About the Author
Thomas A. Crowell, Esq.
A founding partner of Saperstein & Crowell, LLP, Thomas A. Crowell counsels clients on a wide range of issues including film, television, publishing, new media, and intellectual property rights issues. He is currently the production counsel for programs produced for Discovery, Smithsonian, TLC, WE, Starz, and other cablecasters.
In addition to his private practice, Mr. Crowell lectures nationally, teaching producers how to avoid common legal pitfalls in the film and television industry. He has taught film law courses for Film/Video Arts, the School of Visual Arts, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, the Graphic Artists Guild, the Producers Guild of America, and the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education. He currently teaches Film Law at Cardozo Law School.
An advocate and supporter of legal pro bono work for artists, Mr. Crowell is the founder and executive director emeritus of the New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and is the founding Director of the Indie Film Clinic at Cardozo Law School. In helping to create an organization that spoke clearly to artists and filmmakers, Mr. Crowell drew from his pre-law career in television: prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Crowell was a television producer and the head of business development for one of Japan’s premier television production companies. As a producer, Mr. Crowell created the popular children’s video series “Professor Potto’s VideolabsTM,” which was awarded a National Parenting Center Seal of Approval.
Mr. Crowell received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He is admitted to the practice of law in New York and New Jersey and before the United States Supreme Court.
For more information about Mr. Crowell, as well as a sample of his articles, please check out WWW.THOMASCROWELL.COM