Media
FMG's Media, Advertising and Entertainment team provides counseling and defense for the full array of legal challenges to businesses and professionals involved in the creation, production, distribution, publication and broadcast of film, print and electronic content.
FMG’s Media, Advertising and Entertainment team provides counseling and defense for the full array of legal challenges to businesses and professionals involved in the creation, production, distribution, publication and broadcast of film, print and electronic content. Whether the business model is a traditional entertainment, media, or advertising business or the latest digital platform, the ever changing legal landscape requires an experienced team of attorneys well versed in the myriad of modern legal claims such as business interruptions, copyright and trademark, directors and officer claims, social media, defamation, data breaches, contract disputes, employment claims, and catastrophic accidents.
The FMG team has faced virtually every type of legal issue encountered in representation media, entertainment and advertising businesses, including so called “news gathering torts,” negligent hiring and supervision, invasion of privacy or publicity, copyright, trademark, title, slogan infringement, unfair competition and usurpation of business opportunities, misappropriation and plagiarism. We also have defended and prosecuted breach of license to use a third party’s intellectual property, libel, slander and defamation including contextual error claims, and cases concerning breach of agreement to maintain the confidentiality of sources.
We also routinely handle Errors and Omissions claims as well as property damage and negligence claims. And, our practice group works in tandem with our nationally renown Data Privacy and Breach team in all aspects of cyber breaches, breach counseling and forensic examinations.
Maria Alexander
Partner
Hartford, CT
Austin Anderson
Associate
Lexington, KY
John M. Badagliacca
Associate
Newark, NJ | New York City, NY
Janet R. Barringer
Partner
Boston, MA
Daniel A. Baylson
Partner
Cherry Hill, NJ | Newark, NJ | Philadelphia, PA
John D. Bennett
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Matthew F. Boyer
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Robert E. Buckley
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Dave Cecil
Associate
Lexington, KY
Amy B. Cowan
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Daniel G. DaSilva
Associate
Los Angeles – LAX, CA
Christopher G. Donnelly
Associate
Newark, NJ
Ben N. Dunlap
Partner
Boston, MA
Matthew N. Foree
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Robin Foret
Partner
Dallas, TX | Houston, TX
Megan P. Gable
Associate
Cherry Hill, NJ
Samuel D. Gallman
Associate
Los Angeles – LAX, CA
Michael P. Giunta
Partner
Boston, MA
Brian Goldberg
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Michael Griffin
Partner
Boston, MA
Steven L. Grunberg
Associate
Atlanta, GA
A. Neil Hartzell
Partner
Boston, MA | Providence, RI
Sharon P. Horne
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Nicholas J. Hubner
Associate
Philadelphia, PA | New York City, NY | Cherry Hill, NJ
Warren D. Hutchison
Partner
Boston, MA | Providence, RI
Allan L. Isbell
Senior Counsel
San Francisco – Walnut Creek, CA
Nicholas Jajko
Partner
Philadelphia, PA
Kevin G. Kenneally
Partner
Boston, MA
Leo G. Kogan
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Janice Lai
Partner
Hartford, CT
Christopher Lynch
Partner
Hartford, CT
Steven Malitz
Partner
Hartford, CT
Sharlynne M. Mate
Associate
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Heather C. McFeeley
Associate
Philadelphia, PA
Jordan Meeks
Associate
Nashville, TN
Wayne S. Melnick
Partner
Atlanta, GA | Tampa, FL
Kevin M. Norchi
Partner
Cleveland, OH | Cincinnati, OH
Paul Piantino
Partner
Newark, NJ | New York City, NY
Sean Andrés Rapela
Associate
Boston, MA
Alexia R. Roney
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Joseph T. Tripoli
Senior Counsel
Chicago, IL
Daniel Wolcott
Associate
Atlanta, GA