Protect your art.
Counsel that thinks the way a management team thinks — in career arcs, leverage, and long-term value. We negotiate the deal in front of you with the next five years in view.
Our services.
Contracts
Recording, publishing, and management deals redlined so the boilerplate favors you too, not just the other side of the table.
Rights
Copyright registration and licensing set up correctly the first time, so an unauthorized use is easy to prove and stop.
Royalties
Advances, royalty rates, and audit rights negotiated before you sign, so you know what you are owed and how to check it.
Brand Partnerships
Endorsement and sponsorship agreements that protect your image and your schedule, not just the brand’s.
Team Agreements
Manager, agent, and producer agreements written so the split matches what was actually promised.
Career Strategy
Catalog value, succession, and legacy questions addressed while there is still time to plan for them, not after.
Who calls us.
Artists with a deal on the table and a deadline on it. Songwriters whose catalog is starting to be worth something. Performers whose next job is in another country. And the managers and agents who would rather the paper matched the plan.
Ideal Client Profiles
Where to Start
Five doors into the practice
Counsel that thinks like management
Clemenza Law Group shares ownership with Maison Talent Collective, a talent management company. That isn’t a footnote — it shapes how we practice. We see a deal the way a manager sees a booking: one move in a longer career, where leverage, timing, and reputation matter as much as the terms on the page.
For talent who work with both, manager and counsel operate as a single, coordinated team — strategy, negotiation, and paper moving together instead of in sequence.
The Clemenza Law Group PLLC and Maison Talent Collective are separate companies. Legal services are provided solely by the law firm; management services are not legal services and are not covered by attorney-client privilege. Clients who engage both receive written disclosure, and conflicts are addressed before any joint work begins.
Clear scope. Predictable fees.
Most matters are handled on flat-fee or defined-scope engagements, confirmed in writing before any work begins.
O-1 / P artist visa petitions
Government filing fees additional.
Flat fee, typically $6,000–$10,000
Contract review & negotiation
Flat fee, typically $500–$1,500 per agreement
Trademark & brand protection
Government filing fees additional.
Flat fee, typically $950–$1,750 per mark
Royalty & rights matters
Defined-scope engagements from $1,500
Disputes & arbitration
Fee structure confirmed before any work begins.
Scoped after consultation
Ranges are indicative and provided for general guidance only. Final fees depend on scope and complexity and are confirmed in a written engagement agreement before any work begins. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
How It Works
From first call to counsel
Complimentary consultation
A 15-minute call to understand your situation and confirm we’re the right fit.
Conflict check
We run a conflict check before any engagement — standard practice for every client we take on.
Engagement agreement
A plain-English written agreement defining scope, fees, and timing before any work begins.
Kickoff
We gather the documents and context we need and agree on priorities and next steps.
Counsel that keeps pace
Defined-scope matters run to completion; ongoing needs can move to a General Counsel plan.
Related insights
“Visa petitions run on evidence, and nobody had ever looked at my career as evidence before. He built the case around work I’d half forgotten I’d done. I got my approval, but what I keep telling other artists is: I finally understood my own file.”
“The lawyers I’d used before would win a point that cost me the relationship. He runs a management company too, so he knows which terms actually matter at this stage of a career and which ones you trade to keep the room warm. My manager and my counsel finally stopped having to translate for each other.”
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.