McAfee & Taft's Jay Shanker was featured in The Oklahoman for his work as an entertainment attorney. Working with motion picture companies, rock bands, and successful actors, Shanker thrives in the highly competitive specialty of entertainment law.
“It’s something you have to learn by doing,” Shanker explained to The Oklahoman. “For successful attorneys in the field, their clout can come as much from who they know and represent as what they know about the law.”
When Shanker is not flying to Los Angeles or New York to visit clients he works via phone and e-mail at his home base in Oklahoma City. His clients include writers, producers, directors, actors, authors, musicians, composers and individuals with life stories that are the subject of a book or movie. Shanker has become an expert in movies, television, publishing, theater, music, merchandising and licensing, video games and wireless technology to cater to his talented cliental.
“I work with clients to often literally make something out of nothing,” he said. “The magic of that process can be addictive. Many of the people I work for are friends whose creative gifts I really admire and who likewise value my contributions to their work and lives. And of course, the results of what I do are actually entertaining – something few people can claim about their work.”
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