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Leonard  Orkin

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lenorkin@dwt.com
(212) 489-8230

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Leonard Orkin
Of Counsel- New York, New York Office

Representative Experience
Represented a number of major advertising agencies in false advertising cases before the FTC and a number of State Attorneys General

Negotiated New York State Attorney General settlement agreement for several automobile dealership associations

Represented clients in false advertising cases before the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus

Over the last 30 years, negotiated celebrity endorsement agreements for advertising agencies and their clients

Represented clients in clearing advertising for network broadcast

Negotiated and drafted license agreements for various intellectual property rights, including music, photography art and talent

Prior Experience
Partner, Kay & Boose LLP

Representative Clients
Grey Global Group Inc., Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopoulos, and several other Interpublic subsidiaries

Publications and Presentations
Frequent lecturer for various trade groups including the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the U.S. Trademark Association, the Practicing Law Institute, the Cosmetic Toiletry and Fragrance Association, the Advertising Research Foundation and the Council of Better Business Bureaus

Memberships and Activities
Bars of the State of New York, the Southern District of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States

Copyright Society of the United States

Serves on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Committee

Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1957

A.B., with honors, Harvard College, 1954






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