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Larry Berglas is an attorney based in Westchester County, New York whose eclectic solo practice includes a focus on the area of art business law and related areas of practice. Since 1990, Larry has counseled and represented clients in copyright, trademark, contract, wills, estates, probates and trusts matters, business matters, nonprofit corporation law matters, negligence and risk matters, litigation and commercial and residential real estate matters.

In addition to his commitment to the law, Larry is a writer and a musician. Larry is the author of  Civil Law in America: A Minimalist Law Book, a little law book inspired by the arts. His freelance articles have been published in The New York Times, Travel & Leisure (Books About the Beach), DECOR, Westchester Magazine, Hudson Valley, the International Interactive Communications Society newsletter and at PremierGuitar.com (Anatomy of a Blues Jam), at The GolfExpert.com and at USLaw.com. Larry was a finalist in the Westchester Wag’s Bill and Hillary: The New York Years Short Story Contest. Larry plays acoustic and electric guitar and during his college days, he performed at, among other places, Sloop Clearwater festivals along the Hudson River and at Folk City in Greenwich Village. These days, he may be found playing at local blues jams.

Larry taught Arts & Entertainment Law as an Adjunct Lecturer/Professor in the Arts Management Program at Purchase College for over twenty years. Arts & Entertainment Law focuses on wide-ranging issues and risk management for artists and arts professionals. Some of the areas covered include contracts, copyright, trademark, domain name and Internet issues, freedom of speech and defamation, estate planning, board of director liability, not-for-profit and for-profit business law issues and negligence, liability and lawsuits.

Larry has worked with nonprofits and volunteered for several years as treasurer of the Westchester Association of Development Officers, an association of professional fundraisers, foundation representatives, consultants, philanthropists, and vendors involved in the tri-state area nonprofit community. Larry gave a seminar for the ADO at the headquarters of Pepsico, Inc. in Purchase, New York covering such nonprofit corporation issues as board of director liability and charitable solicitation laws. In conjunction with the Westchester Arts Council, he gave a seminar in the Basics of Nonprofit Corporation Law for those active in the nonprofit community. In conjunction with the Professional Picture Framers Association, Larry gave a series of five art business law seminars in Long Beach, CA, Orlando, FL, New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, and Philadelphia, PA. Other seminar topics have included wills, trusts, and estates issues and general business issues. He most recently presented an Arts Law seminar for the Arts Council of Rockland.

Larry is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association and Arts Westchester. He is admitted to practice law in the courts of the State of New York, before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Before entering the law, Larry freelanced occasionally as a reader for the Quality Paperback Bookclub. He worked as a lifeguard and swimming teacher and taught both children and adults how to swim.

It is all this diverse experience that informs his practice of law.

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