An entertainment lawyer is able to guide you in many different areas of the law, including:

• Contracts negotiations, including talent contracts, publishing contracts, etc.;
• Intellectual Property (Copyrighting the works that clients have created);
• Employment  and Labor law issues;
• Arbitration, Mediation, and other forms of ADR, when necessary;
• Drafting and negotiating external deals, including endorsement contracts;
• Representing clients during libel, slander, and other legal actions.

Entertainment law, also called media law, extends into many different forms of entertainment, including television broadcasts, radio broadcasts, stage acting, film acting, book writing, screenplay writing, other literary works, artwork, design works, musical lyrics, musical songs, multimedia works, sports athletes, and agents. 

An experienced entertainment law attorney is also well equipped for expanding into other new forms of entertainment.  An example of the evolving entertainment industry is the continued rapid growth of the internet.  It is certainly conceivable that in the near future, internet stars could need representation from an entertainment attorney.