Romano Law is a business and entertainment law firm located in Rockefeller Center. It was founded in 2003 by Oxford University and Columbia Law graduate, Domenic Romano. The firm provides legal advice focused on preemptive contract drafting and negotiation for businesses, entrepreneurs, producers and commercial artists.
Romano Law's areas of service also include the purchase and sale of businesses; forming U.S. subsidiaries for foreign entities; employment and independent contractor agreements; film production; licensing; actor, musician, management, record label, writer and commercial artist agreements.
Business Law
Romano Law offers legal advice for companies and business owners. The firm provides contracts tailored to our clients unique needs. We are focused on providing agreements that serve both short term and long terms interests. A contract drafted by Romano Law can help avoid uncertainty, reduce risk and provide clarity as to terms, compensation, payment obligations and rights.
Services Include:
- Purchase and Sale of Businesses
- Incorporation / LLC Formation
- Outside General Counsel
- Contract Drafting Review and
Negotiations
- Forming Subsidiaries for Domestic or
Foreign Entities
Sample Contracts:
- Operating Agreements
- Joint Venture Contracts
- Partnership Agreements
- Management Contracts
- Shareholders Agreements
- Employment Contracts
- Independent Contractor
Agreements
- Assignment Contracts
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Stock Purchase Contracts
- Asset Purchase Agreements
Entertainment Law
Romano Law has a unique and evolving understanding of the legal needs of producers, directors, performing artists, actors, writers, photographers and other commercial artists. The firm looks out for its clients interests, both legally and creatively. We strive to reduce ambiguity and identify negotiable points that may not initially seem flexible.
Romano Law also serves the legal needs of production companies in helping to protect their interests and ensure that their business, film or series runs smoothly and efficiently.
- Film and TV Contracts
- Management Agreements
- Agent Contracts
- Writing Contracts
- Publishing Agreements
- Theatrical / Stage Contracts
- Adaptation Agreements
- Music Agreements
- Option / Literary Purchase Agreements
- Visual Artists, Photographer and Director
Contracts
Production Services:
- Producer Agreements
- Film Financing
- Film Distribution
- TV Agreements
- Option / Literary Purchase
- Licensing Agreements
- AFTRA, SAG and WGA
Domenic Romano
Founder & Managing Member of Romano Law
Admitted
1993, New York State Bar; 1996, Ontario Bar
Law Schools
Oxford University in England (Jurisprudence, 1991)
Columbia University, LL.M. (International Business, 1992)
Dalhousie University, LL.B (1994)
University
McGill University, M.A.; B.A. (History &Political Science, 1988)
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Domenic Romano is the Founder and Managing Member of Romano Law.
A graduate of McGill University, Romano received a law degree from Oxford University, a LL.M. in International Business from Columbia University School of Law and a LL.B. from Dalhousie University. He is admitted to practice in New York State (1993) and in Ontario, Canada (1996).
Before founding Romano Law in 2003, he was an international corporate attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and at a large company in Toronto, Canada.
Domenic is a member of the Business Law Section and the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and a former member of both the Corporation Law and the Entertainment and Sports Law Committees of the New York County Lawyers Association.
He has lectured on business law issues at the New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL), the Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO), and the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE). In addition, he has served on the board of directors of both the American National Theatre (ANT) and STREETS International, a non-profit organization serving disadvantaged youth in underdeveloped nations.
Additionally, Domenic is the founding member and organizer of the Business Lawyers Group, a diverse network of exceptionally qualified and experienced attorneys, engaged in a wide range of legal practice areas including Litigation, Intellectual Property, Employment, Tax, Real Estate, Immigration, Matrimonial, Criminal, Aviation, Insurance, Trusts & Estates, and Bankruptcy. He has also founded the Entertainment and Sports Professionals Group, the Design and Fashion Professionals Group and the Entertainment Lawyers Group, all based in New York City.
Shalizeh Sadig
Associate Attorney
2010, New York State Bar
Law School
New York Law School, 2009
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2005
B.A. in Biological Sciences
Minor in Modern Languages & Linguistics, concentration in French
Minor in Philosophy
Shalizeh Sadig is an Associate Attorney at Romano Law. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she received her law degree from New York Law School, where she was a founding member of the International Law Society and Vice Justice of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.
Shalizeh was admitted to practice law in New York State and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
She has studied abroad in Paris France, Barcelona, Spain, and Parma, Italy. She is fluent in Farsi and conversational in Spanish and French.
Rose Massary
Law Clerk
New York Law School
Juris Doctor Candidate, 2012
New York University, 2009
B.A., Individualized Major; Entertainment Business
Rose Massary is the Senior Law Clerk at Romano Law. A graduate of New York University, Rose is currently a third year law student at New York Law School where she is a member of the Legal Association for Women, the Media, Entertainment and Fashion Law Association and the Italian Law Student Association.
Rose has studied abroad in Florence, Italy and is conversational in Italian.
Robert Gordon
Paralegal
Columbia University
B.A. Candidate, 2014
Robert Gordon is a Paralegal at Romano Law. As a second year student at Columbia University, Robert is a prospective Hispanic Studies major and an associate sports editor and writer for the Columbia Daily Spectator .
Robert has traveled throughout the world, particularly in Central America and the Caribbean. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French, Portuguese, and Catalan.
Address: Romano Law PLLC
1230 Avenue of the Americas
Rockefeller Center, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Tel: (212) 865 - 9848
Fax: (646) 607 - 1470
Email: info_DRomanoLaw.com
Subway: - B, D, F, M 47th-50th St, Rockefeller Center
- 1, 2 50th Street
- N, R, Q 49th Street
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