LaPolt Law, P.C.

Bachelor of Arts
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont

Juris Doctorate
Duke University Law School
Durham, North Carolina
Admitted to both the New York State Bar and the California State Bar, Ted began his law practice in New York as a judge advocate for the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Upon leaving the Navy, Ted wrote and produced an album of songs, before joining the law department of Columbia Pictures in New York City. A year later he joined the law firm of Arrow, Silverman and Parcher s an associate, specializing in music law. In 1376, he left the firm to join the business affairs department of CBS Entertainment in New York, where he eventually ran the New York branch of the department. In 1981, CBS promoted Ted to Vice President, Business Affairs and transferred him to Los Angeles. In 1983, he became Vice President in charge of all business affairs for MGM/UA Television, leaving in 1984 to start his own production company, where he wrote and developed a number of film and television projects. He returned to United Artists in 1985 to help run its new television business affairs office, and finally started his own law firm in 1987, specializing in film and television negotiations. Currently, Ted is “Of Counsel” to LaPolt Law where he specializes in matters relating to film and television.

Specifically, Ted handles legal and business negotiations and documentation (including rights negotiations, talent negotiations, production financing, distribution and completion bond agreements, and production legal) for entertainment companies producing television and feature film projects, and for television and feature film performers, writers, directors, animators, composers, producers, and investigative reporters, in connection with television, feature film, interactive media, internet, publishing and merchandising projects, including the business negotiations for gallery showings for photographers, and the representation of individual performers and producers creating entrepreneurial ventures.

In addition to practicing law, Ted has written and is producing two screenplays, publishing a collection of poetry, and nurturing an acting career with his first feature role in Ken Laoch’s “Bread and Roses.”

Although Ted resides in Santa Barbara, he spends much of his time at LaPolt Law and in his client’s offices in the Los Angles area. Ted has two children and his interests include tennis, writing, cooking and playing the piano.

Ted is a member of the California State Bar Association and he is also on the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.