Natalie Stanford, Esq.
Associate

Natalie Stanford practices in the firm’s film and television group.  She provides production, corporate, and individual legal services to clients in the film, television, fashion, art and design fields.  Her practice is focused on negotiating and drafting agreements in connection with rights acquisition, film and television production and distribution, licensing, and employment.  Ms. Stanford has particular expertise in handling clearance matters for both documentary and fictional works, and has provided such services for several high profile, controversial projects.  Her clients include writers, producers, directors, artists, and designers.

Ms. Stanford’s skill in handling issues that arise in connection with the production, sale and distribution of creative works stems from her experience, prior to her legal career, as a Sales and Public Relations Executive for luxury fashion brands such as Prada, an Editor/Market Director for Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, and a Business Consultant to corporations and individual artists.  Currently, she attends industry events such as the Sundance Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, and NewFest in support of the firm’s clients and emerging talents.  Ms. Stanford also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the non-profit arts organization Topaz Arts, and of the New York Lawyers Chapter of the think tank, American Constitution Society.

Ms. Stanford joined Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein in August.  Prior to that, she worked with entertainment law firm Robert Gaulin and Associates, and with the corporate legal department of Bristol-Myer Squibb.  She received her law degree in 2003 from Brooklyn Law School where she won the PRLDEF Corporate Internship Placement Award for 2001, and was a member of the Entertainment Law Society.  Ms. Stanford was admitted to the New York Bar in 2004.  She received her undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Political Science from New York University.