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	Gabrielle J. Sellei gsellei@sogtlaw.com    Download vCard
Born:	Port Chester, New York February 23, 1966
Education:	Wesleyan University (B.A., 1987) Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1995)
Member:	Philadelphia Bar Association
Admitted to Practice:	1995 - Pennsylvania 1995 - New Jersey 1995 - United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Areas of Practice:	Business/Corporate Law Real Estate Intellectual Property

Biography: A member of the Business, Intellectual Property and Real Estate practice groups at Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC, Gabrielle Sellei’s practice covers a wide range of business-related matters for clients ranging from sole proprietorships and professionals to midsize entrepreneurial businesses, to whom she provides comprehensive legal and business counseling. In addition, Gabrielle represents a wide range of clients in the arts, entertainment, sports and affiliated industries, and has successfully negotiated and completed deals for television appearances and video games, documentary film rights, sports exhibition matches and celebrity endorsements, literary rights and the resolution of copyright and other intellectual property infringement claims. Recent matters include:

• negotiation of an appearance by a well-known sports personality on a popular U.K.-based reality television program
• representation of a sculptor commissioned by the City of Philadelphia and by the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority to create significant public artworks
• renegotiation of a multi-year sports commentating agreement with a cable television sports channel
• successful negotiation with both literary agency and publisher for sale of rights to important non-fiction public policy work, on behalf of author
• resolution and settlement of claims of copyright infringement brought by a photographer against a Philadelphia-based performing arts company
• licensing of the name, image and likeness of a well-known personality and civil rights activist to a multinational credit card issuer in connection with an affinity credit card
• representation of "talent" with respect to numerous endorsement and spokesperson matters, internet/television campaigns, and documentary film productions
• successful resolution of claims of trademark infringement brought by Fortune 100 company against a Philadelphia
  talent agency and artist
• representation of well-known personality with respect to speaking engagements and other public appearances
  

Gabrielle is a frequent speaker on copyright, contracts, non-profit entitites and other legal issues affecting artists, entertainers and entrepreneurs and she is a past member of the Boards of Directors of Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia and the Storybook Musical Theater in Abington, PA.

A graduate of Boston University School of Law and Wesleyan University, Gabrielle practiced labor, employment and corporate law in two large Philadelphia law firms following graduation from law school. Immediately prior to joining Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC, Gabrielle was an attorney in the corporate and securities law department of a Fortune 100 company based in Philadelphia. Prior to attending law school, Gabrielle was a consultant to artists and fine arts galleries throughout New England.