Lisa E. Davis - Lawyer in New York, NY

Lisa E. Davis is a partner in the Entertainment Group and serves on the firm Policy Committee. She represents businesses and celebrities in the film, television, publishing, music, theatre, and sports industries. She is recognized in The Hollywood Reporters Power Lawyers 2020: New York's Top 20 Entertainment Attorneys, Varietys 2020 Legal Impact Report, Best Lawyers in America 2022 (Entertainment), by City State as one of New Yorks Responsible 100 (2019), by the Black Entertainment Sports Lawyers Association (2019 Beacon of Industry Award), by Crains New York Business 2017 as a Leading Woman Lawyer in NYC, by The National Law Journal (Outstanding Women Lawyers 2015), by Savoy magazine in their Most Influential Black Lawyers of 2015, and in Varietys Power of Women New York Impact Report (2014). Additionally, she is listed among the countrys leading media and entertainment lawyers by The Legal 500.Ms. Davis advises on a full range of transactional matters — focusing on film (both feature and documentary), television, publishing, live stage and branded entertainment. Ms. Davis represents directors, writers and performers in film and television, as well as playwrights and bloggers. In her sports practice, she represents top athletes in their off the field activities, including endorsements and investments. Ms. Davis is chair of the board of the Urbanworld Film Festival Foundation. Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, she clerked for the Honorable Constance Baker Motley in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ms. Davis is a graduate of Harvard University (BA, 1981) and New York University (JD, 1985), where she was a staff member of the New York University Law Review and a Root-Tilden scholar. She is admitted to practice in New York.