Before
law
school
sucks
their
dreams
away
under
a
mountain
of
student
debt,
many
students
picture
themselves
getting
into
the
entertainment
industry.
Famous
clients!
Exciting
legal
problems!
Hollywood
living!
Then
everyone
ends
up
drafting
venue
clauses
for
regional
office
supply
distributors.
But
SOME
lawyers
do
make
it
into
the
entertainment
game
and
those
lawyers
belong
to
the
Association
of
Media
and
Entertainment
Counsel
(AMEC).
Industry
veterans
Arnold
Peter,
Bill
Simon,
and
Peter
Winkler,
founded
AMEC
in
2005
after
realizing
that
while
there
were
plenty
of
organizations
supporting
and
honoring
the
achievements
of
other
industry
professionals
—
from
actors
to
costume
designers
—
no
one
recognized
the
in-house
counsels
and
business
affairs
attorneys.
Won’t
someone
please
think
of
the
lawyers?
From
those
beginnings,
AMEC
grew
its
membership
to
over
14,000
legal
and
business
executives
across
the
major
entertainment,
media,
and
technology
companies.
Each
year,
AMEC
hosts
the
Counsel
of
the
Year
Awards,
a
soirée
that
celebrates
the
crème
de
la
crème
of
media
and
entertainment
law.
This
year’s
event
is
extra
special
as
it
marks
AMEC’s
20th
anniversary.
Originally
slated
for
January,
the
ceremony
was
postponed
due
to
unforeseen
circumstances
and
is
now
set
to
dazzle
attendees
on
Thursday,
March
6,
2025,
at
the
Westdrift
Manhattan
Beach
at
7.
We’ll
be
there
as
one
of
this
year’s
honorees
too.
However,
if
you
haven’t
secured
your
ticket
yet,
you’re
out
of
luck
—
the
event
is
officially
sold
out.
But
don’t
despair;
limited
sponsorship
opportunities
are
still
up
for
grabs
for
those
eager
to
support
the
cause.
Joe
Patrice is
a
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Law
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