Biography

In private practice with his own firm, Thomas A. Crowell, Esq., counsels clients on a wide range of entertainment law and intellectual property rights issues.

Before becoming an attorney, he was a television producer and the head of business development for one of Japan's premier satellite television news companies, The Science Technology Network. Crowell managed the company's Development and Acquisitions department and supervised the production of its weekly science news program. He created the children's video series "Professor Potto's Videolabs," which was awarded a National Parenting Center Seal of Approval. He is also the recipient of the New Jersey Young Filmmakers Award.

In addition to his private practice, Crowell lectures nationally, teaching producers how to avoid common legal pitfalls in the film and television industry. He has taught film law courses at several New York institutions, including the School of Visual Arts and Film/Video Arts. He is an alumnus attorney of KMZ Rosenman, one of the United States' largest law firms, where he practiced with the entertainment, intellectual property, and corporate law practice groups.

Crowell is an advocate and supporter of legal pro bono work for artists. He is the Executive Director emeritus of the New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, a New Jersey not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing legal education, representation, and other legal services to low-income artists and non-profit arts organizations.

Crowell received his Juris Doctor degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he graduated cum laude, and was awarded membership in The Order of the Coif, the national legal honors society. Mr. Crowell earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in Film and Television Production.

He is admitted to the practice of law in New York, New Jersey, and before the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the New York Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers' Association, and the Copyright Society of the United States of America. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Academy Award qualifying festival, The Black Maria Film Festival.
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