Production Legal
Your Production Counsel From First Deal to Final Delivery
We work alongside producers and creative teams as a strategic partner throughout the lifecycle of a project — advising on structure, negotiating key agreements, managing risk, and ensuring your production is legally buttoned up at every stage.
We Specialize in Production Legal for Independent Producers
No budget too big or too small
Strategic Legal Counsel from Development Through Delivery
We provide production counsel services for films, documentaries, and creator-driven projects. Our role is to protect the project, the producers, and the underlying rights — while keeping production moving efficiently.
We function as full legal advisor throughout development and physical production.
Why Production Counsel is Important
Strong production legal is not just about paperwork — it protects chain of title, secures talent relationships, reduces investor risk, and prevents delivery issues that can derail distribution.
Fee Structure
We offer flexible fee options depending on the scope of the project:
• Flat Fees for Individual Documents
Ideal for projects needing limited or targeted agreements.
• Comprehensive Production Legal Fee
A total flat fee structured as a percentage of the approved production budget, covering development through principal photography.
A flat fee model takes the hourly fee out of the equation and allows producers to budget legal costs predictably while ensuring full legal coverage throughout production.
Production Legal Services
Production legal services includes legal oversight and drafting of agreements related to development, pre-production, and physical production of the Picture, including:
Development & Chain of Title
Chain of title review
Underlying rights agreements
Writer, director, and producer agreements
Investor agreements (PPM not included)
Collaboration agreements
Talent & Crew Agreements
Cast agreements (SAG-AFTRA or non-union)
Key crew agreements (e.g., director of photography, editor, composer)
Crew Deal memo templates
Production Contracts
Location agreements and releases
Vendor agreements
Equipment rental agreements
Appearance releases and extras releases
Minor releases
Music Licensing
Sync and master use licenses or composer agreement for music used in the Picture
General Production Counsel
Formation or review of production entity (if required)
Production insurance review
Legal consultation during prep and principal photography
Contract revisions as production evolves
“Thank you for all your amazing legal work on the project - it has been so incredibly helpful and we are endlessly grateful!”
“Tisha is a pleasure to work with and a person you can trust in the entertainment industry. I highly recommend her for your legal needs in this arena.”
Let’s work together.
Schedule a free introductory call with Tisha to discuss your project and potential next steps for representation. Please note that we are not an agency and therefore do not pitch projects.