Keynotes and Symposia

Charitable Planning for Art Collectors, New York State Bar Association [May 2026]

Practicum on Contracts for Creatives: Negotiating Art Commissions, Licenses, Installations,  International Sculpture Center, Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas [Oct. 2025]

Music, Art, Sports, Performance in New York  Public Parks, Interview of Adrian Benepe, CEO and Director, Brooklyn Botanical Garden  [American Bar Association, Forum on Entertainment & Sports Law]

Ethics: Bias, Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: A Visual Guide [LexVid March 24, 2025]  

Best Practices for Arbitrating Fire, Flood & Disaster Claims for Artworks and Unique Assets [American Arbitration Association  March 19, 2025]

Artist Estates and Foundations: Legacy Planning [February 2025]

Ethics on Fires, Floods & Disasters: Duties of Recordkeeping and Recovery for Artworks, Vintage Cars, and Unique Assets  [LawPractice CLE  February  2025]

Landslide: Understanding Copyright Fair Use and Transformative Use After Recent Cases [American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section January 2024]

AI and Creative Industries, Art Advisors and Estate Plans, Fair Use and Creative Industries [January 2024]

Practice Tips and How To’s on Fair Use  After Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: Implications for Derivative Works and Generative AI [Federal Bar, mylawCLE  2023]

New Developments in Copyright, NFTs, Street Art, Technology and Data Bases  [Federal Bar, mylawCLE  2022]

New Fair Use, Transformation and the US Supreme Court: A Primer on Andy Warhol, Google: What litigators and business lawyers need to know  [Federal Bar, mylawCLE  2022]

What Attorneys Need to Know about Trademarks, Brands Media, Advertising & Cultural Appropriation  [Federal Bar, mylawCLE  2022]

Bias and Discrimination in the Workplace and Beyond: A Lawyer’s Visual Guide to Ethical  Practice  [Federal Bar, mylawCLE 2022]

Contracts for Arts Independent Contractors [Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists October 2021]

Artist Rights: Constitution, Copyright, Publicity  [Federal Bar, mylawCLE 2021]

Online Art Sales, Digital Galleries, and Copyright  [ABA CLE  March 2021]

Copyright, Technology, De Minimis: Bell v. Wilmot Storage Services [Federal Bar mylawCLE 2021]

Visual Art 201: Copyright & Licensing  [ProLawCLE  April 2021]

From the Stone Age to the Metaverse: NFTs as Virtual Pathways to Film, Art, Music, Luxory Goods and Legal Practice, Tampa Museum of Art [Tampa, Florida 2021]

Technology and Collections [Tampa, Florida 2021]

Sports Arenas, Urban Development and Adapted Use  [Las Vegas, Nevada 2020]

 Art Consultants: Contracts and Liability Exposures [2020]

Read the Writing On the Wall:  Street Art and Real Property Rights in the 5Pointz Era, ABA CLE Webinar (2018)

Co-Chair, CLE Symposium on International Law [Prague, Czech Republic 2018]

Leonardo Da Vinci and the Cross-Border Sale of Personal Property in an era of Cybercrime and Terrorism,  Annual Meeting of California Lawyers, California Lawyers Association [San Diego CA 2018]

From Aerospace to Art A-Z:  Career and Strategies on Global Trade,  Annual Meeting of California Lawyers, California Lawyers Association  [San Diego CA 2018]

Ethics of Client Communications on New Media in Global Practice, Moderator and Program Chair, American Bar Association,   Section on International Law Annual Fall Meeting [Miami, Florida][October 2017] 

Fashion + Art:  A Tale of Louis Vuitton, Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, ART&DESIGN SPEAKER SERIES 2017, Heritage Auctions [Dallas, Texas][September 12, 2017] 

Smart Phones as the New Museums: #Warhol and Picasso.com, Panel: Smithsonian, U.S. Copyright Office,  NYU Tisch School of Fine Arts, The Art Law Firm,  Program Chair and Moderator [Washington, D.C. April 2017]

Representing Creative Industries, International Symposium on Entertainment Law, [Miami, Florida in conjunction w/University of Miami][March 2017  and April 2016]

First Amendment and Culture, Visual Arts Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico [July 2016]

Art Law and Copyright, Beverly Hills Bar Association  [Beverly Hills CA] [March 16, 2016]

HOLY COPYRIGHT LAW:  The Batmobile Case and Licensing Fictional Characters, Derivatives and Products ABA National Webinar (December 16, 2015)

TransPacific Partnership, ABA Entertainment Forum Annual Meeting, [Moderator][Washington D.C. October 2015]

Music Licensing, California State Bar [webinar][2015]

Ivory and Endangered Species Materials,  American Institute of Conservation Annual Meeting, [presenter][Indianapolis 2014]

Conservators in Private Practice Workshop, Leader,  American Institute of Conservation Annual Meeting, Indianapolis 2014]

End of the Road: Copyright Terminations and Restorations in Music, Literary Fine arts, Motion Pictures and TV Industries, Copyright Society  [Beverly Hills Feb. 3, 2012] 

ABA International Section of Law, Annual Spring Meeting, Anton Piller Orders     (Speaker)[Washington, D.C.][April 7, 2011]

ABA International Section of Law, Annual Spring Meeting, Copyright Ping Pong     (Speaker)[Washington, D.C.][April 8, 2011]

Copyright Society of the USA, Program Chair, Winter Meeting, Moderator:  Creativity and Collaboration, [Santa Fe, NM][February 4-6, 2011]

ABA International Section of Law, Museums as the New Diplomats: A Round Table with the Louvre Museum  (Program Chair, Moderator)[Paris, France][November 3, 2010]

ABA International Section of Law, Folie a Deux:  International Piracy (Program Chair, Moderator)
[Paris, France][November 5, 2010]

ABA Webinar, Deaccessioning: Collections Management or Viral Cure? (Chair, Moderator) [National Program] [October 21, 2010]

California Bar Association Annual Meeting, International Issues in Art Disputes (Panelist) [Monterey, CA][September 24, 2010]

American Bar Association Annual Meeting, From Music, Film and Art to Motorcycles and other Sports: Hot Issues and Disputes in Entertainment and Art Licensing Deals (Panelist) [San Francisco, CA][August 6, 2010]

International Contemporary Art Fair, Experts & Collectors Forum, International Trade, ARCOMadrid  [Madrid, Spain](Feb.17-21,  2010)

International Licensing, ABA Entertainment Forum, Plenary Program, Moderator, Annual Meeting, [New York, New York](November 2009)

Entertainment Art and Sports Law Society, Speaker, University of Maryland Law School  [Baltimore MD] (September 25, 2009)

From the High Seas to the Internet: Combating Piracy and Enabling Content Usage in the Digital Environment, Moderator (CLE Program) ABA Section of International Law, Spring Meeting 2009 (Washington, D.C.)[April 17, 2009] 

Privacy: The Clash of Fundamental Rights in the Post 9-11 World, Speaker (Showcase Program), ABA Section of International Law, Spring Meeting 2009 (Washington, D.C.) [April 15, 2009]

The Contemporary Art Market: Challenges of a Changing Climate: The FLAG Art Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, The Knapp Gallery, Panelist [New York, New York] (March 4, 2009)

Art Law, ALI-ABA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Conference, Faculty [Los Angeles, CA] (January 15-17, 2009)

Architectural Copyright, Speaker, American Institute of Architects, AIA/CES Conference [San Diego, CA](Nov. 14-16, 2008)

Art and Entertainment Law, Guest Lecturer, University of Virginia Law School  [Charlottesville, Virginia] (November 11, 2008)

Art Appraisal and the IRS:  New Tax Laws, Moderator, Annual Conference, Appraisers Association of America [New York, New York](November 9, 2008)

The ABCs of Appraisal Contracts and Negotiation Part 2: Managing Risk and Promoting Professionalism, Lecturer,Appraisers Association of America [New York, New York](November 8-9, 2008)

Copyright in Challenging Times: An Art Appraiser’s Guide, Lecturer, Appraisers Association of America [New York, New York](November 8-9, 2008)

Doin’ It In The Streets:  Branding and Licensing the Cityscape and the Set for

Film & TV from Script Review to Director’s Cut, the Newest Rules on IP Rights &

Clearances, and Risk Management for Product Placements, Art & Architecture, Program Co-Moderator and Speaker (CLE Program) ABA Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Annual Meeting [Los Angeles California](October 17, 2008)

Rights of Privacy and Publicity, “Image Licensing of the Passerby,” Panelist, CLE Program, ABA Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Annual Meeting [Los Angeles California](October 17, 2008)

A Day in the European Parliament, Moderator and Program Co-Chair of Roundtable of the Ministers of European Parliament (CLE Program) ABA International Law Section Annual Meeting [European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium] (September 24, 2008)

Mona Lisa, Jackson Pollock, and Notre Dame on the Stand: The New Science of Connoisseurship in the Courtroom, Program Co-Chair and Moderator (CLE Program) ABA Annual Conference [New York, New York](August 8-12, 2008)

SHOW ME THE MONEY!:  How to Monetize Euros, Pounds and Dollars on International Film and Art Financing,  Program  Chair and Moderator (CLE Program) ABA Annual Conference [New York, New York](August 8-12, 2008)

Cross-Media Marketing in Film, TV, Arts and Media, Panelist (CLE Program) ABA Annual Conference [New York, New York](August 8-12, 2008)

Art Theft, Fraud and Forgery, Panelist, ArtTable Salon, [Los Angeles CA] (May 20, 2008)

Doin’ It In The Streets: Film and TV Rights & Clearances from Location Scout to Director’s Cut, Speaker, California State Bar Association, Copyright Committee [CLE Program] [San Francisco, CA](May 6, 2008]

Stolen Art and the International Market, Panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Association, International Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections [Los Angeles CA] (April 15, 2008)

Show Me the Money:  Residuals and Royalties for New Media, Moderator, Intellectual Property Law Conference [Arlington, Virginia](April 11, 2008)

A Bite of the Poison Apple: A Mock Appeal on Trade Secrets and Trademark Law, Panelist, ABA International Law Section Annual Meeting [New York, New York] (April 4, 2008)

Copyright, Film, Art Dealing and Licensing, Los Angeles Art Association, Panelist [Los Angeles, CA] (March 29, 2008)

Is Today’s Big Money in Cross-Media Licensing? Panelist (CLE Program) South x Southwest 21^st Annual Convention [Austin, Texas] (March 14, 2008)

Photography, New Media and Rules of Copyright in the Digital Age, Speaker, UCLA Graduate Fine Arts Speakers Program [Culver City CA](February 11, 2008)

The Role of the Scientist in Global Cultural Commerce:  New Technologies Applied to Conservation of Art, Architecture and Artifacts and Authentication, Symposium Co-Organizer,  Moderator, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting 2008 [Boston, Massachusetts](February 14-18, 2008)

Contract Negotiation and Professional Practices for Appraisers, Speaker, Appraisers Association of America Annual Conference [New York, New York](November 10, 2007)

MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! Auctions, Estates, Finance and Art, Moderator (CLE Program) Annual Meeting, ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries [New York, New York](October 12, 2007)

Cross-Marketing Your Client Across Multi-Media Platforms in the Entertainment, Art and Sports Industries, Panelist (CLE Program) Annual Meeting, ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries [New York, New York](October 12, 2007)

Culture Exports:  Art, Music, New Media and Film Regulation under European Union Rules for Finance, Production and Distribution, Moderator and Program Chair (CLE Program) Annual Meeting, ABA International Section [London, England](October 5, 2007)

The fine art of tangible assets: Transforming Collections Into Philanthropic Opportunities, Symposium, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and U.S. Trust, Participant [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] (May 17, 2007) [comments published in monograph October 2007]

Fakes Forgeries & Fabrications Annual Meeting, Discussant, American Institute of Conservators Annual Conference [Richmond, Virginia](April 19, 2007)

Contracts and Professional Conservation Practices, Keynote, Annual Meeting, CIPP, American Institute of Conservators Annual Conference [Richmond, Virginia](April 19, 2007)

Conservation and Restoration Contracts: Professional Practices under Contemporary Law, Keynote, American Institute of Conservators [Richmond, Virginia](April 18, 2007)

International Distribution Rights in the Global Era:  The Worth and Values of Artworks, Art Books, and Images, Speaker, Intellectual Property Law Symposium, Georgia State University Law School [Atlanta, Georgia] (March 23, 2007)

International Law:  Branding Art in a Global Economy, Keynote, Southern California Law Librarians Association Annual Conference [San Diego, California](March 16, 2007)

International Art Law:  Law and Ethics for Museums Collecting Art in a Global Economy, Panelist, Thomas Jefferson School of Law [San Diego, California](March 16, 2007)

Spaces and Places: New Copyright Law Developments in Architecture Law, Public Art and Urban Planning Faculty, The Copyright Society of the USA, Northern California (CLE Program) [San Francisco, California] (February 8, 2007)

Spaces and Places: Environmental Law, Land Use Regulation and Copyright  Guest Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz [Santa Cruz, California](February 7, 2007)

What Collectors and Dealers Need to Know about Holocaust Era Looted Art — the Legal Issues:  IFAR Panel, Panelist, Fine Art Dealers Association Art Fair [Santa Monica, California](January 26, 2007)

The ABCs of Appraisal Contracts: Managing Risk and Promoting Professionalism, Panelist, Appraisers Association of America [New York, New York](November 12, 2006)

International Law: The Value of Insurance (Panel 1) Moderator; The Value of Provenance (Panel 2) Moderator; Appraisers Association of America, New York University Law School (CLE Program)[New York, New York](November 10, 2006)

Latin American Art & Antiquities: Collecting Practices, Program Chair and Moderator, ABA International Section Fall Meeting 2006 (CLE program)[Miami, Florida] (November 8, 2006)

Lawyers and the Art Deal:  Ethics of Representation, Entertainment Law Ethics: Codes, Cases, and Conscience, Panelist, ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Annual Meeting (CLE program) [Los Angeles, California](October 14, 2006)

In the Museum Boardroom: A Roundtable on New Non-Profit Laws and Prescriptions for Transparency, Moderator, Annual Meeting,  ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries (CLE program)[Los Angeles, California](October 13, 2006)

The ABCs of Art Collecting: Legal and Business Principles, Keynote, Lehman Brothers Neuberger Berman, Law, Finance and The Contemporary Art Market: New Rules for a Competitive Climate (CLE program) [New York, New York](September 13, 2006)

Brand Hawaii in the Global Entertainment Markets:  The Tropics Hot Topics, Moderator, and Cover Art and Copyright: New Rules on Fair Use, Panelist, ABA Annual Meeting 2006 (Webcast and CLE program) [Honolulu, Hawaii](August 4, 2006)

New Duties and Responsibilities of Museum Boards, Directors and Trustees, Speaker, Association of the Bar for the City of New York, Art Law Committee [New York, New York](June 1, 2006)

Ground Zero: Architecture and Public Art, Panelist, ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Annual Meeting (CLE program) [New York, New York] (October 7, 2005)

Copyright Usage and Rights for Art & Architecture in Feature Films, TV and Video, Panelist, ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Annual Meeting [Los Angeles, California] (October 8, 2004)

Cyber Art Law:  Curiouser & Curiouser, Lecturer, Virtual Reality: Practical Tips for the Art Professional [Symposium] ArtTable, Inc., Pacific Design Center [West Hollywood, California] (November 18, 2002)

Art & Literature on the Net, Panelist, CWSL 3^rd Annual Entertainment Law Conference [San Diego, California] (March 29, 1997)

New Standards for Appraisal Engagements, Speaker, American Society of Appraisers Meeting [Los Angeles, California] (November 20, 1996)

BUILDING BLOCKS: Intellectual Property Rights in Architecture and Collaborative Art-in-Architecture Projects, Beverly Hills Bar Association: Patent Trademark and Copyright Law Section (CLE program), Speaker [Beverly Hills, California] (October 17, 1996)

THE NUMBERS GAME: New Math of Art and Architecture Appraisal [Symposium]   Program Chair and Moderator (CLE and ASA Accredited Program) Pepperdine University School of Law [Malibu, California](September 28, 1996)

Public Art Contracts, Agreements, and Current Legal Issues, PAC/SoCal Public Art Coalition,  Workshop Leader and Lecturer   [Orange County, California] (September 17, 1996)

The Donor’s Dilemma: What Does Gift-Giving Really Mean? The Future of Private Patronage, Part II, Moderator, ArtTable [Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California](March 24, 1996)

Career Faire: Intellectual Property Law, Speaker, Pepperdine University School of Law [Malibu, California](February 15-16, 1996)

Appraisers Who Wear More than One Hat, Appraisers Association of America, National Conference (November 1995)[New York, New York]

Can the Aesthetics of Architecture be Cloned? Lecturer, Museum of Modern Art, Round Table [New York, New York] (November 9, 1995) 

Surviving the Nineties and Creating the Future: Exchanges II, Speaker, ArtTable Symposium, Neuberger Berman [New York, New York] (October 29, 1995)

Photography and Copyright Law, Lecturer, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Department of Photographs [Los Angeles, California](August 1995)

Relocating Moral Rights in Cyberspace: Digitized Images, Visual Art and Creative Credits, Workshop and Speaker, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Lawyers Section [Los Angeles, California] (April 5, 1995)

The Appraiser and Stolen Works of Art, Professional and Legal Liability Concerns for Personal Property Appraisers: AAA and NYU Appraisal Studies Program Joint Seminar [New York, New York] (June 5, 1993)

The Art of Deception:  Adjudicating the Authenticity of Artworks, Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles Superior Court (West District), Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanical Gardens [Pasadena, California] (September12, 1992)

How to Get Paid?  Speaker, Professional Practice Seminars, Artexpo NY, Jacob K.  Javits Convention Center [New York, New York](April 25, 1991)

Art Dollars: Funding Controversies, Program Chair and Moderator, Association of American Law Schools, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution [Washington, D.C.] (January 1991)

Copyright and Trademark Law for Artists, Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies (1990) 

How to Avoid Fraud in the Print Market, Speaker, Artexpo CAL, Los Angeles Convention Center [Los Angeles, California](October 5, 1990)  

International Law, The Law and Business of Art, Practicing Law Institute, Faculty [New York, New York] (July 12-13, 1990)

Appraisers as Agents: Duties of Loyalty, Keynote Speaker, American Society of Appraisers, International Appraisal Conference, Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanical Gardens [Pasadena, California](June 1990)  

The Letter of the Law for Artists and Designers, Speaker, Women In Design, Pacific Design Center [Los Angeles, California](May 15, 1990) 

The Byzantine Mosaics:  Crossroads in International Trade in Art, Pacific Southwest Business Law Association Annual Conference [Culver City, California](February 10, 1990)

The Artist as Arbiter: Culture at the Crossroads of Constitutional Law, Keynote Speaker, Portland Museum of Art [Portland, Maine](1990)