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Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler LLC
203 North LaSalle Street
Suite 2550
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312.488.4170 - Office
312.488-4177 - Fax

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Thomas R. Leavens

Direct 312.488.4171
tleavens(AT)LSGlegal.com

Peter J. Strand

Direct 312.488.4172
pstrand
(AT)LSGlegal.com

Jerry W. Glover

Direct 312 488.4173
jglover
(AT)
LSGlegal.com


David Adler
Direct 312.488.4162
dadler
(AT)LSGlegal.com


Suite 2550

Welcome to Leavens, Strand, Glover, & Adler LLC

Welcome to Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler, LLC, an entertainment, media, & intellectual property law firm concentrating our practice on matters involving creative industries and endeavors. Our clients include content providers and creators, media companies, television and radio broadcasters, authors, songwriters, recording artists, musicians, advertisers and brands, television and film writers, independent record labels, distributors, independent film producers and documentarians, web site operators and developers, publishing companies, and film, television and music production companies.

 

We represent both institutional and talent clients in a wide variety of transactional and litigation matters, including complex contractual negotiations and other strategic transactions, and help craft favorable outcomes to difficult problems. Our attorneys have broad and varied experiences, including large national firms and broadcaster and public company general counsel positions, and we take as the hallmark of our practice personalized attention, judgment, experience, expertise, and community service.



 


LSGA IN THE NEWS!

 
HEATHER LIBERMAN JOINS LSGA AS AN ASSOCIATE

Heather Liberman, who has been serving in an of counsel position with LSGA for the past year, has been named an associate of the firm. According to Tom Leavens, LSGA partner, “the firm was impressed with Ms. Liberman’s dedication and hard work over the past year and is excited that she has become an associate with the firm.”   For Heather’s biography, click here.

 
GLOVER, STRAND NAMED ILLINOIS SUPER LAWYERS, ADLER NAMED RISING STAR

SuperLawyers Magazine has named LSGA partners Jerry Glover and Peter Strand “Illinois SuperLawyers 2012” in Entertainment & Media practice and partner David Adler has been named a 2012 Rising Star. According to the magazine, the publication annually invites lawyers to nominate the top attorneys they’ve personally observed. The magazine’s research staff also searches for lawyers who have attained certain honors or results. Attorneys are grouped by practice category and evaluated by the magazine’s research staff based on 12 indicators or peer recognition and professional achievement. Info on the rating system can be found HERE.

 
LSGA Clients Receive "Best Of" Honor

We are pleased to congratulate two of our clients, Semi-Twang and Heidi Spencer, who’s 2011 albums made the Best of 2011 list of the Express in Milwaukee. Please see the link. http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-17078-the-essential-milwaukee-albums-of-2011.html

 
Strand to Speak at Conference

LSGA Partner Peter Strand will be part of a panel discussion at Globe University’s December 15 Forward Music Conference. The conference will be the first of its kind in Madison, WI to focus specifically on the business side of the music industry. With a panel of nationally recognized music industry veterans; the independent musician, industry professionals, music business student and fan can get an insight into the future of the music business.
 
This free event will be hosted at Midwest Family Broadcasting (730 Rayovac Dr.) from 6 pm until 8 pm. Other panelists include Roy Elkins (Music Technology Entrepreneur) and Aaron Williams (Grammy Nominated Musician) with additional panelists to be added soon.