Maria Miles, Esq.

Maria is the founder of an entertainment law practice with offices in New York. Maria’s practice focused on all areas of entertainment and media law, including, film (both documentary and narrative), television (scripted and non-scripted), literary publishing and new media. Her clients consist primarily of independent film producers, directors, writers and talent.

Prior to starting her own practice, Maria was general counsel for a multi-media digital start-up working on a diverse range of subject-matter areas including a webseries and editorial content, corporate and financing transactions, technology development and licensing, employment and intellectual property (overseeing a large catalogue of trademarks, copyrights and patents) both in the US and abroad. Prior to her role as in-house counsel, Maria was associated with a large law firm where she served as counsel to numerous award-winning actors, writers, producers, television hosts and multi-platinum recording artists, sports teams, and corporations in the fashion and retail industries related to their entertainment and intellectual property matters.

Committed to promoting diversity in the film and television industry, Maria serves as President of the Board of the Hellenic Film Society USA and served on the Board of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT). She continues to serve NYWIFT as legal counsel.

Maria is an adjunct professor teaching entertainment law at the School of Visual Arts and the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.