Experience

Smith Anderson

• United States
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Attorney

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Transactional work in Tech, Health Care, Game Development, Entertainment, and other sectors. Transactional work in Tech, Health Care, Game Development, Entertainment, and other sectors.



Alston & Bird

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Attorney

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Transactions | Due Diligence | Litigation Support Select Qualifications: • Spearhead negotiations for deals valued at $20 million+ • Created and managed three in-house legal departments designed to fast-track deal-making. My employers were in the entertainment, tech, and digital marketing sectors. • Instituted best practices to over-haul a wide range of entertainment industry, commercial, and technology agreements. Transactions | Due Diligence | Litigation Support Select Qualifications: • Spearhead negotiations for deals valued at $20 million+ • Created and managed three in-house legal departments designed to fast-track deal-making. My employers were in the entertainment, tech, and digital marketing sectors. • Instituted best practices to over-haul a wide range of entertainment industry, commercial, and technology agreements.



Lovette Law

• Greater Atlanta Area

• Managing Attorney/Owner

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Owner Providing legal services to an array of clients, in the Internet, e-commerce, and digital media and entertainment fields ♦ Contract Drafting & Negotiations ♦ Transactional Law ♦ Intellectual Property Licensing ♦ Marketing ♦ Ecommerce & Internet Law, Software ♦ Social Media ♦ Distribution ♦ Entertainment & Media ♦ Compliance, Regulatory, and Private Data Owner Providing legal services to an array of clients, in the Internet, e-commerce, and digital media and entertainment fields ♦ Contract Drafting & Negotiations ♦ Transactional Law ♦ Intellectual Property Licensing ♦ Marketing ♦ Ecommerce & Internet Law, Software ♦ Social Media ♦ Distribution ♦ Entertainment & Media ♦ Compliance, Regulatory, and Private Data



Macquarium

• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Counsel | Senior In-house Attorney

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2014

  Macquarium is a user experience tech firm that creates cutting-edge solutions for clients such as Deloitte, Lowe’s, Lockheed/GSA, Delta, Coca Cola, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Yahoo, and Chick-fil-A. General Counsel • Reported to the COO and the Chairman/Founder. Interfaced with internal executives and external counsel regarding financial, intellectual property, dispute resolution, insurance, and other matters. Identified and evaluated a diverse scope of legal issues for risk management and practical business application. • Managed a wide-range of deal-making activities involving professional services agreements, statements of work, employment agreements, government contracts, software licenses and SAAS Agreements (from subscriber/licensee side), privacy protection agreements, non-compete agreements, LOIs, RFPs, NDAs, and various staffing agreements. • Revised and modernized contract templates that fast-tracked negotiations and vastly improved contract usability and compliance. • Provided HR legal support and updated internal document management systems. • Drafted and negotiated e-commerce and Internet distribution agreements between an affiliated wholesale online distributor and Overstock.com, Office Depot, Toys R Us, and other major online retailers. Drafted Terms of Use, IMAP, and other website provisions. Developed compliance procedures with Federal and State hazardous waste regulations.



DEFINITION 6

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Counsel

  • 2012 - 2013

• General Counsel | Senior In-house Attorney

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2012

  Definition 6 provides award-winning digital marketing Internet and mobile solutions for clients such as HBO, Univision, Nickelodeon, Turner, GE, Mitsubishi, Coca-Cola, and Facebook.General Counsel • Reported to the COO and the CEO. Created and cultivated a highly supportive legal affairs department in a company not accustomed to in-house counsel. Worked with CFO to over-haul outdated contract administration process.• Advised senior executives regarding financial, regulatory, insurance, intellectual property issues; and interacted with outside counsel regarding dispute resolution, trademark, and other proprietary IP matters. • Provided HR legal support, including drafting/negotiating employment, independent contractor, staffing, non-compete and separation agreements; and represented company regarding state labor board matters.• Revised an entire array of contracts and other legal documents, including professional services agreements, statements of work, and website hosting and maintenance agreements.• Also handled legal services for affiliated New York-based creative services agency, Creative Bubble.



Lovette Entertainment Law Group, Ltd

• Atlanta, GA

• Managing Attorney/Owner

  • Jan 1999 - May 2010

  A boutique law firm representing emerging and high profile clients in music, film, TV, radio, literary and digital media. • Managed this three attorney boutique firm with clients that included Usher, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and Antonio “LA” Reid. • Spearheaded negotiations of multi-million dollar recording agreements, motion picture performance agreements, sponsorship agreements, merchandising agreements, TV appearances, and concert tours and promotions, and literary and life rights acquisition deals.



LaFace Records

• Sr. Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs

  • Sep 1992 - Dec 1998

  Recruited by multi-Grammy Award winning producers, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Antonio “LA” Reid to create and run the business & legal affairs department of a record label, which grew into one of the most successful joint venture record labels in the history of the music industry, featuring international platinum and multi-platinum recording artists such as Usher, OutKast, Toni Braxton, Pink, and TLC.. Had primary responsibility for all transactional, intellectual property, and employment legal matters. Created and upgraded LaFace’s business and legal affairs systems, procedures, and contract forms. Negotiated all major label agreements, including recording, soundtrack, executive employment, licensing, sponsorship, television appearance, music video/film and commercial vendor agreements. • Negotiated multi-million dollar agreements with the industry’s top entertainment counsel and motion picture and record industry executives. • Cultivated approachable, employee-friendly rapport with company’s creative and administrative personnel. • Received numerous bonuses and recognitions for service, including Executive Employee of the Year.



Katz, Smith & Cohen, PC

• Sr. Associate

  • Sep 1989 - Sep 1992

  Joined internationally recognized entertainment law firm headed by Joel Katz. Had responsibility for handling the legal work for approximately a dozen celebrity clients, including Willie Nelson, Dallas Austin, Waylon Jennings, and Jimmy Buffet, as well as production companies, music publishers, songwriters, actors, personal managers, independent record labels, and concert promoters. Entrusted with primary representation of many of firm’s clients while spearheading the upgrade of many of the firm’s contracting templates.