Jonathan Lyons is a publishing attorney based in New York, specializing in publishing law and other intellectual property matters. His clients include book, magazine, newspaper, audio, video and electronic publishers, authors, agents, distributors, and artists, among other publishing industry businesses and professionals.

Jonathan delivers regular lectures on publishing agreements at conferences across the country, and has previously taught a course on publishing contracts for Mediabistro.com.

Jonathan completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Washington University in St. Louis. A member of the New York State Bar since 2001, he earned a Juris Doctor degree at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society.

His areas of practice include: literary agency agreements, book contracts, character licensing, clearances, collaboration agreements, copyright, electronic publishing, intellectual property law, licensing law, permissions, print media, publishing law, work-for-hire agreements, and more.

The legal services provided by Jonathan I. Lyons, Esq. are distinct from the agency services provided by Lyons Literary LLC. Literary agency clients are not legal clients of Jonathan I. Lyons, Esq. and any agency services provided shall not be legal services.

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