A Tampa-based entertainment and media law practice serving creatives to protect their works, reputation, and business — trademark, copyright, NIL, contracts, and business formation.
Austin Newman is the sole practitioner at Austin Newman Law, PLLC. Before law, Newman spent over 12 years at the forefront of marketing, branding, and product placement for film and television, working across major brands including Costa Sunglasses, VSCO, and the Tezza App. A YouTube Silver Play Button recipient with over 20 million views across his own content, he built and licensed intellectual property through the industry's full transformation from broadcast and celluloid to digital and streaming, giving him a rare, ground-level understanding of how IP rights are created, protected, and monetized in modern media, both from the corporate side and as a creator himself.
Mr. Newman is active in the intellectual property and legal communities. He serves on the Trademark Committee and the Copyright Law Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and is a member of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar and the Federal Bar Association.
Entertainment and IP law built around the different ways people build a following, a brand, or a business today.
(real estate agents, coaches & consultants)
Professionals who've built a following alongside their day job, often without realizing how exposed that following leaves them. Contract review, trademark protection, and brand deal terms that keep your business and your content separate and covered.
(full-time influencers)
Influencers and content creators navigating brand partnerships, platform terms, and audience-driven income. Contract negotiation, DMCA takedowns, and IP protection built around how creators actually work.
(student & professional athletes)
Athletes entering NIL deals, often for the first time. Agreements that protect your name and image without signing away more than you should.
(independent filmmakers & producers)
Production companies handling licensing, footage rights, and content deals across a project's life, from financing through distribution.
(novelists, screenwriters & authors)
Authors navigating publishing contracts, adaptation rights, and licensing when a book moves toward film, television, or other media.
(recording artists, songwriters & producers)
Recording artists and producers handling licensing, sync deals, and rights when music crosses into film, television, streaming, or a brand partnership.
(companies & agencies)
Companies and agencies running influencer campaigns, licensing creative assets, or protecting a trademark from misuse online.