How to interview a potential entertainment lawyer for creatives: First, establish how hands-on they are. Do they review everything personally or do they delegate? Trade-off is expertise vs. speed.
Second, what's your tolerance for mistakes. Mine is zero and my lawyer knows that. In other words, type A writer, hire type A lawyer.
Third, establish what level of aggressiveness you want. Make sure you see eye to eye about how comfortable you are with risk. Trade-off is more money vs. sometimes deals falling through.
Lastly, make sure your lawyer is fighting for you. They are the "chief of staff" and they need to be in your corner at all times. Their relationship with other reps and execs should not influence them taking your side when you're right or telling you when you're wrong.
Your relationship with your lawyer is the one most based on trust and it's a fiduciary relationship. Pick a lawyer who understands that.
* my zero tolerance for mistakes doesn't mean that I don't make them all the time. I just get madder.
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