Marissa Crespo is an entertainment and business law attorney, author, and entrepreneur. As the principal of Crespo Law Office, P.C., she represents entertainment content creators, multi-national publicly traded companies, private corporations, and media conglomerates in complex commercial deals and entertainment transactions.
Acknowledging her passion to bring more of a personable approach as a lawyer, while leveraging her previous corporate experience working for an AmLaw 100 firm, Ms. Crespo chose a more entrepreneurial path in starting her own law firm to provide premium quality representation, with a culture centered on exceptional customer service and professionalism. Noted as the self-proclaimed "The Culture Curator®" she creatively crafts and curates intellectual property works from a legal perspective to help protect the cultural narrative and voices of her clients. Whether she is representing more conservative corporations or more progressive, entrepreneurial content creators and companies, Ms. Crespo provides a chameleon-style approach to adapt to the short-term and long-term business goals of each client.
In the entertainment industry, Ms. Crespo has been involved in deals for television shows on major networks such as NBC, VH1, Bravo, and WE tv, including such shows as Love and Hip-Hop and the Real Housewives franchises, and has negotiated development deals for scripted and unscripted television shows and films. She has negotiated brand sponsorships and IP licensing deals on behalf of writers, and new media adult and kid influencers, secured the registration and SAG-AFTRA franchising of minority and women-owned talent agencies and management firms throughout the country, and has successfully drafted and negotiated film deals for directors, writers, actors, and production companies as production legal counsel on films that have premiered at Tribeca and Sundance.
A frequent writer and panelist on entertainment-related issues, Ms. Crespo has been published by Thomson Reuters and in leading entertainment trade journals such as Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts and the New York Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Journal, and is currently a freelance writer for Screencraft, and is a member of the Authors Guild.
Bar Admissions:
New York, New Jersey, Georgia
Certifications:
Fashion Law Certificate, Fordham Law School
Giget C. Johnson graduated from Clark Atlanta University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, with both a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Master of Science degree. She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, located in Macon, Georgia. Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 2002, Giget is authorized to practice law in both state and federal courts, at both trial and appellate levels. She is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, the U.S. District Court in the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh and Sixth Circuits. Giget is a registered sports agent.
Timia works in general liability litigation, defending clients in a variety of commercial matters including product liability, premises liability and toxic torts. Additionally, she has experience in the areas of labor and employment law. Timia has provided a broad array of labor and employment legal services for clients including counseling and advice, litigation and arbitration defense, responding to charges filed with government agencies, and conducting workplace investigations related to employees’ claims of discrimination and retaliation. She has also provided in-house legal services on secondment.
Timia earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she competed on the National Moot Court Team, served as a notes editor for the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law and participated in the law school’s Prosecutorial Justice Clinic.
During law school, she also interned for the Honorable Sara Doyle, presiding judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, where she researched various substantive and procedural legal issues, drafted judicial opinions and orders and prepared bench memoranda in preparation for oral arguments.
Credentials
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- Middle District of Georgia
- Georgia Supreme Court
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of Georgia School of Law, 2019
- The Order of Barristers
- Moot Court Team
- The Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court
- Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 46, Notes Editor
- Prosecutorial Justice Clinic, Western-Judicial Circuit, Special Victims Unit
- Davenport-Benham Black Law Student Association, Secretary
- Pin Point Scholarship Recipient
- B.A., summa cum laude, Business Economics, Georgia State University, 2015
- Student Judicial Board, Justice
- United Kingdom Hospitality Study Abroad Program
- Golden Key Honors Society
Community Involvement
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
- Gate City Bar Association
- Atlanta Bar Association
Attorney Fair is an Atlanta area native, hailing from College Park, Georgia where she attended high school at Benjamin Banneker. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Georgia Southern University. Attorney Fair received her law degree from Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, where she served as President of the Black Student Law Association.
Attorney Fair has worked in several different legal capacities, including but not limited to: starting her legal career interning at the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office; as an Attorney for Henry County Family and Children Services; as well as other Criminal, Personal Injury, and Family Law Associate positions in Metro-Atlanta.
Attorney Fair wanted to start a law firm with the core values she lives by: loyalty, honesty, and integrity. These are the qualities you can count on at The Fair Law Firm. Attorney Fair wanted a firm she could believe in, benefiting both the clients and the Attorneys working on the case.
As a native of the metro Atlanta area, Attorney Fair has several ties to the community and a very strong desire to give back in the area that has graciously invested in her over the years. She is a member of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, The Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, The Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, a member of The Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Association, and has served as a Mock Trial Judge for Empire, helping to shape the young legal minds of the future.
Attorney Fair believes strongly in fairness, quality representation, and helping her clients achieve their goals. Consequently, she strives to make sure all her clients are treated as individuals with separate needs. Attorney Fair has successfully litigated hundreds of cases as a former prosecutor and as a defense attorney, giving her a unique edge when it comes to representing her client needs.
She believes strongly in fighting tirelessly to achieve the best outcomes for her clients. Attorney Fair is also a Certified Mediator. She is extremely skilled at negotiation and getting excellent results short of trial: however, she is not afraid of the courtroom and will passionately litigate for her clients. At The Fair Law Firm, your phone calls and emails are answered directly by Attorney Fair and will always be returned promptly.
In her spare time, Attorney Fair loves reading fiction novels, volunteering in the community, traveling, and spending time with her family and loved ones.
If you find yourself injured and locked into a battle with insurance companies and adjusters, you're going to need someone in your corner who is dedicated to you and your case alone. You're going to want someone who knows the law and knows your case. That person would be Attorney Ken Lanier. 'I wanted to enter law because I really wanted to make a difference in my community,' said Attorney Lanier. Ken dedicates his time to just one area of practice, personal injury. It's his 100% dedication to that area of law, that makes him the ideal person to defend your rights. 'I don't focus on other areas of law. I specialize and focus strictly on personal injury law. It allows me to have an expertise that I can use to provide a great outcome for my clients.' That expertise comes to life when he's advocating for his clients. 'I'm not just trying to make them whole, but maximizing their case.' A graduate of Jackson State, proud member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity incorporated and dedicated family man, Attorney Lanier takes his job and his clients seriously. When he wins, you win. 'I'm committed and dedicated to helping folks. People get blitzed with ads and blurbs on the radio about attorneys, but I'm an attorney you can trust, and that you know is working with you for your best interest to ensure that you get your maximum settlement or judgment.'