Three Wayne State University Law School alumni will be part of a discussion on careers in sports and entertainment law at the next Alumni Speaker Series event Thursday, Feb. 27.
Speakers who will share their experiences and advice are: Howard Hertz, lead attorney of Hertz Schram P.C.’s Entertainment Practice Group; Jason Hillman, vice president and general counsel of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball organization; and Gregory Reed of Gregory J. Reed & Associates.
Hertz formed his law firm with Bradley Schram in 1979. Since 1976, he has represented numerous artists and entities in the entertainment field, including authors, screenwriters, recording artists, radio personalities, producers, production companies, record labels, agents, artist managers, music publishers, songwriters and athletes.
Services provided to clients range from contract negotiation and litigation to entity formation and estate planning.
Clients have included George Clinton, Sippie Wallace, The Romantics, The Bass Brothers, Eminem, Marilyn Manson, Russell Simmons, Pantera, The GO, Mike Posner, Marcus Belgrave, Elmore Leonard, Jeff Gutt, the Insane Clown Posse, Warner Tamerlane, Abkco Music Inc. and Atlantic Records.
Hertz is an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School, teaching a course in Entertainment Law.
Hillman has primary responsibility for the Cavaliers organization’s legal matters, including marketing and sponsorship, employment, TV and radio, and arena matters at Quicken Loans Arena, as well as select basketball operations matters.
He also has primary responsibility for legal matters relating to the Lake Erie Monsters, the AHL hockey team that plays at the arena; the Canton Charge of the NBA Developmental League; and the recently acquired Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League.
Reed is an author, producer, archivist and specialist in entertainment law, intellectual property law and tax law.
He has served as attorney for civil rights icon Rosa Parks; the Detroit committee organizing a visit by South African President Nelson Mandela; Dr. Charles H. Wright, for whom the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History in Detroit is named; former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young; and famous sports figures including six world boxing champions.
Reed founded the nonprofit Keeper of the Word Foundation to preserve artifacts he has collected of African-American historical significance, including slave papers, Motown memorabilia and the handwritten notations of Malcolm X’s autobiography.
The alumni speaker event will take place from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at the law school, 471 W. Palmer St.
Admission is free, and lunch will be provided.
Register by contacting Brianna Fritz at brianna.fritz@wayne.edu or (313) 577-2733.
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