Michael Quinn is a partner at Eisenberg & Baum, LLP where he heads the firm’s Arts & Culture Practice Group that specializes in working within all creative disciplines.

Michael advises Arts & Culture clients on legal, business and private matters including:

• artist-gallery relations;
• commercial licensing and usage rights for art works and artists;
• acquisitions and divestiture of art objects;
• estate planning and administration of trusts, estates and family collections;
• business management;
• intellectual property disputes; and
• public relations and advocacy management.

Michael is a founding board member of P.A.I.N. (sacklerpain.org) – a non-profit acting to end the opioid epidemic and the stigma of addiction –  and he serves as the co-chair of the ACRIA Advisory Council (acria.org)— a community-based AIDS service organization. He has commented and contributed his expertise in various publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, Variety, and Vice. Michael is a graduate of Cornell University and the Albany Law School.

Arts & Culture Practice

Eisenberg & Baum serves the multifaceted needs of Arts & Culture clients ranging from drafting complex contracts and advisory to overseeing production and execution of artist projects.

What We Do

Trust & Estate Planning

We regularly advise clients on all aspects of legal and tax issues related to estate planning, and in postmortem administration.

Transactional & Advisory

We approach transactional work holistically, recognizing that every issue and negotiation is unique but interconnected.

Litigation

We proficiently defend the rights of artists and cultural organizations.