Sports and Entertainment Law

Pennsylvania Sports and Entertainment Law Attorney

For established professionals in sports, the broadcast media, or the entertainment industry, the advice of an experienced attorney who understands contract law, risk management, and property rights can be indispensable for keeping your career flourishing. A lawyer's advice can be even more important for performers in any field whose careers are just beginning. To find out more about the difference an experienced sports and entertainment law attorney can mean to you, contact Allentown lawyer Fredrick Charles.

With 30 years of legal experience and success across a number of legal areas, Fredrick Charles has established a practice focused on sports and entertainment law. He advises and represents athletes, sportscasters, and other on-air talent whose names most sports fans would be quick to recognize. Acting as their agent, he helps his clients maximize the potential of their talent while avoiding costly mistakes.

While professional athletes and broadcast professionals generally enjoy public attention within their fields of achievement, they just as much prefer that their business and personal affairs remain strictly their own affair. The advice of an experienced sports and entertainment law attorney can help you achieve precisely that goal, while helping you get the most value out of your talent.

Allentown contracts attorney Fredrick Charles represents athletes and media professionals on such matters as the following:

• Initial contract negotiation, including bonuses, renewal options, and residual rights
• Product sponsorships and endorsements
• Rights to image, likeness, and voice
• Enforcement of intellectual property rights
• Outside financial agreements and commitments
• Resolving problems with contract enforcement, tort liability, or criminal defense

Whether you are on the verge of signing your first recording contract, anticipate being drafted into a professional league, or need advice about leveraging your current broadcasting job into a more lucrative position, Fredrick Charles can help you. He represents clients in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, and New Jersey. For additional information about how his sports and entertainment law experience can help you get the most out of your career, contact Fredrick Charles in Allentown.