Michael Peters

As a legal professional, academic, and art enthusiast, Michael focuses his career on the complex and nuanced interplays between media, formats, and mediums of the modern entertainment industry. With a specialty in music rights management, media financing, and dispute resolution, Michael is uniquely positioned to advise and advocate for modern artists, content creators, and entrepreneurs who wish to build their brand and media presence empire. Michael represents a wide variety of clients in negotiating complex agreements and disputes relating to music production, music distribution, media finance, music publishing and administration, film and TV production and distribution, multi-media licensing, and generative artificial intelligence. Michael is currently an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School teaching Independent Film Finance and Distribution and Metaverse, Web3, and NFT Law, and he remains invested in the interplay between art, technology, and law. Before becoming an attorney to pursue his passion for advocating for artists and the arts, Michael spent four years working as a musician, with musicians, and for music companies in various facets including song pitching, A&R, film and TV licensing, recording, producing, songwriting, and performing in musical groups around the greater Los Angeles area. Select Projects: “The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium” (HBO) “Amazon Music Live” “Amazon Music: City Sessions” “Apple Music Live” “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” (Henson) “Terrifier 3” “Sound of Freedom” “Woman of The Hour” (Anna Kendrick) “Cash Out” (John Travolta) “Savage Salvation” (Robert DeNiro; John Malkovich) “Gunner” (Morgan Feeman; Liam Hemsworth; John Travolta) “97 Minutes” (Alec Baldwin) “Guns Up” (Kevin James) “Black Flies” (Sean Penn; debuted at Cannes 2023) “Thug” (Liam Neeson) “Bride Hard” (Rebel Wilson) General counsel for clients including: Imagine Entertainment Henson Studios BondIt Buffalo 8 Good Deed Story Pirates (an award-winning kids’ podcast featuring artists such as Lin-Manuel Miranda) Contrast Films The Comedy Store Kidoodle Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat