Faculty & Advisors: LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law

 

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Miami Law has distinguished advisors, faculty, visiting professors, alumni, and top local, national and international experts as adjunct professors whose expertise cuts across all areas of this LL.M.

In addition, there are a large number of prominent entertainment attorneys and companies based in South Florida which allow the program to draw upon this local talent pool as adjuncts.

Board of Advisors

  • Charles Baker - Partner and Co-Chair, Entertainment Sports and Media Industry Group, Sidley Austin LLP
  • Hal Biagas - Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Seven1 Sports & Entertainment Group
  • Lin Cherry - Chief Legal Officer and Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Wizeline
  • Jill Deupi - Director and Chief Curator, Lowe Art Museum
  • Harold Flegelman - Founding Program Director and Former Director of the Entertainment Track, Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law; and Adjunct Faculty
  • Danielle Garno - Partner, Holland & Knight
  • Horacio Gutierrez - Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Walt Disney Company
  • Carolina Jayaram -  Executive Director, The Elevate Prize Foundation
  • Vivek Jayaram - Founder, Jayaram Law
  • Terri Jackson - Executive Director, WNBAPA
  • Kim Miale - NFL Agent & General Counsel, Roc Nation Sports
  • Liz Moore - Chief Legal & IT Officer, LPGA
  • Myles Pistorius - Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Miami Dolphins
  • Irwin Raij - Partner and Co-Chair, Entertainment Sports and Media Industry Group, Sidley Austin LLP
  • Pilar Ramos - General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Univision
  • Jose Sariego - Partner, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
  • Cristina Scarano - Business Affairs at Spotify Studios
  • Dennis Scholl - President & Chief Executive Officer, Oolite Arts, Miami;  Documentary Filmmaker
  • Maria Seferian - General Counsel, Hillspire LLC; Chair of the Board of Trustees & President, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • Ana Salas Siegel - Senior Vice President & General Counsel, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
  • Lauren Spahn - Partner, Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
  • DeMaurice Smith - Executive Director, NFLPA
  • Marc Trestman - Former NFL, CFL, and XFL Head Coach
  • Marc Weinroth - Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel, Miami Dolphins
  • Judd Zebersky - Chief Executive Officer, Jazwares, Inc.
  • Leslie Zigel - Chair, Entertainment, Media and Technology Group, Co-Chair, Cannabis Group, SMGQ Law

Arts Law Directors

Carolina Jayaram

Lecturer
Adjunct Faculty, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M, Co-Director, Arts Law Track

cog2@miami.edu

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Carolina García Jayaram is the Founding CEO of The Elevate Prize Foundation, a global purpose-driven nonprofit that serves to amplify social impact and empower passionate problem solvers, leaders, and innovators. García Jayaram has over two decades of experience in leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to enriching and...
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Vivek Jayaram

Lecturer
Adjunct Faculty, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M, Co-Director, Arts Law Track

vxj92@miami.edu

(646) 325-9855
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Vivek Jayaram is an attorney who practices in the areas of business litigation, copyright, trademark, and commercial transactions. Hi is Co-Director of the Arts Law Track in Miami Law's Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law LL.M. Program. He has represented a number of Fortune 500 companies as well as small and midsized...
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Entertainment Law Directors

Ivy Kagan Bierman

Lecturer
Director of the Entertainment Track, Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law; and Adjunct Faculty

ixb216@miami.edu

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Ivy Kagan Bierman is a partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP in Los Angeles and Director of the Entertainment Law Track in Miami Law's Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law. Her practice includes the representation of entertainment and related companies in labor,...
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Gwen Marcus


Distinguished Practitioner and Advisor, Entertainment Track, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M

hxm608@miami.edu

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Gwen Marcus has enjoyed a four-decade career in entertainment law, having most recently served as Showtime Networks Inc.’s longtime Executive Vice President & General Counsel. Ms. Marcus joined Showtime in 1984 as Assistant Counsel after serving as an associate in the entertainment department of the New York law firm Paul, Weiss,...
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Sports Law Directors

Peter A Carfagna

Lecturer
Adjunct Faculty; Co-Director, Sports Law Track - Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M.

p.carfagna@miami.edu

(305) 284-3088
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Peter A. Carfagna is Chairman/CEO of Magis, LLC, a privately owned sports marketing, management and investment company. including family ownership of the Lake County Captains, Cleveland Indians Class A Affiliate.  He has also been the Managing Member of LLC’s affiliated with many Major League Baseball teams, including the...
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Patricia D White

Professor of Law
Dean Emerita; Co-Director, Sports Law Track - Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M.

pwhite@miami.edu

(305) 284-2394
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Patricia D. White is a Professor of Law and was the University of Miami School of Law's eleventh dean from 2009-2019. Her legal career spans over four decades as an attorney and educator.  She was the first woman law school dean in Arizona and the longest serving one in the history of Arizona State University’s...
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Program Faculty

Kenneth J Anand

Lecturer

ajk251@miami.edu

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Kenneth Anand is the author and co-founder of SNEAKER LAW. He was Head of Business Development & General Counsel of YEEZY Apparel, a fashion and design company owned and operated by Kanye West. Anand assisted YEEZY with developing new and existing lines of business as well as all in-house legal matters. Anand has...
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Charles Baker

Lecturer
Adjunct Faculty and Advisory Board Member, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M. Program

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Charles Baker is Partner and Co-Chair of the Entertainment Sports and Media Industry Group at Sidley Austin LLP. His corporate practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital transactions, with a core focus in the sports, media and consumer sectors. Baker has represented buyers and sellers of...
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Albert H Biagas

Lecturer

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Andrew Brandt

Lecturer

axb2462@miami.edu

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Andrew Brandt is a nationally-recognized accomplished sports executive now bringing his credibility and unique insight and perspective to academia and the media and is is Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at Villanova Law School.  Brandt is regularly cited in...
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Terri Carmichael Jackson

Lecturer
Adjunct Faculty, LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law

txc899@miami.edu

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Terri Carmichael Jackson is the Executive Director of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association. In this role, Jackson is responsible for WNBPA board relations, executive leadership and management, labor matters generally and collective bargaining negotiations, specifically. She teaches in the School of Law's...
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Harold Flegelman

Lecturer
Founding Program Director and Former Director of the Entertainment Track, Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law; and Adjunct Faculty

h.flegelman@miami.edu

(305) 284-8750
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Harold A. Flegelman was one of the authors of the proposal to create a Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law in 2015, and was the Program’s founding Director. He returned to New York in June 2019 and continued as the Director of the Program’s Entertainment Law...
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Ana C Francois

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

a.francois@miami.edu

(305) 284-5201
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Danielle Garno

Lecturer
Adjunct Faculty, Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law LL.M. Program

dnd13@miami.edu

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Danielle N. Garno is a partner at Holland & Knight and focuses her practice on issues faced by the fashion community, including, startup phase and commercial advice, intellectual property such as trademark and copyright infringement, social media marketing, advertising, and anti-counterfeiting, as well as...
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Mansour Ghomeshi

Lecturer

mxg1356@miami.edu

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Mansour Ghomeshi is the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors for 360fly where he handles matters involving filing patent and trademark applications, setting patent filing strategy and negotiating and drafting corporate documents and stockholder agreements. Prior to working for VSN, Ghomeshi worked for Motorola...
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Jared Goldstein

Lecturer

jxg5252@miami.edu

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Jared Goldstein is author and co-founder of SNEAKER LAW. Goldstein teaches and regularly lectures at universities, law schools, and various organizations about the sneaker business. He is also Legal Counsel at LiveIntent, an ad-tech and marketing company. Goldstein assists LiveIntent with all in-house legal matters,...
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