User:Hermit711/Wallace Collins, Esq.
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Wallace Collins, Esq. is an attorney in private practice in New York who is currently "of counsel" to the firm of Serling, Rooks & Ferrara, LLP specializing in entertainment law, intellectual property and internet-related legal matters.
Wallace was a teenage recording artist for Epic Records and then United Artists before attending Fordham Law School, (Graduate: Fordham Law School 1987). He now represents various clients in the film, television, music and internet fields.
The firm represents artists such as JOHN MAYER, THE FRAY, MAROON 5, CREED, and MOBY, and Wallace has represented recording artists such as DRU HILL, YOUNG B ("Chicken Noodle Soup"), reggae superstar EDDY GRANT, rappers BEANIE SIGEL and CRAIG MACK and the musical director for N'SYNC, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and JANET JACKSON as well as personal managers who represented BLONDIE and THE RAMONES and producers who have done work for DAVID BOWIE, N'SYNC, PHISH and MARY J. BLIGE.
In addition to making deals for his clients, Wallace has also won several high-profile litigations, including a copyright infringement case with the largest monetary judgment ever awarded for the use of a single "sample" in the song "Whoomp! There It Is."
Wallace has authored numerous articles for legal and trade publications and is a regular contributor to Billboard, Entertainment Law and Finance and The New York Law Journal. He has been cited by many notable sources such as; Billboard, Entertainment Law and Finance and The New York Law Journal. Also, The NY POST http://www.nypost.com/seven/09122007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm , New York Magazine for "The Judy Garland Case", The NY Times, Daily News, Billboard, New York Post, Pollstar, DMA, and many others.
He is a member of The Recording Academy (the Grammys) and The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
He is a frequent speaker on panels, at lectures and at seminars throughout the country,and internationally, on current entertainment business issues.
Wallace advises young Artist and Musicians on how to protect their intellectual property and has several papers he has written on his website so that people can learn the ins and outs of copyrighting and contracts.
see [1] His Website ( http://www.wallacecollins.com/ ) for Biography, Useful legal papers and cases.
[1] Page6 NY POST Ramones Article 09-12-2007 [2] NY Magazine 10-26-98, "The Judy Garland Show"
