Labor and Employment Law

Performers need to protect both their short-term interests and long-term career goals through sound planning and consideration of basic business, contract, and intellectual property principles involving partnerships, corporations, LLCs, royalties, copyrights, and trademarks. Aspiring artists need to be careful when signing contracts. Initial artist contracts are typically one-sided and unfair - locking up-and-coming artists into exclusive contracts that can last for decades, as well as create a situation where these individuals or groups are exploited and taken advantage of for their entire careers.

We provide comprehensive legal services that include assistance with copyright enforcement and licensing, content development, distribution and publishing agreements, and advertising and promotional issues. We are located in Encino, and Beverly Hills California, conveniently close to serve the entertainment communities of Los Angeles County.

Attorney Alan Abergel is an avid music fan, acoustic and electric guitar player, drummer, and a home studio owner, and so has a great appreciation for musicians. In addition to having a law degree, Mr. Abergel is also a graduate of Towson University, Maryland’s mass communications program, in which Mr. Abergel took many audio and production techniques courses.

We generally do not shop demos on contingency. Mr. Abergel is a fan of bands such as The Smiths, Soundgarden, The Pixies, and Yes and guitar players such as, Johnny Marr, Kim Thayil, and Steve Howe. So, if you are as good a musician as the musicians mentioned above, (not necessarily in the same genre) we may consider shopping your demo on contingency.