Email: kkolback@bellsouth.net

KIMBERLY D. KOLBACK is an intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks and licensing specialist), entertainment and sport lawyer located in Miami, FL. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982), and the University of Miami (J.D., 1986 (Deans List 1984, 1986)) where she was a member of the University of Miami Law Review and an Articles and Comments Editor of the University of Miami’s Entertainment and Sports Law Review. She represents local, national and international promoters, musicians, artists, authors, producers, athletes, agents and designers, in addition to private and public entertainment entities and institutions. She is a former Chair of the Florida Bar Entertainment Arts & Sport Law Section, a former Chair for the Entertainment and Sport Committee for the Dade County Bar Association, and a former Treasurer of the South Florida District Chapter of the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association. She was a recipient of the Florida Bar Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section Award of Appreciation and Recognition for 1990,1993,1996,1997, 2001 and 2002, and has served on the Executive Committee for the Tennessee, Georgia and Florida Annual Southern Regional Entertainment and Sports Law Seminar for the past 6 years. She was selected as a Leading American Attorney in the Entertainment Law Industry in 1998 and 1999, selected for listing in Who’s Who for 2002-2003 in the entertainment industry and for listing in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals for 2002-2003 and 2003-2004. Ms. Kolback presently serves as the Continuing Legal Education Chair for the Florida Bar Entertainment Arts and Sports Law Section and general counsel to the Caribbean Film Institute.

Additional publications, lectures and notables include: author--"Olympic Glory: The Business Lesson For Athletes And Their Parents,” South Florida Business Journal; author--"Unanswered Questions-Florida Statute §697.07,” Florida Bar Journal; author--“Property Rights-Athletes Await The Call From The Referees Of The Courtrooms,” Entertainment and Sports Law Journal; lecturer--“Business Affairs in Sports Franchises And Stadiums,” Nova Southeastern University, Miami, FL; lecturer--“Consideration in Sports Venue Contracting”, Jacksonville, FL; lecturer--“Legal Issue In Entertainment Venue And Facility Contracting,” and “Current Issue In Representing Team Sport Athletes And Owners,” Miami, FL; moderator--Tenth Annual Southern Regional Entertainment And Sport Law Seminar on “Salaries, Arbitration, and Other Hot Topics in Sports,” Acapulco, Mexico; program chair--“A How-To Primer On The Entertainment Business: Protecting Clients, Building A Practice And Ethical Hot Spots” and “Legal Issues Related To Helping Your Client Publish A Novel,” Miami, FL; panelist--“Negotiating A Label Deal: Tricks Of The Trade,” Second Annual Entertainment & Sport Seminar, University of Miami School of Law, Miami, FL; chair and moderator--“First Annual Legal Symposium On The World Of Film And Television,” Miami, FL; program co-chair--“Entertainment 2000: The Second Annual Legal Symposium On The World Of Film, Television & Music,” Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; moderator--Eleventh Annual Southern Regional Entertainment And Sport Law Seminar on “Sports Issues Into Y2K,” Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; executive committee--Twelfth Annual Southern Regional Entertainment And Sport Law Seminar on “Athlete Conduct On and Off the Field,” Los Suenos, Costa Rica; panelist-- First Annual MIDAS Film Awards And Symposium on “Screen Writing For Film And Television,” Palm Beach, FL; program chair--“Music In The Digital Age” and “Sports Law--Issues For The Next Century,” Fort Lauderdale, FL; steering committee–“Site and Sound in the New Millennium, Miami, FL; executive committee and moderator--Thirteenth Annual Southern Regional Entertainment And Sport Law Seminar on “Playing the Legal Game in Sports,” Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Lecturer--Russian Consulate in NY, NY on the topic of International Licensing.