Copyright and Entertainment litigation and transactions, including Music, Theatre, Literary Property, Film, and Television

Principal Attorney

Scott L. Baker

sbaker@scottbakerlaw.com

Admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1989, New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
 

Education:  University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1985); Boston University (J.D., 1988). 


Member:
  American Journal of Law and Medicine, 1986-1988.  The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 


Language: Spanish

 

 


 

Of Counsel

Noel L. Silverman

nsilverman@scottbakerlaw.com

Admitted to bar, 1956, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.

Education:  Brown University (A.B., 1952); Harvard University (LL.B., 1955) Phi Beta Kappa.  Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Entertainment Law Reporter, 1979-.

Author:  "The Valuation of Intellectual Property,"  Eleventh Annual Institute on Estate Planning, 1977; "The New Copyright Law:  An Overview," Fifteenth Annual Institute On Patent Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1977; "How to Select A Music Publisher," Entertainers and their Professional Advisers, Dow Jones-Irwin, 1987;  "The Motion Picture Business," Entertainment Law, New York State Bar Association, 1989, 2d ed. 1995.  Trustee, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., 1973-1976; 1997-2000; 2008-.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Entertainment and Sports Law, 1980-1984, Entertainment Law Committee, 1992-1995, Chair, 1995-1998, 2004-2007; Art Law Committee, 1998-2001; Committee on Copyright and Literary Property, 1987-1990; 2001-2004; 2007-); American Bar Association.


 
Alan L. Shulman (2003-2013)

ashulman@scottbakerlaw.com

Admitted to bar, 1958, New York; 1965, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court.


Education:  Brooklyn College of The City University of New York (B.A. 1955); Brooklyn Law School (LL.B., 1958). 

Member: Director:American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1969-1975; National Music Publishers' Association, 1970-1975.  Trustee, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., 1994-1997; Secretary & Director, Federal Bar Foundation, 2000-.  Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Subcommittee on Copyright Law; Chairman, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Litigation of Commercial & Federal Litigation Section, 1990-1992); Federal Bar Council; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Copyright Law Association.