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Douglas James Wood is a highly skilled entertainment and media legal professional with over 44 years of enjoy. He is Senior Counsel at Reed Smith LLP and is thought for founding the company’s Entertainment and Media Law exercise institution in 2004. Wood represents individuals and multinational companies in numerous criminal subjects related to leisure and media, inclusive of motion photograph, publishing, marketing, marketing, intellectual belongings, and e-trade. Wood is recognized as a leading global professional in advertising and marketing regulation through Chambers, the Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers. He is likewise a member of the Legal 500 Hall of Fame. In addition to his criminal exercise, Wood serves as General Counsel to several trade associations, such as the Association of National Advertisers. He also holds positions as a Management Trustee at the Screen Actors Guild Pension & Health Plan and the SAG-AFTRA Producers Industry Advancement Cooperative Fund. Educationally, Wood holds a BA from the University of Rhode Island, a Juris Doctor from the Franklin Pierce Law Center, a Masters of Law from New York University School of Law, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of New Hampshire. He has additionally taught advertising regulation as an accessory professor on the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the University College Cork in Ireland. Wood has been actively worried in academia, serving on the Board of Trustees of the Franklin Pierce Law Center for over two decades and chairing the board for 15 years. Apart from his prison profession, Wood is also an executed author and novelist. He has written numerous books, which includes "Please Be AdVised - The Legal Reference Guide for the Advertising Executive" (7th version), "Presidential Intentions" (2014), "Presidential Declarations" (2015), "Presidential Conclusions" (2017), "Asshole Lawyer: Musings, Memories and Missteps in a 40 Year Career" (2018), "Dark Data: Control, Alt, Delete" (2020), and "Dragon at the Far Side of the Moon" (2021). His upcoming novel, "Blood at the Bayou," is set to be published in 2021.

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Communications & Internet Law

Media & Advertising

Entertainment & Sports Law

Intellectual Property

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