Howard Leib, Esq., is an intellectual property and entertainment attorney, an educator, and a consultant with his own practice in both New York City and Ithaca, NY. He offers a full range of legal services, with specialties in entertainment, corporate, and trademark and copyright law, including litigation.
Through the years, Professor Leib has worked with artists such as Whitney Houston, B.B. King, KISS, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Bobby McFerrin, and Judy Collins. Corporate clients have included MCA, BMG, Atlantic Records, Arista Records, Rhino Entertainment, Shout Factory Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox. As a consultant, Professor Leib has worked with companies such as Nickelodeon, Rhino, and Golden Books Family Entertainment.
Professor Leib teaches both Entertainment Law and Music Law at Cornell University Law School; Entertainment Law, Music Law, and Trademark Law at Syracuse University College of Law; and Entertainment Law and Music Law at Touro Law Center. Professor Leib also teaches on a variety of legal topics to Chinese students through the Neoscholar and GEC programs as well as to Polish and Ukrainian students through the Center on American Studies.
Professor Leib holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Urban Studies from Columbia University. He received a Juris Doctor with honors from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he worked on both the Law Review and the Law Revue and was a member of the Moot Court Board. Professor Leib lives in Ithaca, NY, with his wife Marcie.