Atty. Alan D. Sacks
Alan D. Sacks is a partner in the Entertainment, IP Finance and Sports Groups.
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television Attorney · Serving New York, NY
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About Alan D. Sacks at a Glance
Alan D. Sacks is a entertainment attorney based in New York, New York, practicing at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC. Admitted to practice in New York, New York State Bar Association. Educated at Duke University (J.D., 1997). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Awards: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — The Legal 500 (2026). Serves clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About Alan D. Sacks
- Alan D. Sacks is a partner in the Entertainment, IP Finance and Sports Groups
- He is recognized in the 2023-2025 editions of Best Lawyers in America for Entertainment - Motion Pictures and Television and The Legal 500 for his expertise in media & entertainment law
- He is also recognized by Variety in its 2021 Legal Impact Report
- His blend of entertainment law and hands-on entertainment industry, transactional and advisory experience - combined with a substantial corporate finance and private equity background - makes him a go-to lawyer for significant film and television clients worldwide
- Mr. Sacks represents individual financiers, writers, directors, actors and producers in both the studio system and independent arena, in addition to authors, photographers, athletes, sports properties, sponsors and brands
- He advises on a wide range of financing, distribution, talent, celebrity branding and sports endorsement and sponsorship issues
- He has special expertise in entertainment finance, structured financing products, and motion picture distribution, and he applies all of these skills in both traditional media as well as the ever-evolving digital and split-rights arenas
- Mr. Sacks is active in philanthropic initiatives and supports community-based programs in New York and parts of Africa
- He was also the founder of Centric SB Entertainment, a unit of Centric Capital Ventures, LLC, a principal investment firm
- In this role, he helped to source and facilitate investments, strategic transactions, and new business opportunities in film, television, and other media in the U.S. and abroad
- Mr. Sacks has written for The Hollywood Reporter and other publications
- He is admitted to practice in New York
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Entertainment & Sports Law in New York
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Focused Entertainment Practice
Concentrating on entertainment means Alan D. Sacks's knowledge of relevant statutes, case law, and procedural nuances stays current — unlike generalist practices that spread attention across unrelated fields.
Local Presence in New York
A New York-based practice means Alan D. Sacks attends hearings in the same courthouses, knows the local clerks, and understands the unwritten scheduling norms that affect every case filed here.
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