About Stephanie Adwar

Stephanie Furgang Adwar is a founding partner of Furgang & Adwar, LLP. She brings more than three decades of experience in both transactional and litigation matters in entertainment, copyright, trademark, and unfair competition law. She represents a wide variety of clients in the entertainment field, in film, television, music, and publishing, and represents businesses in an wide array of industries. Stephanie looks at her client’s business and goals and takes a holistic approach to her advice and counsel. While protecting her client’s rights in their artistic works and brands, she also advises them on what are the best strategies and legal positions to take when leveraging those works and brands, always keeping up on the cutting edge of the newest opportunities available, such as NFTs development and protection. When her client’s rights are challenged or infringed, Stephanie is an astute litigator who takes a pragmatic approach to litigation, zealously and vigorously representing their interests and guiding them to the best possible outcome.

Stephanie began her career in entertainment at The Gersh Agency, NY, Inc., DeLaurentis Entertainment, and CBS/Fox Video in New York. She went on to produce music videos for Time Shift Video in New York. She has been quoted in the news media, including appearing on ABC-TV Network’s Nightline and BBC America, and in numerous publications, including most recently, Slate Magazine, as an expert in entertainment, copyright, and trademark law.

Stephanie received her undergraduate degree from New York University, Tisch School of Arts, Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television (BFA, Film and Television Production) and her Juris Doctorate from Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (JD). She is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New York, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and has been admitted pro hac vice before the Federal District Court of California.