Cathy J. Frankel, Esq.

Cathy is an attorney and certified mediator. She represents individuals and companies in the entertainment, advertising, publishing, media, and culinary fields. She is highly experienced in drafting and negotiating a broad range of agreements, including all aspects of television, film, and digital rights licensing and acquisition, development, production, and distribution; speaking engagements; publishing; merchandise licensing; executive employment and separation; sponsorships; spokespersons; commercial co-ventures; and non-profit grant agreements.

In addition to representing clients in transactions, Cathy counsels clients on a wide variety of legal issues such as the right of publicity; protecting and licensing copyrights and trademarks; creative collaborations, and other matters. From 2012 to 2019, Cathy was the CEO and General Counsel of a family of companies in audio-video production, merchandise licensing, talent management, and speaker representation. From 1989 to 2012, Cathy was the Chair of the Entertainment, Advertising, and Digital Media Group at Moses & Singer LLP in New York City. Cathy was the first woman partner at the firm and founded and ran the firm’s Women’s Initiative and its Diversity Committee.