Headshot-2-150x150Meet Sharon Toerek

As an intellectual property and marketing law attorney, I’ve worked with hundreds of marketing agencies and creative professionals. I am inspired by the work they do. I am in awe of their talents. That’s why I have devoted my legal practice to helping these professionals protect, enforce and monetize their creative assets and manage their industry legal issues.

If you lead a busy independent marketing agency, I know that time and money are always important considerations. I’ve also learned that while your agency focuses on getting clients, creating great work, and managing creative talent, it’s easy to overlook or get overwhelmed by many of the important legal details your agency needs to manage. Things like client contracts, social media compliance, confidentiality agreements and trademark protection for brands. And, as technology has made the industry more complex, the legal issues for agencies have become more complex too. As a result of a shortage of time or money, or sometimes because of the complexity of dealing with legal details, too many agencies leave their work, their clients and their businesses at risk.

I don’t want this to happen to your agency. So I created the Legal + Creative Agency Protection System to do something about it.

I wanted to give creative agencies another option – a cost-effective option — that would enable them to have sound legal education and practical tools to protect their assets.

Using my multiple years of experience as a legal advisor to agencies in the ad and marketing industry and my background in intellectual property law, I developed an education tool and library of resources to address many of the legal questions professionals like you face.

This isn’t a “small business” legal toolkit. It was made especially for advertising and marketing agencies, created by a lawyer who knows your industry, your work, your business.

And, READ THIS PART CAREFULLY, this is also not a replacement for a strong Agency-lawyer relationship. The Agency Protection System is NOT legal advice, and you are NOT hiring a lawyer when you purchase it. Always run your legal questions by a qualified legal professional.

In addition to creating the Agency Protection System, I’m principal of Toerek Law, a national law practice focused on advertising, marketing and creative services agencies. You can learn more about my law practice at www.legalandcreative.com, or contact me personally about our legal services for agencies at sharon@legalandcreative.com.