Maximilian T Hass
Business, IP & Entertainment Law in Denver, CO
Max Hass is Counsel with Parlatore Law Group and brings significant experience in the areas of intellectual property and entertainment law, while additionally focusing on copyright & trademark law, business law, intellectual property litigation, and commercial litigation.
Mr. Hass brings a wide breadth of experience to his practice. A musician himself, he has worked with dozens of musicians, artists, filmmakers, and small businesses in the creative sector. Additionally, he has developed and presented a series of copyright workshops for musicians, visual artists, and filmmakers over the last five years. He has been invited to speak on intellectual property and entertainment industry matters at the University of New Orleans, Tulane University, New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC), the Joan Mitchell Center, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, and numerous music conferences and events.
Outside of practicing law, Max spends his time reading, playing bass, drums, and guitar, writing music, and learning piano. He also enjoys cooking, yoga, and getting outdoors as much as possible. He is conversational in French and is learning Spanish.
He is an active member of the Colorado Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association. As a member of the Colorado Bar Association, he also sits on the Executive Council of the Sports & Entertainment Section.
He is admitted to practice in Colorado, Louisiana and New York, in addition to the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York.
He is originally from upstate New York and currently lives in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
Only for copyright or trademark infringement matters. Not offered in all cases; please contact me for a consultation to discuss further. -
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
I accept payment by PayPal, cash, and check. Initial consultations are $50 for the first hour. Standard hourly rate is $150/hour. I do offer flat fees for certain kinds of work - please contact me for more details.
- Colorado
- Colorado Supreme Court
- ID Number: 53766
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- Louisiana
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- ID Number: 36869
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 5709787
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- English: Spoken, Written
- French: Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Counsel
- Parlatore Law Group, LLP
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- Continuing my practice in business, intellectual property, and entertainment law with a team of partners and admin staff that allow me to do much more than I was able to do as a solo practitioner.
- Founder & Managing Attorney
- Hass Law, LLC
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- Expanded the entertainment and IP offerings of Action Potential Entertainment to cover a broader scope of business and intellectual property law for individuals and businesses. Maintaining an active arts/entertainment law practice.
- Associate Attorney
- Egenberg Trial Lawyers, APLC
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- Handled personal injury matters from pre-litigation through pre-trial and trial preparation. Answered written discovery, interfaced with clients, negotiated settlements, prepared depositions, drafted motions and memoranda in opposition for court filings.
- Founder & Managing Attorney
- Action Potential Entertainment, LLC
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- In December 2017, I converted the business to a law firm, focused on entertainment and intellectual property matters for independent artists.
- Principal, Artist Manager and Booking Agent
- Action Potential Entertainment
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- Before converting the firm to a law firm, the business named Action Potential Entertainment was an artist management firm and booking agency.
- Contract Attorney
- Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert
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- Document review for a large environmental lawsuit
- Contract Attorney
- Napper Law
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- Worked as assistant to production counsel for the pre-production legal work needed for an independent film
- Intern
- Entertainment Law Legal Assistance Project
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- Summer Associate
- Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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- Intellectual Property Law Intern
- New Orleans BioInnovation Center
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- Tulane University School of Law
- J.D. (2015) | Entertainment Law, Copyright Law, Trademark Law
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- Honors: CALI Excellence Award
- Activities: Tulane Law Review, Tulane Entertainment and Arts Law Society, Entertainment Law Legal Assistance (ELLA) Project
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- University of Pennsylvania
- B.A. (2011) | Cognitive Science, Music
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- CALI Excellence for the Future Award
- The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
- Given out to the student in each law school course who obtains the highest grade in that course for that semester. I received this award for the course "Comparative Law in Practice."
- Colorado Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Member, IP Section & Cannabis Section
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- Denver Bar Association
- Member
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- First Judicial District Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
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- New York State Bar Association # 974351
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Member of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law (EASL) Section
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- Federal Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
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- Louisiana State Bar Association # 36869
- Member
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- Copyright Basics for New Orleans Creative Community, World IP Day, New Orleans, LA
- Copyright Alliance
- Sponsored by the Copyright Alliance and the ELLA Project
- Copyright & Contract Basics for Musicians, Songs on the Bayou Festival, Morgan City, LA
- Road to 3rd Street Productions
- Copyright & Contract Basics for Visual Artists, NOVAC Creative Freelancer Workshop, Baton Rouge, LA
- New Orleans Video Access Center
- Copyright & Contract Basics for Visual Artists, New Orleans, LA
- Where Y'Art
- Website
- Max's page at Parlatore Law Group, LLP
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