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Kenneth N. Swezey
Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section
New York City attorney Kenneth N. Swezey (Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams &
Sheppard, LLP), has been elected Chair of the Entertainment, Arts and
Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association
(NYSBA).
Swezey received his undergraduate
degree from the University of
California,
Los
Angeles, summa cum laude, and earned his law
degree from UCLA Law
School. Swezey received an M.B.A. from the UCLA Graduate School of
Management.
Swezey, a partner of Cowan, DeBaets,
Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP, is a transactional attorney concentrating
in entertainment, digital media, copyright, publishing and corporate
law, with clients ranging from well-known licensing agencies, digital
media companies, bloggers, software developers, publishers, authors,
literary agents, literary estates, visual artists and national
not-for-profit organizations.
A longtime member of the State Bar
Association’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, Swezey
currently serves on its Executive Committee as Vice
Chairman. Swezey is a
member of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A, and is a frequent speaker
and panelist on digital media and copyright issues. He regularly conducts publishing negotiation seminars for
Columbia University School of Law students.
The Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law
Section is one of 23 sections of the NYSBA. These groups publish
material dealing with their fields of expertise, much of which is not
available through commercial publishers. Sections also sponsor
conferences, seminars and institutes, monitor legislation and conduct
studies. Each of the sections contributes to policy-making, both in
their subject areas and Association-wide. They originate many of the
recommendations that become NYSBA policy positions and act as checks and
balances of other entities.
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