Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Francesca Obi A. is currently working as an Arbitrator at FINRA and Senior Counsel at New York City Law Department. With a background in law, Francesca Obi has also served as an Attorney and Mediator at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and held various legal internships. Francesca is a Board Member and former Curation Lead at FIGMENT Project. Francesca Obi holds a Doctor of Law degree in Intellectual Property Law from Cardozo School of Law.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
VLA delivers legal services and educational programming to over ten-thousand visual and performing artists each year. For more information please visit our website at www.vlany.org, or call our Art Law Line at 212.319.2787 ext.1 Company Overview VLA serves artists and arts organizations in every discipline, including: acting, animation, architecture, book making, choreography, composition, three-dimensional design, costume design, craft and folk arts, dance, directing, fashion, film, graphic design, installation art, literary arts, modeling, multi-media, music, photography, playwriting, poetry, printmaking, screenwriting, sculpture, songw...riting, theater, video arts, video game design, visual arts, and web design. Access to VLA’s pro bono legal services is available to low-income artists and nonprofit arts organizations. VLA's other services and programs are open to the entire arts community. For more information about VLA's services, please call the Art Law Line at 212·319·ARTS (2787), ext. 1