PRACTICE AREAS: 49
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® AWARDS: 39
BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH® IN AMERICA AWARDS: 16
BEST LAW FIRMS® AWARDS: 22

Firm Details

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz celebrates more than 40 years as a full-service law firm with a focus on the media, entertainment, and advertising industries. We represent some of the world’s best-known publishers, producers, directors, distributors, actors, celebrities, models, writers, financiers, charitable organizations, online content and service providers, and many of the foremost advertising agencies, information technology companies, and corporate brands. We also represent corporate and individual clients in complex business transactions and commercial disputes, and provide venture financing, securities fraud, white collar defense, privacy and data security, employment, ethics, tax, blockchain technology, trusts and estates, and real estate advice.
PRACTICE AREAS: 49
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® AWARDS: 39
BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH® IN AMERICA AWARDS: 16
BEST LAW FIRMS® AWARDS: 22
Co-chair, Entertainment Group
Co-chair, Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Group
Partner, Entertainment Group
Partner & Chair, Trademark Group
Managing Partner
  • @radical.media
  • 72andSunny
  • Aaron Sorkin
  • Avon
  • BIC USA, Inc.
  • Capital One
  • Casper Sleep, Inc.
  • Cengage Group
  • Comic Relief
  • Crispin Porter + Bogusky
  • David & Goliath
  • Dean Koontz
  • Dunkin' Brands
  • Epic Games
  • Equitable
  • Estate of Anthony Bourdain
  • Etsy
  • Hasbro, Inc.
  • James Gunn
  • Jenn Lee
  • JetBlue Airways
  • John Goodman
  • Leaf Group
  • Liv Golf
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Marchesa
  • Melissa Benoist
  • National Hockey League Enterprises
  • Nike
  • PepsiCo
  • Pernod-Ricard
  • Phosphor Games
  • Scholastic Inc.
  • Staples
  • Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
  • TBWA Worldwide
  • The Roald Dahl Literary Estate
  • Tom McCarthy
  • Topic Studios / First Look Media
  • Wargaming
  • Wieden & Kennedy
  • Zynga
Marc Handelman
Director of Marketing
(212) 826 5578
Co-chair, Entertainment Group
Co-chair, Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Group
Partner, Entertainment Group
Partner & Chair, Trademark Group
Managing Partner
  • @radical.media
  • 72andSunny
  • Aaron Sorkin
  • Avon
  • BIC USA, Inc.
  • Capital One
  • Casper Sleep, Inc.
  • Cengage Group
  • Comic Relief
  • Crispin Porter + Bogusky
  • David & Goliath
  • Dean Koontz
  • Dunkin' Brands
  • Epic Games
  • Equitable
  • Estate of Anthony Bourdain
  • Etsy
  • Hasbro, Inc.
  • James Gunn
  • Jenn Lee
  • JetBlue Airways
  • John Goodman
  • Leaf Group
  • Liv Golf
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Marchesa
  • Melissa Benoist
  • National Hockey League Enterprises
  • Nike
  • PepsiCo
  • Pernod-Ricard
  • Phosphor Games
  • Scholastic Inc.
  • Staples
  • Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
  • TBWA Worldwide
  • The Roald Dahl Literary Estate
  • Tom McCarthy
  • Topic Studios / First Look Media
  • Wargaming
  • Wieden & Kennedy
  • Zynga
Marc Handelman
Director of Marketing
(212) 826 5578
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Awards & Focus

Top Listed overall Awards
  • Top Listed in the United States in Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television with 19 lawyers
Top Listed state Awards
  • Top Listed in New York in Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television with 15 lawyers
Top Listed city Awards
  • Top Listed in New York in Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television with 15 lawyers
Awards
  • Crain's NY Business's Best Places to Work in New York City
  • Working Mother Magazine - Best Law Firms for Women
  • National Law Journal's Midsize Hotlist
  • The Los Angeles Business Journal's Top 200 Law Firms in Los Angeles
  • The Los Angeles Business Journal's list of the 100 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles.

Jurisdictions

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