Rosalind (“Roz”) Lichter is a business lawyer specializing in entertainment law, employment law and corporate transactions.

Her entertainment practice involves all aspects of film, television, theater and publishing. She has served as production counsel for films distributed by both major and mini-major studios such as Miramax, Sony Pictures Classics, Paramount and Warner Bros. The firm has transacted hundreds of film-related deals not only in New York, but also in Los Angeles, London, Norway, Chile and Canada. Throughout twenty-five years of legal experience, Ms. Lichter has structured mergers and acquisitions for privately held companies; organized financing for various film, television and theater productions; and overseen investments for joint ventures and other businesses unrelated to entertainment.

With respect to employment law, Ms. Lichter has represented executives in many industries including magazine publishing, fashion, securities, the motion picture business, architecture and other privately and publicly owned companies. This part of her practice includes the negotiation of severance packages as well as employment agreements for senior level executives.

In addition to her full time practice, Ms. Lichter is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she teaches in the graduate and undergraduate film divisions. While on the faculty at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University from 1991 through 2005, Ms. Lichter taught entertainment law. A former board member of New York Women in Film and Television and The Creative Coalition, Ms. Lichter also served as a Juror at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, was a fellow of the National Endowment of the Humanities and received her Juris Doctorate degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. Currently, Ms. Lichter is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York where she recently completed her three-year term as Chair of the Entertainment Law Committee.