Transcendent Music Movement Presents: David Ratner

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Transcendent Music Movement Presents: David Ratner 

Transcendent Music is seeking to launch a new company with a product line that will require patents, trademarks, and other types of intellectual property.  We talked about a few potential intellectual property liabilities that this company might face in our last blog, The Transcendent Music Movement Presents: Legal Liabilities that will Effect Transcendent Music’s New Product Line.  Recently we identified potential legal counsel in order to better analyze those liabilities as well as other factors to enhance our business plan.  The attorney we discovered is a leader in entertainment and intellectual property related law in the state of Colorado.  The Transcendent Music Movement is pleased to present David Ratner.

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Attorney Dave Ratner is licensed and practices law in the state of Colorado.  Mr. Ratner is a partner of the entertainment and intellectual property law firm, Replin Ratner & Rhodes, LLC.  Their office is in the mile high city of Denver, Colorado.  Ratner began work there following a successful career as an artist manager and business consultant.  Ratner graduated from the Ivy League school, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.  Upon graduation he worked as a tour manager and then started his own band management firm.  This experience helped Mr. Ratner to realize the value of sound legal counsel, particularly in the entertainment industry.  He found himself negotiating contracts on behalf of his bands and working extensively with attorneys during his time as a band manager.  He learned from those experiences that there was a lot more he could offer to guide and protect the creative process by pursuing a legal degree.  Dave Ratner decided to go to law school at the University of Denver following five years of priceless band management experience.  Ratner did not consider his experience a prerequisite to success in his field of law, but he did agree that it gives him an extra level of credibility with many of his clients.

Dave Ratner is now having great success as an attorney serving the needs of many clients in the Denver area.  His clients include authors, designers, artists, small business owners, entertainers and many more.  Ratner acknowledged the fact that Denver was not the most amicable place for the typical entertainment industry clients, such as those related associated with music and film.  However, he said that it is still a place with a large number of entrepreneurs across the spectrum of creative arts that require similar representation.  Many of his clients are entrepreneurs so he does a great deal of work related to asset protection, employee agreements, intellectual property valuations, and other work related to properly forming and operating a small business.

Attorney Ratner encouraged me to really take a meticulous look at every relationship that the business enters in.  This includes business-to-business relationships, employee relationships and even client relationships.  To further his point, he expressed the importance of proper documentation that clearly states the expectations of all parties involved.  In a manufacturing company he advised drafting employee manuals that included nondisclosure agreements and the like.  He also strongly advised framing my budget to include legal costs.  This would help any small business to avoid pitfalls and get started on the right path, exclaimed Ratner.  Transcendent Music’s new company will consider and apply the nuggets of knowledge that Mr. Ratner graciously provided.  We are thankful to him and on behalf of the TRANSCENDENT MUSIC MOVEMENT; we wish him continued success in his quest to provide expert legal guidance and representation to all involved in the creative arts.