Background
Colfin, Bruce Elliott was born on June 9, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham and Sylvia (Laykin) Colfin.
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Bruce Elliott Colfin
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Bachelor, CUNY, 1977; Juris Doctor, New York Law School, 1980.
Career
Audio engineer, Snowball Sound Systems, N. Bergen, New Jersey, 1974-1977; producer, director cable television program, What's On, New York City, 1976-1984; stage manager Peter Tosh United States tour, Rolling Stones Records, 1978; vice president, producer, Upswing Artists Management, New York City, 1979-1986; president, producer, director, LegalVision, Inc., New York City, 1982-1987; partner, Jacobson & Colfin, New York City and Washington, 1985-1990; member, Jacobson & Colfin, Professional Corporation, New York City and Washington, since 1990; president, Fifth Avenue Media, Ltd., New York City, since 1996. Speaker Discovery Center, New York, 1st Annual Musicians Seminar, Long Island, New York Law School Media Law Society, 1986. Visiting lecturer State University of New York, Oneonta, since 1988.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Bar Association (commission on entertainment sports law, subcommittee chairman patent, trademark and copyright committee 1989, subcommittee chairman international law and practice, international intellectual property rights committee, special subcommittee on multimedia since 1994, editorial advisor publications committee international law section 1990-1992,Executive Committee entertainment law circuit 1989-1991), New York State Bar Association (entertainment, arts and sports law section, commission on talent agys. and talent management, commission on rights of publicity since 1994), Nassau County Bar Association, Speaker's Bureau (entertainment and sports law committee), Copyright Society United States of America (editorial board 1986-1988).
Interests
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Avocations: traveling, writing, stamp collecting, hockey. E-mail: [email protected].
Connections
Married Virginia Mary Faszczewski, September 27, 1981.
