Jay Shanker - Lawyer in Oklahoma City, OK

Jay Shanker is a veteran entertainment industry attorney whose practice encompasses all aspects of entertainment, online and new media law. The Oklahoma native joined McAfee Taft in 2005 after practicing law in Los Angeles for nearly 25 years.

Jay's business affairs and legal expertise extends to the development, production and distribution of television and motion picture programming (including international co-productions), recorded music projects, live stage and events, book publishing, online and interactive media, and fine arts representation.

During his career, Jay has represented public, private and not-for-profit companies, along with individual producers, directors, writers, actors, musical and visual artists, industry executives and entrepreneurs. His individual clients have over the years garnered prestigious international awards in every major creative media, including Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Clio award recognition.

Jay is co-author of Entertainment and Media Law Client Strategies, published by Aspatore Books in 2007, and co-author of Entertainment Law Business, the third edition of which was published by Juris in 2009. He was also editor of Law and the Television of the ?80s, published by Oceana in 1982, and a contributing editor for Entertainment Industry Contracts, first published by Matthew Bender in 1986. He has served as adjunct professor of law at both the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University, and has lectured on entertainment industry legal matters at UCLA, USC and the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles and New York. Jay has also served on the advisory committee of the AFIs Third Decade Council and was a founding member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Board of Governors.

Prior to embarking on his law career, Jay worked for two years as a VISTA volunteer analyst/community organizer on issues of occupational safety and employment discrimination policy in San Francisco, California.