Lindsay Taylor Johnson
Associate Attorney
Offit Kurman, P.A.
Lindsay T. Johnson is an associate attorney in the New York office of Offit|Kurman. Her practice focuses on construction litigation and real property law as well as general corporate advising to professionals in the construction industry. Lindsay represents architects, interior designers, visual artists and other design professionals in dispute resolution proceedings and provides counsel on the preparation and negotiation of design contracts. She also regularly advises her clients with regard to state and board licensure requirements, intellectual property rights, and employment law matters.
Prior to working in the legal industry, Lindsay worked in the nonprofit sector, assisting art museums and galleries with their exhibitions and institutional operations. Lindsay is active in the pro bono arts community in New York, helping creative individuals and organizations with their legal needs.
Alexandra Darraby
Founder & Principal
The Art Law Firm
Alexandra Darraby is a founder and principal of The Art Law Firm, a leading authority on arts, new media, technology, intellectual property, estates and trusts, insurance and risk management, and architecture. She advises collectors, curators, corporations, government agencies, insurance brokers and insureds on valuation, collection maintenance and management, exhibition and museum loans, and cross-border trade and duty.
Ms. Darraby authored the seminal art appraisal and valuation materials, taught appraisal law for the American Society of Appraisers, and the Appraisers Association of America, represents clients on valuation and appraisals on transactions and in court, and mediation. Comments, podcasts and interviews on the art markets, conservation, appraisal, museums and more appear in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Art&Auction, Newsweek.com, MSNBC.com, NPR The World, Smithsonian Institution. Ms. Darraby is a consultant and court appointed expert on criminal and civil matters and served as an art specialist in Russia for the U.S. Department of State, and a consultant to other federal and local governmental offices. Ms. Darraby is invited keynote around the world.
Ms. Darraby Chairs Ethics and is Founding Chair of New Media for the ABA, International Section, Governing Committee for the Forum on Entertainment & Sports, Officer of the California State Bar International Section and incoming Vice-Chair, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Entertainment Sports Law Journal. Former professor Darraby is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate, a B.A. from UCLA, a JurisDoctor from Boalt Hall, and a Master of Arts in East Asia from Berkeley. A Visiting Professor at University of Maine Law School and an adjunct at Pepperdine Law School, Ms. Darraby is the author of the comprehensive legal treatise anchoring the field, ART, ARTIFACT, ARCHITECTURE & MUSEUM LAW (Vol. 1 & 2: 18th ed.) published by Thomson Reuters West.
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