Legal Services for Creative Professionals

Producing breathtaking work is just the beginning of your journey to success

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Are you a photographer, writer, blogger, publisher or just a company that uses creative works and wants to do it right? You have a variety of legal needs related to protecting your rights, and understanding your responsibilities to your clients, your vendors, and your company.

Alicia Wagner Calzada, PLLC is a boutique law firm focused on the needs of publishers, writers, photographers and companies that utilize photography. Alicia combines her extensive knowledge of the journalism and photography industries with her legal experience serving the legal needs of a broad range of print, electronic, and broadcast journalism organizations as well as individual journalists, bloggers, trade associations and photographers. She has represented these clients in litigation on a variety of other matters involving defamation, First Amendment, trademark and copyright claims. She counsels corporate and journalism clients on social media, photography use, drone use, open government, and contract issues.

 

 

First Amendment Counseling and Response

Resolution-oriented responses to retraction requests, threats related to online reviews, public participation and other post-publication legal threats.

 

Contracts and Policies

Whether a complex photography project, a standard wedding contract or a detailed corporate photo usage policy, we provide consultation on legal issues related to photography and can review and revise contracts and other documentation to protect your interests.

Amicus Briefs

High quality, thoroughly researched amicus briefs on issues ranging from Copyright to First Amendment.

Legal Research & Writing

Research, writing and consultations for law firms who need skilled research and consultation related to First Amendment, Texas Anti-SLAPP and photography issues.

Articles on legal topics related to publishing, First Amendment, Copyright, and photography

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It’s more than your work.

It’s your vision.

Fight for it.