John J. Tormey III, Esq. is a veteran entertainment lawattorney with 30+ years of experience, now entering his fourth decade of thepractice of law. With degrees from Harvard and UCLA, John is admitted to practice in New York,California, and the District of Columbia. John's past positions include toursof duty as a litigator at Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, as Counsel toThe Walt Disney Company in Disney's Corporate Legal Department, and as SeniorCounsel and Senior Litigation Counsel to Disney-owned Miramax Films thereafterduring the height of the independent film movement in the TriBeCa neighborhoodof lower Manhattan.John was born inNurnberg, Germany, into a family of entertainers. John's fatherwas a child performer in the 1940's who became a stage actor and then a filmand TV actor, and John's mother was an actress and a model. John himselftherefore grew up with Broadway and off-Broadway, Shakespeare and Moliere inrepertory, industrials, children's theatre, and musical theatre on tourthroughout the American northeast and Midwest, working technical crew along theway. John was a baseball pitcher whose coaches included Dick Howser and whose teammatesincluded Todd Stottlemyre. John then worked as a rock musician for years andhis former band-mates included John ("Jojo") Hermann (of Widespread Panic), TomMorello (of Rage Against The Machine), Alison Brown (of Compass Records), andjazz saxophonists Don Braden and Avram Fefer. Over the span of his career JohnJ. Tormey III, Esq. has dealt with virtually all aspects of the entertainmentand media businesses. John has been interviewed and featured in numerouson-line and off-line articles and publications relating to the entertainmentfield, as well as television appearances on New York's COURT TV and otherprograms.John has achieved the level of "AV Preeminent" from Martindale-Hubbell. This is the highest possible Peer Review rating in legal ability & ethical standards given byMartindale-Hubbell. Additionally, in2013, he was selected a "2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Property" byAmerican Lawyer Media, a leading provider of news and information to the legalindustry. John is also a published author, with his work titled "SubliminalProjection in the Media", Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook(Clark Boardman Company, Ltd., New York, NY; 1987).Member, FBI New York Citizens' Academy (2010). Member, FBI Citizens' Academy, New York Alumni Association. Member, Rockland County (New York) Police & Public Safety Academy, Citizen Police Academy (Spring, 2003).