CURRICULUM VITAE OF TONY BERMAN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BERMAN ENTERTAINMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LAW, San Francisco, CA, 2005 to Present
IDELL, BERMAN & SEITEL, San Francisco, CA, 1997 to 2005
LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY R. BERMAN, San Francisco, CA, 1992 to 1997
PUBLICATIONS
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Multimedia & Entertainment Law Online News, www.beat-law.com/melon, 1995 to Present
Contributing Editor, Entertainment Industry Contracts: Negotiating and Drafting Guide, 1999 to Present (Matthew Bender)
TEACHING
Adjunct Faculty, “Negotiating and Drafting Contracts in the Entertainment Industry,” “Film and Television,” “Entertainment Law Survey,” Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA 2001 to Present
Lecturer, Entertainment Law, San Francisco University School of Law, San Francisco, CA, 1997; Monterey College of the Law, Monterey, CA, 1996
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
SF MusicTech Summit
South By Southwest Music Conference
Global Entertainment Media Summit
The Music Law Summit West
Asian American Music Conference
California Lawyers for the Arts Music Business Seminar
Bar Association of San Francisco, Sports & Entertainment Law Section
Golden Gate University School of Law – Intellectual Property Fall Conference
Streaming Media East Conference
Emerging Artists and Talent in Music Conference (Eat’M)
Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association
Streaming Media West Conference
Streaming Media Europe Conference
North by Northwest Music & Media Conference
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, “Grammy in the Schools”
National Business Institute
SFO Music Industry Conference
MEDIA
KGO, Pete Wilson Show
Nationally Syndicated Broadcast, RealComputing
CNET-Radio, The Morning Show
ZDTV, The Money Machine
CNET-TV, Brian Cooley Program
CNBC, News.com
Interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal and Business Week on entertainment and technology issues.
EDUCATION
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY, J.D., 1991
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, NY, B.A., English, 1986
COMMITTEES
Recording Academy, San Francisco Chapter (Board of Governors, Co-Chair of Advocacy Committee, 2010-2012)
Bar Association of San Francisco Sports & Entertainment Law Section, (Chair, 1998 to 1999)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Special Committee of Agents, Attorneys & Managers
ASSOCIATIONS
American Bar Association, Sports and Entertainment Law Forum
California Lawyers for the Arts
Arts Arbitration and Mediation Panel
OTHER ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Manager/Promoter, ANBER MUSIC MANAGEMENT, 1988 to 1992, New York and San Francisco
Promotions Assistant, ARISTA RECORDS, 1981, New York, NY
Intern, ABC TELEVISION NETWORK, 1980, New York, NY
PERFORMING ARTS
Musical Performer/Recording Artist/ Producer/ Video Director, 1979-1987, NY