PaulUngarESQ

Practice Areas

Concentrating in Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyrights, Trademarks, Corporate Law, General Business Transactions & Contracts
 
Representing recording artists, social influencers, gamers, podcasters, bloggers, authors, songwriters, producers, mixers, re-mixers, actors, models, entertainment industry executives, record labels & distributors, independent film companies, audio & video production companies, audio-post production companies, gaming companies, music publishers, artists’ personal management companies, talent booking agencies, book, comic book & magazine publishing companies, promoters, publicists, public relations & marketing firms throughout the United States, the United Kingdom and France

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About

Member of the Bars of New York, New Jersey and Tennessee
 
Graduate of Dartmouth College, A. B. Cum Laude and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Juris Doctor
 
Formerly, in-house Corporate Counsel and Business Affairs Executive for Radio City Music Hall and then a partner of Serling Rooks & Ungar, a major New York, NY & Nashville, TN Entertainment Law firm
 
Lecturer & Seminar Leader at The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), The Julliard School, Dartmouth College, American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), The New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, University of Florida Levin School of Law, Rutgers University, William Paterson University, Lawline Continuing Legal Education, National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education, and the New York Music & Internet Expo

 

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Services

Negotiating and drafting contracts throughout all areas of the Entertainment Industry including recording, record distribution, music publishing, music & video production, licensing, sampling, endorsement, product placement, sponsorship, branding, concert & event production, merchandising, television, motion picture, theatrical, book publishing, gaming, promotion, public relations and marketing agreements
 
Negotiating and drafting business-related contracts including operating, shareholder, partnership, joint venture, employment, investor, website, website development & website terms and conditions agreements
 
Copyright, Trademark and Servicemark registrations

Termination of Copyright grants and reversion of Copyrights 

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Clients

Current & former clients have included U2, 50 Cent, MJJ Productions (Michael Jackson), Grace Jones, Wayne Newton, Clarence Clemons (Bruce Springsteen), Salt ‘N Pepa, Nina Simone, Keith Sweat, Matt “Guitar” Murphy (The Blues Brothers), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Vince Neil, Robert Palmer), Merl Saunders (Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Bonnie Rait, Huey Lewis), Muscle Shoals Studios (Steven Tyler, Michael McDonald, Alan Jackson, Chris Stapleton, Alicia Keys), Roadrunner Records (Steve Miller, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nickelback, Slipknot, Zakk Wylde, Dream Theater), Scorpio Music (The Village People), Curb Records (LeAnn Rimes, The Judds, Hank Williams, Jr., Lyle Lovette), The Orchard (Toby Keith, Alanis Morrisette), PPX Records (Jimi Hendrix, Chubby Checker), Surrounded By Entertainment (Willie Nelson), Ultra Records (Pitbull), Movie Makers Music (Irene Cara, Rick Derringer, Tommy James), Tuff City Records (George Clinton), Sandblast Productions (Showtime Networks, AMC Networks, Viacom, Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, MTV, Broadway Video), Concrete Management (Rob Zombie), Concrete Marketing (Ozzy Osbourne), Pyramid Booking Agency (Kool & The Gang, Chaka Khan), Spotlite Entertainment (Jay Leno, Gabe Kaplan), MCT Management (Moby, Rufus Wainwright),  Velous (Paul McCartney, Madonna), Max Norman (Megadeth), Young Shun (Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz), Nigel Harrison (Blondie), Trevor Gale (Vanessa Williams), Rita Marley, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Dave Valentine (Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws, Patti Austin, Eliane Elias, Lee Ritenour), Michael Abene (Bill Evans, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Taylor), Mickey Bass (Charles Mingus, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, Carmen McCrae, Sonny Stitt, Billy Eckstein, Art Blakey), Roy Ayers, Lenny White (Return To Forever, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Larry Coryell, Al Di Meola, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira), Omar Hakim (Weather Report, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Joe Zawinul, David Bowie, Mariah Carey, Sting, Foo Fighters), Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez (Carlos Santana, Tito Puente, Gary Burton, Michel Camilo, John Patitucci), Stuart Hamm (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen), Matthew Whitaker (Christian McBride, Dave Stryker), Mastodon, Sepultura, Type O Negative, The Fat Boys, Ultra Nate, Joe Budden, Lil Zay Osama, Griselda Records (Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny The Butcher), Young M.A., Last Artful Dodgr, Boy Wonder, Sonny Digital, Legend Yae, Manhunt Company (Anycia), and EST Gee

Contact

Paul B. Ungar, Esq.
90 Washington Valley Road
Bedminster, NJ 07921
Tel. (732) 692-4286
Email: paul@paulbungar.com

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