RICHARD HOFSTETTER
Partner, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, PC
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Richard Hofstetter is a partner of the Firm focusing on entertainment law. With over 20 years experience as a lawyer for the development, production and exploitation of intellectual property in all media, and its licensing and merchandising, he offers legal expertise combined with a sound understanding of the business realities that impact entertainment clients and matters. With a particular emphasis in the television media, Mr. Hofstetter represents performers, producers, writers and production companies for both dramatic programs and news, sports and other reality-based programming, as well as major distribution companies and television networks, and executives in television and other media. He is experienced in all aspects of the television industry, including programming for distribution for network television, syndication, cable, public television, children's programming, new media and emerging technologies, as well as international production and distribution. Mr. Hofstetter served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University. He is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the International Radio and Television Society, and the American Bar Association (Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Committee). Mr. Hofstetter is a graduate of Clark University (BA, 1974) and Rutgers University School of Law (JD, 1979) where he was an editor of the Law Review.