Atty. Alan Behr
Alan Behr is a partner in the Corporate & Business Law Department and Intellectual Property Practice, and chairman of the Fashion Practice at Phillips Nizer LLP. He is also a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
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Alan Behr is an attorney based in New York, New York, practforg at Phillips Nizer LLP. Educated at Columbia University (J.D., 1980). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Copyright Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Trademark Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Alan Behr is a partner in the Corporate & Business Law Department and Intellectual Property Practice, and chairman of the Fashion Practice at Phillips Nizer LLP. He is also a member of the firm's Executive Committee
- Mr. Behr concentrates his practice on international intellectual property, fashion, and entertainment law
- He represents established and up-and-coming businesses and individuals in the fields of electronic entertainment, emerging technologies, publishing, fashion, and consumer products
- Mr. Behr founded and serves as Editor-in-Chief of our fashion law blog
- As part of the firm’s active art practice, Mr. Behr represents artists, art galleries, art investors and collectors
- A member of the American Society of Media Photographers (in his parallel role as a working photojournalist and fine-art photographer), Mr. Behr concentrates on defending the rights of photographers and photography rights holders
- Clients range from important artists to newly emerging talent, as well as estates and trusts seeking to have art evaluated and sold
- In addition to his intellectual property and technology practice, Mr. Behr, a trained mediator, maintains an arbitration and mediation practice handling ADR cases both as an advocate and as a neutral
- Mr. Behr is regularly invited to write for legal and general-interest journals and to speak at international legal and business conferences
- He is recognized as one of the leading intellectual property lawyers in Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers
- Mr. Behr is a member of the International Trademark Association Panel of Trademark Mediators, which is the only panel of trained mediators in the world who focus on trademark and unfair competition law
- He is also a member of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (U.K.) Exchange Network, selected as an International Mediator, and a member of the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals for the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), acting as both an arbitrator and mediator for the trademark and entertainment law panels and general commercial panel
- Mr. Behr, a dual U.S.-German national, is fluent in German
- As head of the firm's German Desk and French Desk, he provides counsel to clients from Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland and other countries
- Prior to joining Phillips Nizer, Mr. Behr was general counsel of w-Technologies, Inc. and Atari, Inc. (formerly GT Interactive Software Corp.)
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