Ari B. Solotoff

Ari B. Solotoff is an attorney at Drummond Woodsum in Portland, Maine whose practice focuses on entertainment, media, and arts law. He advises clients in music, film and television, literary publishing, podcasts, visual arts, and live performance on contracts, rights, business relationships, and industry-specific legal issues. His practice areas include Entertainment, Media & the Arts, Digital Media & Podcasts, Film & Television, Literary Publishing, Live Arts, Music, and Visual Arts.

Solotoff earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Maine School of Law and a B.A. in Classical Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. His legal training is complemented by prior professional experience as an arts executive. This background supports Solotoff’s legal analysis and problem solving in entertainment, media, and arts law, including work that requires close attention to detailed facts, governing rules, and practical consequences.

Solotoff’s experience includes legal counseling across creative industries, including the negotiation and structuring of agreements and the management of intellectual property, business, and production-related concerns. Solotoff brings an understanding of artistic organizations and commercial creative work to matters involving creators, companies, and cultural institutions. Through these matters, Solotoff helps clients assess legal options, manage risk, and move through transactions, disputes, administrative processes, or litigation as the situation requires.

Ari B. Solotoff leads Drummond Woodsum’s Entertainment, Media & Arts practice and has received recognition in entertainment and sports law categories. His earlier arts-management experience provides practical context for legal issues that arise in creative production and distribution. In serving artists, media companies, and creative organizations, Solotoff brings practical judgment and subject-matter knowledge to the issues presented. Solotoff helps artists, media companies, and cultural organizations manage contracts, rights, and business relationships with advice grounded in the specific facts and legal framework of each matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Drummond Woodsum
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Chair, Theatre & Performing Arts Division, American Bar Association, Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries
• Member, American Association of Literary Agents, Copyright Committee
• Member, Copyright Society of the USA

Licensed State

• Maine

Education

• University of Maine School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) Magna Cum Laude
• University of California, Berkeley
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Classical Languages

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