About Bobbi Dempsey
Articles written by Bobbi Dempsey
Adventures In and Out of the Courtroom
When Dick Ellis isn’t guiding clients through the complex legal system, he’s often navigating equally rough waters outside the courtroom. Ellis, a senior partner with Ellis & Winters in Raleigh, loves white-water and flat-water canoeing. A favorite spot to indulge in his hobby is the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. Several years ago, Ellis took a three-month sabbatical so he, his wife Evelyn and their two sons could work at an outdoor center, where Ellis served as raft …
When Entertainers Become Targets
That's where entertainment and IP attorneys come inLL Cool J hit it big with his first album, but some other guy claimed his was the voice on the album. It’s the kind of thing that can land a fledgling artist in Milli Vanilli territory. Fortunately, LL Cool J hired a good entertainment lawyer, Charles Ortner, a partner with Proskauer Rose and National Legal Counsel to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. “As soon as an artist starts to become successful,” he says, “they are a target.” Entertainment lawyers are …
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