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Entertainment Lawyer : Howard Leib
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HOWARD LEIB, ESQ.
1861 Hanshaw Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
HowardLeib@aol.com, 917-497-2847/Fax 212-545-9559
Howard Leib is an intellectual property and entertainment attorney and consultant with his own practice in both New York City and Ithaca, NY. He offers a full range of legal services, with specialties in entertainment law, and trademark and copyright practice, including litigation. Through the years, Leib has worked with artists such as Whitney Houston, B.B. King, Kiss, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Bobby McFerrin, and Judy Collins. Corporate clients have included MCA, BMG, Atlantic Records, Arista Records, Rhino Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox. As a consultant, Leib has worked with companies such as Nickelodeon, Rhino and Golden Books Family Entertainment.
Howard has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association Entertainment and Sports Law Section, where he was chair of the Music Committee and editor of the section newsletter. He has been a member of the Board of Contributing Editors of "Entertainment Law and Finance." He taught Entertainment Law at New York University and Business Law at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Leib currently teaches for a variety of educational institutions, both on line and in person. These include Kaplan University, Kaplan Test Prep and National Paralegal College. Leib acts as attorney for many companies and individuals in the entertainment industry and as a consultant for individuals and companies seeking a greater understanding of the children's entertainment market and where it is going.
As an entertainment lawyer and consultant, Leib has built a specialty for himself in the field of children's entertainment. Over a decade ago, while at one of our country's top entertainment law firms, Leib became involved in the children's entertainment industry. He has represented such acts as Raffi, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lightyear Entertainment (producers of the award-winning "Stories to Remember" series), Kid Rhino, and Bob McGrath of "Sesame Street."
In addition to his work as an attorney, consultant and seminar producer, Leib occasionally ventures into the creative world. A student and historian of comedy and a former stand-up comedian himself, Leib served as producer of Rhino Records' critically acclaimed 4 CD compilation "But Seriously - The American Comedy Box" which traced the history of American recorded comedy from its roots in the early 1900s to the 1990s. Leib also produced comedy records for Sony Wonder's Nick at Nite label, including Bob Newhart's Grammy-nominated "Button Down Concert" CD. Leib's releases include "New York Songs" on the Rhino label, a 16-track compilation tracing how New York has been viewed through the years in song.
Leib's work has appeared in various publications over the years. In addition to his own weekly newsletter BrainCamp News and various articles in Entertainment Law and Finance, where Leib was a member of the editorial advisory board, his articles and commentaries have seen print in such publications as Billboard, The Comic's Bible (where he had a regular column), Goldmine, and the Children's Music Network's Pass It On, where he has also had a regular column.
Leib holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and urban studies from Columbia University and received his Juris Doctor with honors from Yeshiva University's Cardozo School of Law, where he worked on both the Law Review and the Law Revue and is a former chair of the Alumni Association and member of the school’s Board of Directors. He and his wife Marcie reside in Ithaca, NY.
(ed. Howard's been practicing in NYC since forever, and is the founder of the Children's Entertainment Association.
Visit his sites: http://www.kidsentertainment.com/ and http://www.braincamp.com/
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