Our Narrative: How We Empower Creators In The Digital World
The Law Offices of Max H. Hacker, A Professional Corporation (LOMHH), was created with a specific goal in mind: to provide uncompromising legal service and counsel to the innovators, artists, and entrepreneurs taking entertainment and digital media into the future. In today’s ever-shifting landscape at the crossroads of creativity and business, we feel that every creator should have ironclad legal protection for their work, strategic legal perspective, and most importantly, a collaborator whose experience and insight can guide them through the intricacies of commercializing their life’s passion. Our boutique law firm was established to counsel our clients across all areas of their business, ensuring ideas and lives aren’t compromised at any point in time.
Our Vision: Safeguarding and Advancing Creative Enterprises
At LOMHH, we’re dedicated to advancing the rights and interests of creative industry creators, entrepreneurs, and businesses active in the entertainment, digital media, and technology sectors. Our passion is doing everything we can to help our clients realize the full potential of what they do – whether it’s reaching a successful brand partnership agreement, protecting their IP assets, or getting their new production entity off the ground. By providing tailor-made legal solutions that meet the needs of each client’s specific business model, we free our clients to continue doing what they do best: creating, innovating, and telling compelling stories. We strive to be more than just your outside counsel – we are your advocates, advisors, collaborators, and strategic partners working together with you.
Our Clients: Creators, Corporations, and Changemakers
Our clients reflect the breadth of the content they produce. We represent digital media producers, podcasters, musicians, songwriters, authors, filmmakers and on-screen talent, in addition to production companies, interactive agencies, licensing operations and established brands. Whether you are an independent artist aimed at IP protection, a startup business seeking guidance on forming a new entity, or a larger company looking to finalize complex licensing agreements, we select the relevant services for each client and matter. Although our client base tends to be concentrated in California, New York and Colorado, we regularly counsel creators and producers across the U.S., particularly those with a digital-first perspective or global reach.
Our Offerings: Full-Service Law For The Creative Class
LOMHH provides a full-service suite of digital-centered legal and business services, including:
- Contract Negotiation and Drafting. We negotiate and draft all types of agreements, including those pertaining to social media brand partnerships, as well as product (goods or service)-based collaborations, license-type arrangements, and employment/talent contracts with individuals and companies. Each contract is custom tailored to ensure the terms align with your objectives and protect your business.
- Intellectual Property Protection. From copyright registration and enforcement to trademark strategy and general IP protective services, we help you button up those creative assets, so you can monetize and grow your brand with peace of mind.
- Corporate Legal Services. We advise on clients’ formation needs (LLC and corps) and provide ongoing business counsel often aimed at the entertainment and media sectors.
- Brand Management & Strategic Counseling. Our firm’s proactive advice, guidance, and brand management assistance help ensure clients remain compliant, strategically adapted, and competitively positioned in this fast-paced sector.
We recognize that every client’s path differs, therefore providing a range of creative engagement models – hourly billing in complex matters; flat fee billing in defined scope of work projects; retainer agreements in matters requiring ongoing legal access.
Meet Our Principal: Max H. Hacker
Max H. Hacker is one of the rare attorneys who combines passion for the law with palpable enthusiasm for his work. Max graduated from Southwestern Law School and is licensed to practice law in both California and New York, lending LOMHH a unique ability to aid clients on both coasts – and beyond. Max also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California-Santa Barbara, where a passion for law, business and creative industries was first sparked.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Max lives in Kittredge, Colorado with his partner and son, drawing inspiration from the mountains and harmony that define our tone and approach. Clients appreciate Max’s ability to demystify complex legal ideas and provide pragmatic counsel, his keen eye for detail and process, and his steadfast commitment to their goals and aspirations. A creator’s rights advocate from an early age, Max works tirelessly to ensure every client receives the same level of focus – whether they’re releasing their very first podcast or negotiating an ancillary licensing deal.
Why Work With Us: A “Big Law” Experience For Everyone
LOMHH offers a unique combination of premium, industry-specific service and highly personalized attention. Our boutique firm combines the flexibility and responsiveness of a small practice with the deep legal expertise one expects from larger firms. With dual licensing in California and New York and connections to the heart of the creative communities in both cities, we can navigate cross-jurisdictional issues and complex transactional negotiations with ease. We’ve represented film producers, tech entrepreneurs, artists, media companies and Fortune 500 corporate clients alike – we know what it takes to build and maintain successful collaborations. We offer:
- Insight into the latest industry trends in entertainment, digital media, technology and art
- Legal services across the board in contracts, business formation and intellectual property
- Attention to detail that makes us available to put our clients’ interests first
- A flexible engagement model to ensure a healthy, fair balance between strong hourly representation and future profitability
- An ethical commitment to creating long-term relationships with our clients
Our clients can expect us to not only defend their overall interests, but also be their trusted advisers on opportunities that further their business development in a fiercely competitive, fast-changing market.
We Stand For: Justice, Excellence, and Personal Attention
At LOMHH, we know that you have to be able to trust your attorney. We bring integrity, discretion, and genuine concern for our clients’ success to every representation. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, we give you straight answers, up-front communication and strategic legal advocacy at every stage: our goal is to be your firm of choice for the long haul – so we’re with you today as well as on to tomorrow’s opportunities.
We’re Ready To Start Working With You
If you are interested in helping to protect and expand your creative business, we welcome the opportunity to meet with you for a consultation and discuss how our legal services can best aid you in reaching your goals.
Contact us to discuss the next step in your creative endeavors. We look forward to working with you. NOTICE. This site is designed and intended for informational purposes only. No part of this site is intended to be legal advice or counsel. By your use of this site, you acknowledge and agree that no attorney-client relationship has been formed by use of this site or any materials contained on any part of this site and you will not rely on any part of this site without first speaking directly with one of our licensed attorneys.