John J. Tormey III, Esq. is an entertainment, art, and media lawyer. He handles transactional matters, as well as certain claims and litigation matters as they pertain to the entertainment business. 

He maintains an “AV” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell lawyers directory, which is the highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell to lawyers.  He is in his 20th year in the legal profession. In 1996 he finished a tour of duty as Senior Litigation Counsel and Senior Counsel to Miramax Films. He thereafter announced the commencement of his own law practice, now known as "John J. Tormey III, PLLC" Thankfully, this law practice has since been very active. The key elements have been hard work, and a firm commitment to timely and responsive representation of his clients. In this electronic age he has been fortunate to receive some additional exposure given a presence on the Internet and appearances as a guest commentator on New York’s COURT TV and BBC’s “Liquid News”.

The practice is a general commercial one, with a focus on contractual and corporate matters, entertainment law, and intellectual property. He draws upon past experience with motion pictures, television, music, art, merchandising, licensing, publishing, advertising, marketing, computers, interactive media, litigation, and wills and estates. A large number of his friends are in the arts, entertainment, media, and other creative fields. His father is a working actor in Manhattan, and he has played music professionally. A significant component of his practice is the legal representation of talent, as well as media and entertainment entities - including both start-up and existing businesses. 

He continues to play a positive role in helping businesses grow, and in helping individuals succeed. Much of his work also exists outside the bounds of the entertainment field. His clients are diverse and extend beyond the realm of entertainment. He handles employment agreements, and represents doctors, computer and on-line entrepreneurs, designers, talent representatives, sports figures, photographers, and others in various fields. His goal is to maintain his solid client base, and maintain a mutuality of respect with those clients. In terms of sheer numbers, he tends to have more numerous clients than many other lawyers because of, among other things, this populist approach.

He is admitted to practice law in New York, California, and the District of Columbia. His past affiliations have been with Collegiate School; Harvard University; UCLA School of Law; the law firm of Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn; The Walt Disney Company, and Miramax Films. He has included his resume which illustrates his career path in greater detail.

The way he prefers to generate new work is through quality referrals from past and existing clients, and from his other friends. Please keep him in mind in situations when your friends and colleagues are seeking representation. You are welcome to forward his contact information and credentials to them.

This law practice is conscientious and hard-driving, with minimal overhead expended along the way. Through this approach, he expects to continue to keep the clients that he represents. In recent years he has been a client himself, and has retained outside counsel on numerous matters. His clients will receive the same quality and timely response, and courtesy, that he would fully expect if he were the client.

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