Encino, CA (818) 929-6361 andrewzuckeresq@gmail.com OVERVIEW Experienced entertainment, Internet and corporate attorney handling comprehensive legal and business affairs for television networks, production companies, film studios, top-level executives, producers, starring talent, personal managers and Web developers, advising on strategy, negotiation and drafting of agreements for the acquisition of rights, licensing of content, hiring of key-talent, strategic joint ventures, and the development, production and distribution of network and cable television shows, motion pictures, and streaming media in domestic and international settings. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ISAACMAN, KAUFMAN & PAINTER, P.C., Los Angeles, CA Corporate, Entertainment and Internet Attorney, VP, Member of the Firm, 2000 present LOWY & ZUCKER LLP, Beverly Hills, CA Entertainment and Internet Attorney, Partner, 1993 - 2000 IRWIN & ROWAN, Los Angeles, CA Attorney, Of Counsel, 1989 - 1993 In television and motion pictures, negotiate production, distribution and financing agreements for network and cable series, starring performers, low-budget films and above- and below-the-line talent. Guide and represent major TV and film production companies, show-runners, producers, actors, directors, personal managers, talent agents, literary and comic book authors and artists, product inventors, celebrity chefs, restaurateurs, museum curators, and musicians, handling all business and legal affairs. Notable undertakings have included: Representing Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) and Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), numerous starring actors from NYPD Blue, the complete cast of HGTVs Design on a Dime, and others in connection with their initial engagement and/or renegotiated series compensation and participation over multiple years. Negotiating the first and only co-production / co-financing agreement between Discovery Channel and NatGeo. Serving as production attorney and legal adviser to various production companies and executive producers including Brillstein Grey, Patchett Kaufman, and Pie Town Productions in connection with approximately 50 different network and basic-cable series, including with A&E, GSN, Lifetime, MTV, OWN, WEtv, et al. Advising the producers of High School Musical (The Disney Channel) on their motion picture and television endeavors. Overseeing the financing and distribution of the internationally formatted series I Survived a Japanese Game Show handling the agreements, and tax matters for the studio (Television Tokyo) and its show-runners. Negotiating successful agreements against major studios including CBS, Paramount, Endemol and others. In regard to Internet and software, serve as attorney for international hi-tech companies, which has included: Successfully proposing and finalizing the first agreement allowing a major movie star to appear in digital media. Negotiating historic agreements for the display of NY Times, Wall St. Journal, and Chicago Sun Times on international Web portals in countries from which they were previously barred. Serving as general counsel for a publicly traded Internet auction company. Establishing and implementing First Amendment (18 USC 2257) protocols and age-verification strategies for Web businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Acting as the liaison between a major Japanese software company, Justsystem Corp. and U.S. counterparts.