Greg Kanaan is the founder and Managing Attorney of The Legal Artist, PLLC. Greg is an experienced intellectual property and entertainment attorney and has been representing creative professionals for over ten years.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Greg was a television producer, producing documentary series for Discovery Channel, Court TV, TLC, and A&E, among others. He studied film and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002.
In 2009, Greg enrolled at Northeastern University School of Law to get a better sense of how the entertainment business worked. He quickly became an expert on entertainment and art law and built his practice exclusively around filmmakers, artists, and other creative people. Greg is licensed to practice law in Connecticut and New York.
Now based out of New Haven county in Connecticut, Greg represents clients across a wide spectrum of creative fields, including film and television production companies, app developers, writers, performers, visual artists, designers, architects, and more. Not only does Greg provide legal services and counsel, he also speaks regularly at colleges, non-profit art organizations, and professional design associations about how the law affects their artistic endeavors.
In his spare time, Greg is a film buff, cyclist, writer, and instant film photographer. He lives in Milford, CT with his wife and daughters.
