Entertainment law or media law is a term for a mix of more traditional categories of law with a focus on providing legal services to the entertainment industry. The principal areas of Entertainment Law overlap substantially with the well-known and conventional field of intellectual property law. But generally speaking the practice of entertainment law often involves questions of employment law, contract law, torts, labor law, bankruptcy law, immigration, securities law, security interests, agency, intellectual property (especially trademarks, copyright, and the so-called "Right of Publicity"), right of privacy, defamation, clearance of rights, product placement, advertising, criminal law, tax law, International law(especially Private international law), and insurance law. Much of the work of an entertainment law practice is transaction based, i.e. drafting contracts, negotiation and mediation. Some situations may lead to litigation or arbitration.

Hands-on and on-hand. Drawing on his extensive entertainment law experience, Stephen is known for developing creative legal solutions customized to his clients’ needs. Handling both transactional and litigation work, he is highly sought after as legal counsel in the following areas:

• Copyright infringement law suits
• Entertainment-related contracts, including:
  • Screenplay option agreements
  • Screenplay purchase agreements
  • Actor agreements for movies
  • Actor agreements with agents or managers
  • Collaboration agreements for more than one writer
  • Producer agreements
• Trademark registrations
• Trademark-related contracts
• Trademark assignments
• Manuscript vetting
• Right-of-publicity litigation