MBA in financial management from Lubin School of Business and a certificate in financial planning from Boston University/Boston Institute of Finance. He wrote, produced and starred in the 2012 film You Can’t Kill Stephen King, and he has authored such books as Time Zen: Aka Winners Do It Now, Guerrilla Networking: A Proven Battle Plan to Attract the Very People You Want to Meet and To Benning & Back – The Making of a Citizen Soldier. Monroe also served as an Intelligence Officer for the United States Army for 8 years in Kuwait and Iraq.