Gary M. Schuster
(866) 535-4743
Gary Schuster is an associate on the Business Team.
Gary received his B.A. in Government and Journalism from Lehigh University in 1979, and his J.D. from Fordham School of Law in 1988. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and was admitted to the Florida bar in 2002.
Gary has a varied practice including corporate, partnership and LLC formation and transactions; franchising; commercial and residential real estate transactions and leasing; varied commercial transactions; will drafting, probate, and estate administration; and guardianship proceedings.
Gary has extensive experience in music and art, which includes past employment with ASCAP, The Songwriters Guild of America, Dunvagen Music Publishers (owned by the composer, Philip Glass) and Knoedler Publishing (publishers of the artist, LeRoy Neiman). He has represented clients in art, music, film, video, dance, theater, photography, fashion modeling, publishing, the internet, museums and arts centers, and handles matters involving copyright, trademark, contracts, licensing, business formation, commercial transactions and non-profit corporations. Gary is a member and board member of numerous community, legal and arts-oriented organizations.
Gary has written the following informational articles found on the Arts & Entertainment Law page:
- The Creative Industries - An Engine for Economic Development
- New Law Promotes Arts "Shared Use" Spaces
- Who Wrote That Song?
- Be an Arts Angel
- 50 Things to do with an Art Lawyer
- Differences between Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks
- Songwriters and Music Publishers - Partners in Rhyme
- Songwriter's Guide
- The 'Rear Window' Case: James Stewart v. Sheldon Abend
Gary is from Rego Park, Queens, New York and moved to Orange County with his family in 2002.
Areas of Practice
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Commercial Leasing
- Franchising
- Secured Transactions
- Transactions
- Business Succession
- Dissolution
- Formation & Business Planning
- Limited Liability Companies
- Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
- Partnerships
- Internet
- Television & Film
- Gas Leasing
- Art and Entertainment
- Guardianships
- Wills
- Copyrights
- Trademarks
- Estate Administration
- Commercial Real Estate
- Residential Real Estate
Litigation Percentage
- 5% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1989
- Florida, 2002
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1994
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York
- J.D.
- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- B.A. - 1979
Published Works
- The "Rear Window" Case: James Stewart et al. v. Sheldon Abend, Entertainment Law Review, (U.K.) Vol. 1, 1990
- Songwriters and Music Publishers: Partners in Rhyme?, Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Fall , 1988
Representative Clients
- Knoedler Publishing, Art Publishing
- Easy-CGI, Web Hosting Service Provider
- Thornwillow Press, Printing, Engraving and Publishing
- Newburgh Institute for the Arts and Ideas, Arts Nonprofit
- Rockland Center for the Arts, Arts Nonprofit
- Trestle, Inc, Arts Nonprofit
- Professional Image Marketing & Public Relations Inc., Publishing
- Mr. Inside Out, Home Inspection Franchisor
- Arden Local Development Corporation, Economic Development Nonprofit
- Varied Small Businesses Such as Restaurants, Dentists, Veterinarians
- Chiropractor, Grocery Store, Liquor Store, etc., and Numerous
- Artists, Songwriters, Musicians, Performers
- Photographers, Authors and Filmmakers
Classes/Seminars
- Copyright in the Classroom, SUNY New Paltz, 2008
- Intro to Intellectual Property, Dutchess County Bar Association, 2005
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Orange County Arts Council, President, 2009
- NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, Member, Copyright and Trademark Committee, 2004
- Orange County Citizens Foundation, Member, Culture Committee, 2004
Past Employment Positions
- Knoedler Publishing , Director of Business Affairs
- Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. , General Manager
- Levine, Thall & Plotkin, Associate Attorney
- Harold Orenstein, P.C., Associate Attorney
- Songwriters Guild of America, Assistant to the Executive Director
- ASCAP, Senior Staff Writer
