Background
Colton, Edward E. was born on July 21, 1905 in Australia.
Colton, Edward E. was born on July 21, 1905 in Australia.
New Jersey Law School (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1927).
Worked at Kaufmann, Feiner, Yamin, Gildin & Robbins Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Entertainment Law, Theater, Motion Pictures and Television, Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1928, New New York 1931, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York
1946, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1950, United States. Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit.
Recipient, Award of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, New York State Bar Association, "Foreign more than 60 years of Outstanding Service to the Entertainment Bar," January, 1993.
Author: "Contracts in the Entertainment and Literary Fields," Commerce Clearing House Volume, Copyright Problems Analyzed, 1953. "Negotiating Motion Picture Deals and Contracts," a six part article appearing in the New York Law Journal, September 9 to October 14, 1988.
Visiting Lecturer: New York University Law School, 1959-1977. Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1963 and published in the Ninth Annual Program on the Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry.
Motion Picture Negotiator, appointed by the Dramatists Guild, Incorporated., 1938.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Copyright, 1951-1954).
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Copyright, 1951-1954).