IP lawyer and
art historian.
Practice, advocacy, teaching, and writing.
I came to law from inside the creative economy. I founded Implement Legal to work with artists, writers, musicians, creators, and cultural institutions who need someone who truly understands their work.
My scholarship has examined how fair use doctrine came to divide artists into geniuses and raw material — built around outliers like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and the Warhol Foundation, then applied as the universal case. The doctrine protected the wealthy few who saw other creatives as their supply stores.
Tech companies noticed. Training AI on copyrighted work without permission or payment relies on the identical reasoning — that using someone else's creative labor as raw material is transformative enough to need no consent. The scale is new. The logic isn't.
But extraction logic doesn’t work in niche communities where everyone knows each other well. Where the next deal matters as much as the transaction on the table. Where staying friends is essential because relationships are everything.
I practice, teach, write about, and advocate for creatives in niche spaces who want to build healthy commons, lasting relationships, and generational wealth — without treating others poorly.
Law
I serve galleries, production companies, agencies, and creative businesses navigating complex IP challenges. Copyright strategy and enforcement. Trademark prosecution and defense. Acquisitions and sales for creative businesses. Licensing agreements, gallery representation, commission structures, estate planning.
Advocacy
I shape IP policy from inside the creative community — working with the College Art Association’s Committee on Intellectual Property, and through public writing, conference presentations, and direct engagement with legislation affecting artists. Policy built before the court decision is more useful than commentary written after.
Teaching
I’ve taught Arts & Entertainment Law at Queens University of Charlotte, and delivered talks and workshops at Yale School of Art, the Center for Craft, Harvard University, Rhode Island School of Design, Mass MoCA, and many other arts organizations.
Writing
I write about intellectual property law — for lawyers, working artists, and the curious public.
Protect Your Magic on Substack connects copyright law to commons theory, feminist analysis, and the recursive logic by which creative labor gets enclosed, digitized, and extracted.
The Secret Weapon on LinkedIn carries the argument to creative business owners who need to understand what IP doctrine actually means to their work, their contracts, and their leverage.