LEGAL RESOURCES
AGMA Legal News
Updates on legal issues that affect singers, including current cases with opera companies, age discrimination, safety, and other topics.
www.musicalartists.org/Legal_News.htm
Starving Artists Law
This website offers a variety of links and information on arts-related issues, but seems mostly geared to publishing and First Amendment issues. The music section focuses on the popular genres. Still , it's worth a look for its national listing of volunteer lawyer for the arts organizations alone.
CANADA
Canadian Artists' Representation Ontario (CARO)
* Artist's Legal Advice Services (ALAS)
183 Bathurst Street, 1st floor
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2R7
CANADA
Phone: (416) 340-7791
Fax: (416) 360-0781
UNITED STATES
Colorado
Colorado Lawyers for the Arts
P.O. Box 48148
Denver, Colorado 80204
Phone: (303) 722-7994
Email: cola@artstozoo.org
Connecticut
Connecticut Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Connecticut Commission on the Arts
755 Main St.
Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: (860) 566-4770
DC
District of Columbia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
918 Sixteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 429-0229
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
815 15th St. NW Ste.900
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 393-2826
Email: ptotaro@thewala.org
Florida
ArtServe, Inc./ Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1350 East Sunrise, Suite 100
Ft. Lauderdale FL 33304
Phone: (954) 462-9191
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts/Western Florida
(A division of Business Volunteers for the Arts)
14700 Terminal Blvd., Suite 229
Clearwater, Florida 33762
Phone: (727) 507-4114
Email: bkotchey@co.pinellas.fl.us
Georgia
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
BCA
675 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (404) 873-3911
Email: gla@glarts.org
www.glarts.org/pages/11/index.htm
Illinois
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Pro bono legal services for performing artists
213 West Institute Place, Suite 401
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 944-2787
www.law-arts.org
Kansas
Mid-America Arts Resources
c/o Susan J. Whitfield-Lungren, Esq.
PO Box 363
Lindsborg, KS 67456
Phone: (913) 227-2321
Louisiana
Louisiana Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
225 Baronne Street, Suite 1712
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 523-1465
Maine
Maine Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
43 Pleasant St.
South Portland, ME 04106
Phone: (207)799-9646
Maine Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
4 Dane Street
Kenneybunk, ME 04043
Phone: (207) 985-1199
Massachusetts
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts, Inc.
15 Channel Center Street, Suite 103
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 350-7600
Fax: (617) 350-7610
Email: mail@vlama.org
Minnesota
Resources and Counseling for the Arts
308 Prince St., Suite 270
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (612) 292-4381
Email: Chris@RC4Arts.org
Missouri
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
3540 Washington
St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: (314) 652-2410
Email: vlaa@stlrac.org
Montana
Montana Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
PO Box 8687
Missoula, MT 59807
Phone: (406) 721-1835
New Hampshire
Lawyers for the Arts/New Hampshire
New Hampshire Business Committee for the Art (NHBCA)
One Granite Pl.
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-8300
Email: arts@nhbca.com
New York
Albany/Schenectady League of Arts Inc.
19 Clinton Ave.
Albany NY 12207
Phone: (518) 449-5380
Email: artsleague@aol.com
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (NYC)
1 E. 53rd St., 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212)319-2787
Email: vlany@busy.net or
vlany@vlany.org
North Carolina
North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
PO Box 26513
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: (919) 990-2575
also
P.O. Box 25005
Durham, North Carolina 27702
Ohio
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts-Cleveland
113 St. Clair Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216) 696-3525
Toledo Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
608 Madison, Ste. 1523
Toledo, OH 43604
Phone: (419) 255-3344
Oregon
Northwest Lawyers and Artists
Oregon Lawyers for the Arts
621 SW Morrison Street Suite 1417
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 295-2787
Email: Artcop@aol.com
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
251 South 18th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 545-3385
Email: pvla@libertynet.org
Western Pennsylvania Professionals
PO Box 19388
Pittsburgh,PA 15213
Phone: (412) 268-8437
Rhode Island
PO Box 19
Saunderstown, RI 02874
Phone: (401) 789-5686
www.artslaw.org
South Dakota
South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC)
800 Governers Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3131
Texas
Artists' Legal and Accounting Assistance
PO Box 2577
Austin, TX 78751
Phone: (512) 476-4458
Email: mpolar@bga.com
Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts
1540 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
Phone: (713) 526-4876
Email: info@talarts.org
Utah
Utah Lawyers for the Arts
PO Box 652
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
Phone: (801) 482-5373
Also:
P.O. Box 4530
Salt Lake City, Utah 84145
Washington
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 328-7053
Email: director@wa-artlaw.org
International
Canadian Artists' Representation Ontario (CARO)
* Artist's Legal Advice Services (ALAS)
183 Bathurst Street, 1st floor
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2R7
CANADA
phone: 416/340-7791
fax: 416/360-0781 T,Th 5-7:30 pm