About Attorney Tamera H. Bennett

Trademark, Copyright and Entertainment Lawyer Tamera Bennett, nicknamed by her clients as the IP quarterback, develops strategies to protect and leverage each client’s intellectual property. She works closely with her clients to implement customized brand management programs. Her clients range from rock star to leadership coach and financial guru to custom motorcycle designer.

Tamera is a licensed attorney in Texas and Tennessee.  Tamera Bennett’s law office is located in the Dallas / Fort Worth suburb of Lewisville, Texas.  She assists clients across Texas in locations such as  Denton, Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Grapevine, Carrollton, Plano,  Austin, San Antonio, Houston  and  in Nashville, Tennessee.

On the entertainment side of Tamera Bennett’s practice, the primary focus is administration of music publishing and master recording catalogs. Because of lawyer Tamera Bennett’s extensive background in music publishing and specifically in working with the 1909 Copyright Act, the focus is on “estate” catalogs

In the more traditional practice areas of trademark and copyright law, Tamera advises clients on the proper selection and maintenance of trademarks. Additionally, she manages her client’s trademark and copyright portfolios.

Tamera was published in the Texas Lawyer on the topic of entertainment contracts with minors and in the Texas Wesleyan Law Review regarding exclusive songwriter agreements. Tamera’s article “2003 = The New Millennium for Copyright” on the topic of termination of transfers under the 1909 and 1976 Copyright Acts has been published in four resources: the materials for the 2003 and 2004 Legal & Business Aspects of the Film & Music Industries CLE; teaching materials for the UCLA Music Business course; and the September 2003 California Copyright Conference Newsletter.

Tamera is on the board of governors for the Texas Chapter of the Grammy Association, past chair of the State Bar of Texas Entertainment & Sports Law section, a founding board member of the Women Business Owners of Denton County, and a former adjunct professor at Dallas Baptist University. Tamera frequently lectures to attorneys and business owners on intellectual property and entertainment law matters. In addition to her law practice, Tamera is the owner and president of Farm To Market Music, LLC a full service song administration company.

Tamera Bennett received her law degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and her undergraduate degree in Recording Industry Studies from Middle Tennessee State University.

Tamera was named a “2006 Best Lawyer in Dallas Under 40″ by D Magazine.