Biography:

Eric Vaughn-Flam is Of Counsel of Luo & Waters PLLC. He an experienced business attorney who understands corporate practice, commercial transactions and litigation. Mr. Vaughn-Flam combines his business expertise with a subspecialty in intellectual property. He is currently the Head of the Intellectual Property Department at Cooper Levenson. 

• Did Business Transactions and Litigation for Individuals and Companies in the Entertainment, Service, Retail and Manufacturing Industries.  

Concentrated Early on in Intellectual Property 

• Was the President of Cook Records.
• Started as lawyer in the music business and represented LATOYA JACKSON, MADONNA, HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH, MEATLOAF, PETER TOSH, THE FUGEES, THE SPIN DOCTORS, TLC, WU TANG CLAN, and jazz greats Like MICHAEL BREAKER, and JOHN SCOFIELD.
• Represented several modeling agencies including METROPOLITAN MODEL MANAGEMENT.
• Represented Fortune 500 companies like DISNEY, 20TH CENTURY FOX, and CHANNEL in counterfeit good seizures.
• Represented the descendants of writers JOHN STEINBECK and HAROLD ROBBINS copyright claims.
• Represented GENERAL MEDIA INC. otherwise know as PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE and BOB GUCCIONE.
• Was General Counsel to THE INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION and still represent THE INTERNATIONALIST, an advertising trade organization.  

DID REAL ESTATE 

• Did real estate work for individual clients as well as DUPONT, COLDWELL BANKER, SEARS MORTGAGE, PNC MORTGAGE, and BCB COMMUNITY BANK and I am a LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER in NY.

WORKED IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY 

• Worked in the financial industry, representing WILLIAM LIPSCHUTZ, Managing Director of Solomon Brothers, HATHERSAGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, VYAPAR CAPITAL MARKET PARTNERS, brokers broker in the derivative market, at the epi-center the 2008 financial crash, LIMMAT CURRENCY PARTNERS, THE BEAST APPS, OPALESQUE.
• Represented INTERNATIONAL BLIMPIE CORP. as franchisor for 30 years. 

WORKED AS GENERAL COUNSEL FOR SOFTWARE COMPANIES 

THE BEAST APPS  

LIMMAT CURRENCY PARTNERS 

• Notable litigation cases: 

     a. TRACY 168 v. SKATE-KEY 

     b. BILL DIODATO v. KATE SPADE 

     c. OPALESQUE adv. OPAL FINANCIAL GROUP 

     d. MADONNA v. MARY BLIGE and CAPITAL RECORDS 

     e. HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH adv. NEWMAN 

     f. DALLAL v. THE NEW YORK TIMES, contribution to collective works § 201(c) © act. 

     g. DANISH ROYAL FAMILY art theft case. 

     h. ROWAYTON CAPITAL MANEGMENT adv. DAIWA SECURITIES securities self dealing 

     i. ROGER BOELER v UBS BANK Global Head of FX for UBS at a time of a multibillion dollar criminal banking collusion case 

     j. WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE v. RIDER UNIVERSITY to prevent the closure of the world’s most famous choir college.

• Notable start-ups companies: 

     a. COOK RECORDS 

     b. SATELCOM, a telephone company in the Dominican Republic. 

     c. NEUTOCRETE a crawlspace sealant company. 

     d. The ORIGINAL NEW YORK IMPROV comedy club. 

     e. ROKON SYSTEMS INC. Proprietary material to permanently contain high-level radioactive nuclear waste.