Member:
Media Group
Professional Service:
Entertainment Attorney
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BUSINESS BIO:
Roger Kaplan (Roger J. Kaplan, a Professional Corporation)
provides legal and business affairs consulting services
focused on the entertainment and related industries,
handling all types of dealmaking and contract negotiation,
production, distribution, rights clearance and other
non-litigation matters for individual talent as well as
production companies and studios. Roger represents clients
in all creative fields, including television, film, digital
media, merchandising, games, software, book publishing,
music and the visual arts. Roger launched his law practice
in 2010, after nearly 20 years working in-house as a legal
and business affairs executive at the major studios, most
recently as Vice President—Legal Affairs at NBC
Universal. Roger’s responsibilities at the studios
spanned all aspects of network, cable and syndicated
television acquisition, development, production, publicity,
distribution and ancillary exploitation.
PERSONAL BIO:
Harvard, A.B., cum laude, English & American
Literature & Language
J.D. (1989) from the University of Chicago Law School
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