Law Offices of Kathleen Conkey 

The Law Offices of Kathleen Conkey in New York City focuses on media and entertainment law; working with television production companies, producers and networks, print and internet publishers, online production and advertising companies, documentarians, filmmakers, video game makers, graphic artists, authors, screenwriters and playwrights. 

The firm offers advice and counsel on risks and liabilities in the areas of privacy, defamation, right of publicity and misappropriation, newsgathering torts, First Amendment, hidden camera, "son of sam laws," confidential sources, copyright and trademark infringement and fair use with an emphasis on clearances and pre-publication review, to help protect your content and your business from legal claims. 

Kathleen Conkey has practiced law for 27 years with major New York law firms and as an in-house attorney for MTV Networks, CBS Television and King World Productions, where she was production counsel for hundreds of television programs of every conceivable format. 

The firm's clients have included an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, a Pulitizer Prize-winning author, several production companies with long-running reality series on cable networks and filmmakers with theatrical releases.   

Practice Areas

• Pre-Publication Review (vetting content to avoid legal claims) including rights and clearances
  

• Insurance Opinion Letters - Fair Use
  

• Entertainment Contracts