Connie is a literary and copyright/trademark lawyer with 43 years of experience.
Check out her website at www.literaryattorney.com. Contact her at 602-277-8100.

Connie performs "vetting" or pre-publication legal review of manuscripts on a flat fee basis. Her process and fee structure is available at www.literaryattorney.com. She performs a comprehensive review for 17 possible topics/legal issues that may be implicated in connection with a manuscript. From memoirs to academic titles, Connie works closely with authors and publishers to minimize risk and exposure to legal liability. She prepares a custom disclaimer and copyright page and also provides several useful forms and information to clients. She is AI saavy and provides guidance on AI implications for copyrights as a part of the vetting services.

In addition, she routinely reviews and negotiates publishing contracts, prepares collaborator and Ghostwriter agreements, illustrator agreements, and many more.

She is direct, no-nonsense, practical, and affordable. Copyrights and Contracts are her passion.

Connie has represented many international and NYT best-selling authors with publishing deals and book-to-movie/TV deals. She also represents musicians, songwriters, recording artists, and music publishers.

Connie is the author of the "DMCA Handbook for Online Service Providers, Websites, and Copyright Owners," published by the American Bar Association.

Connie received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, cum laude, from Gonzaga University in 1982. For over 10 years, she was an Adjunct Law Professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University teaching Copyright and Entertainment Business Contracts.

She is an early adopter of technology and continues to keep updated as to all new technological developments affecting contracts and copyrights, including AI.