`Andrew D. Epstein`

Copyright and Trademark Law; General Civil Litigation; Photography and Visual Art Law; Publishing and Licensing Agreements; General Business, Corporate and Real Estate Law.

Admitted to bar, 1972, Massachusetts; 1974, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Education: Boston University (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972).

Author: "Contracts for Photographers," Representing Artists and Nonprofit Creative Arts Organizations (96-04.16); "Legal and Business Issues for Photographers and Artists," Lawyering for the Arts (94-04.23); "Copyright Protection for Photographers and Graphic Artists," Lawyering for the Arts, Volume II (93-11.06); "Photography and the Law", Lawyering for the Arts (91-11.09); all published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.

Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation for dedication and assistance to the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts project of the Boston Bar Association, 1993.

Featured in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: "Shutterbug Lawyer Keeps Photographer's Lives in Focus" 23 M.L.W. 2442, August 14, 1995; Section B, page 1.

Member [President (1990-1995)] Board of Directors of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University; Member, Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; Board of Advisors, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts, Inc.; and the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP).

Guest Lecturer to academic, professional and legal groups on copyright law, art law and general business law including Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Tufts University, Boston College School of Law, Massachusetts College of Art, Art Institute of Boston, Rhode Island School of Design, New England School of Photography and the American Society of Media Photographers.

Contributor of several chapters to professional journals published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education including "Photography and the Law", Lawyering for the Arts (91-11.09), "Copyright Protection for Photographers and Graphic Artists," Lawyering for the Arts (93-11.06), "Legal and Business Issues for Photographers and Artists," Lawyering for the Arts (94-04.23) and "Contracts for Photographers," Representing Artists and Nonprofit Creative Arts Organizations (96-04.16).

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