The Law Office ofAdrienne R. Fields

Adrienne R. Fields, Esq. has provided transactional legal services for creators since 2004. She advises visual artists, authors, galleries, collectors, creatives and small businesses on their projects, contracts and disputes.

Ms. Fields facilitates projects from the earliest stages of development through the negotiating and contract stages. Ms. Fields provides guidance and works on commissions, installations, purchase/sale, art loans and licensing of works of art and design. Ms. Fields supports business owners and artists by drafting and reviewing contracts for various projects.

Ms. Fields has extensive experience licensing works of visual art, literature and names and likenesses for use in theater, film/television, fashion and new media. Her work ranges from licensing uses for Broadway shows and major motion pictures to small independent projects. Ms. Fields is informed on emerging technologies and supports clients with influencer campaigns and media-based projects.

Ms. Fields has resolved countless intellectual property matters. She is effective at protecting her clients’ intellectual property rights and pursuing infringements. Ms. Fields handles a variety of legal disputes that may involve contracts or unauthorized uses of one’s creative output, brand name, logo, rights of publicity, etc.

Ms. Fields is dedicated to removing unauthorized copies of works of art, counterfeits, and infringing merchandise from shops, websites and internet service platforms on behalf of her clients.

Adrienne has a passion
for creators and creations.

Adrienne took an interest in ceramics and creative writing during high school at Horace Mann and studied Art History and French Language and literature at Brandeis University. Adrienne created large-scale abstract installation art during her college years. This has served her well in fully understanding the intense challenges that creators face when safeguarding their works, whether physically or through their intellectual property rights.

To learn the business of art, Adrienne continued her studies, receiving an M.A. from Christie’s Education in Connoisseurship and Art Market Studies. While at Christie’s, Adrienne learned the importance of the art market in establishing fiscal value and impacting an artist’s legacy. With this understanding, Adrienne embarked on a career in law. Her goal was to gain the knowledge and skills needed to protect,defend and monetize the rights and legacies of visual artists.

Adrienne found the opportunity to hone these skills at Artists Rights Society (ARS),where she has served as the Director of Legal Affairs. She has worked on behalf of the most famous of artists and estates from around the world (e.g., Picasso, Matisse,Rothko) and has provided counsel to numerous unknown artists. Adrienne has seen careers grow and has been behind the scenes supporting up-and-coming artists who have become household names. Adrienne has set the scene and drafted the necessary agreements to allow for these artists to embark on their first solo exhibitions.

Adrienne has been recognized with a number of accolades, including a Distinguished Alumni Award and an Art Law Alumni Award from Brooklyn Law School,and an Outstanding Leadership Contribution Award from the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law.

Adrienne is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and an active member of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA). She has served in various leadership roles on ABA committees including as Publication’s Officer, Editor-in-Chief of Landslide® Magazine, Chair of the Content Advisory Board, Lead Copyright Editor of the Annual Review of intellectual Property Law, and Chair of the International Intellectual Property Law Task Force. Ms. Fields is a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment Arts and Sports Law Section (EASL) and a member of the Bar Association of the City of New York.

Adrienne is a frequent speaker and has been quoted by journalists on a variety of topics, including in the New York Times in an article titled, Art Experts Warn of a Surging Market in Fake Prints. She has been sought after as an arbitrator, an expert and a trusted business advisor with knowledge in important arts and entertainment disputes.