Description

Join the VO Industry’s top legal resource, Rob Sciglimpaglia, and learn the sometimes mysterious legalities behind the voice over industry and how to navigate the business without fear of legal action.

Topics to be covered:
 – Corporate structure
 – Contracts including NDAs and confidentiality agreements
 – AI: The complex world of Artificial Intelligence and how to protect yourself

PLUS! a live Q&A to answer all your VO Legal questions!

Join Rob and learn how to make sure you stay legal in your voiceover business!

When: Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
Duration: 1.5 Hours (5pm – 6:30pm PT / 8pm – 9:30pm ET)
Format: Zoom: Recorded and Available To Watch Later
Investment: $49 (10% discount with GVAA Membership!)

Bio

Robert has appeared on National Television many times. He is best known as the DAD on the 2012 Chevy SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL, HAPPY GRAD. Robert’s very first venture into the acting field was a show called “American Experience: Hijacked!” which aired nationally on PBS-TV and was narrated by Campbell Scott.

Besides television, he has done many film projects in leading or supporting roles. He has produced 35 films and television projects, and acted in several, including “Bathtub Chronicles” and “Within and Without” where he won several best actor awards, and the films won hundreds of festival awards. He is currently involved on the production side for “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway.

Robert has done on camera or voice overs for many recognizable brand names. Perhaps his most prominent VO project to date was as the director of the sessions for BIXBY, the voice of the Samsung Galaxy phones and products.
Robert is also the author of the book “Voice Over Legal”, which hit #1, on the Amazon Best Seller List for Entertainment Law Books. He successfully represented Bev Standing in her lawsuit against TikTok in the US Federal Court, Southern District of New York, and has been at the forefront of artificial intelligence issues as it pertains to voice over and entertainment. Besides owning his own law firm, he owns a full fledged production company called Belair Productions, LLC, and a marketing company called Belair Creative, LLC.
As far as Robert’s educational background, he graduated cum laude from the University of Connecticut, with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Political Science, and he attended and graduated from Pace University School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree. He passed the Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania bar exams on his first attempt and was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1991, where he has practiced law ever since. Robert hosted a local radio program back in the mid 1990’s called “The Law Show”, and more recently, hosted a radio show called “Ask the Lawyer.”