Entertainment Law Degree?
Q: I have permission to submit my screenplay to a large production company but
I don't have an entertainment lawyer. Any attorney suggestions? I'd like a
flat rate fee, if possible. Any idea how much this would cost.
A:I can recommend entertainment lawyers in Austin and Dallas but
not in Houston. Have you checked the Houston Yellow Pages and
chatted with a few attorneys yet?
Well -- when you say that you have permission -- do you mean that they
said that you could submit through an attorney -- or did they just say
that you should send it?
If they just said "send it" -- then just send it to their attention and
don't worry about the attorney.
If, on the other hand, the attorney was a prerequisite for the
submission -- you don't need to have an entertainment attorney in order
to *submit* a screenplay.
Any attorney with an office and some letterhead will be sufficient for
this limited purpose only. So if you have a family attorney, or a
friend who is an attorney -- whomever -- so long as they have an office
and some letterhead, there will be no problem. It doesn't matter.
Of course, were it to come down to any negotiation -- it would have be
an attorney specializing in entertainment law -- but if you're only
talking about submitting a screenplay -- don't worry about it.
Also, if money is a problem, most states (can't speak specifically