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Paul Battista, Entertainment Attorney, is a partner of MindFusion Law where he represents low budget independent filmmakers. He earned a J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, an LL.M. from Georgetown Law Center and an M.F.A. in Film Studies from the University of Utah. He has been a speaker at many film festivals and conferences, including Slamdance Film Festival and Film Independent’s Filmmaker Forum, in addition to teaching film classes and guest lecturing at colleges in the Los Angeles area. He also wrote, directed and produced the low budget independent feature film, Crooks, which has been released by Warner Home Video. His book, Independent Film Producing: The Outsider’s Guide To Producing A First Low Budget Film is available at www.paulbattista.biz. His video bio is available at http://www.mindfusionlaw.com/paulbattista.html Paul is a member of the California and New York state bars and is licensed to practice law in the federal and state courts of California and New York as well as the U.S. Tax Co