Gary Adelman is an accomplished lawyer specializing in intellectual property, entertainment and litigation. He represents a wide range of clients, from entrepreneurs who are just starting up, to fully established businesses, all of whom rely on his vast experience in business and comprehensive knowledge of the law to advise and protect them and enhance the value of their businesses.
Mr. Adelman’s extensive background is derived from his many years as a practicing attorney and his ownership of a number of successful companies. His hands-on experience has given him a unique perspective on the decisions and problems his clients may face, which he uses to expertly advise and vigorously represent them.
As part of his business acumen, in 1993, Mr. Adelman co-founded Liquid Sky Music, an electronic dance label which gained critical acclaim and underground success throughout the 1990's. He also co-founded Downloadcard, Inc., an award winning technology firm whose innovative PIN Code technology was central to the recent wave of digital download giveaway marketing programs. In 2005, Mr. Adelman was instrumental in getting Undrcrwn (www.undrcrwn.com), the basketball lifestyle clothing company, off the ground.
Previously, Mr. Adelman was a partner at Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck P.C., the managing partner of the Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Group at Barton Barton & Plotkin, LLP, the founding partner of the IP firm Adelman & Lavaia and an associate at the Litigation Firm of Weiner & Milo.
Mr. Adelman is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and Connecticut, the United States District Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the District of Connecticut. He is also admitted in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Additionally, Mr. Adelman has been a qualified panel lawyer for the Intellectual Property Panel of the Legal Referral Service for the Bar Association of the City of New York since 2007 and belongs to the New York State Bar Association and the Bar Association of the City of New York.