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 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.
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.
No budget too big or too small.
We offer flexible fees to meet every budget.
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 film - it has been so incredibly helpful and we are endlessly grateful!”
“Tisha did an absolutely fabulous job of helping my writing team with a TV series-related contract. ”
“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 Zoom 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.