Founded in 2005, the founders envisioned a legal collective that could deliver world-class legal services as part of the client’s team, achieving their goals through compelling advocacy, timely advice, and meticulous drafting. To realize this vision, Film & Ink has assembled its own team of highly skilled attorneys with deep experience in various entertainment Practice Areas. Our clients – from leading studios to independent producers to individual talent – can attest that a team relationship tailored to their specific needs and resources leads to effective and efficient legal representation.
Film & Ink’s team is comprised of 15 lawyers hailing from elite law firms and entertainment companies. Bringing a unique combination of in-house studio and large law firm experience to our practice, our lawyers are able to balance and efficiently address the need for practical legal and business solutions for day-to-day problems against handling more complex, long-term projects. Clients have praised them for their responsiveness, pragmatism, reliability, precision, effective communication, and dedication. Of course, our lawyers could not perform at this level without a professional and well-prepared team of paralegals and assistants.
Trisha Gum is owner of Film & Ink and her practice involves all aspects of development and production of live action and animated feature film, television and new media productions. Trisha negotiates and drafts all forms of development and production agreements, including rights acquisition, option purchase agreements, above-the-line agreements for writers, directors, actors and below-the-line agreements for key crew members, and assists productions during all stages of physical production with respect to day-to-day legal and clearance issues. Trisha also drafts and negotiates production services agreements including security agreements. Trisha has broad experience handling domestic and international distribution agreements, analyzing derivative rights issues and obligations, negotiating and drafting marketing-related agreements including influencers, co-promotions and sweepstakes, as well as handling chain of title review and analysis. Before founding Film & Ink, Trisha was in-house counsel for Screen Actors Guild and MGM Studios. Trisha graduated from Seattle University School of Law.
