Clinton Ford Billups Jr.
Entertainment Expert Consultant and Witness

Services, Expertise and Experience

​​​​​​Clinton Ford Billups Jr. is an expert consultant and witness who based on his 50-plus years of experience and specialized knowledge in the entertainment industry is competent to advise legal counsel, evaluate cases, provide expert affidavits, opinions, reports and depositions and testify in administrative or arbitration hearings and in court on entertainment trade customs, usage and practices related to artists, personal managers, talent agents, and others engaged in entertainment, media and the performing arts, including:


  • Artist management and development.
  • Arts & Cultural Affairs Law (State of New York, General Business Law, Article 37).
  • Author and Publisher Agreements.
  • California Fee-Related Talent Services (State of California Labor Code §1701 et seq.).
  • California Talent Agencies Act “TAA” (State of California Labor Code §1700 et seq.).
  • Concert, trade show, and live event production. 
  • Duties, responsibilities, and role of artists, personal managers, talent agents, and others engaged in entertainment, media, and the performing arts.
  • Ethical standards for artists, personal managers, and talent agents.
  • Personal management contracts.
  • Personal manager compensation conditions, rates, and terms.
  • Personal manager post-termination compensation.
  • State licensing requirements for personal managers and talent agents.
  • Television production and distribution.
  • Trade customs, usage, and practices for the entertainment industry.
  • Other matters related to the entertainment industry.


"Billups, who has over 50 years' experience in the entertainment industry as both a performer, manager of various artists, including musical artists, and as the President of the National Conference of Personal Managers since 2002, is sufficiently qualified to render an opinion as to entertainment industry standards."


Hon. Christine P. O'Hearn, United States District Judge

K.G. et al v. Owl City et al. (U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey)



Clinton Ford Billups Jr. has consulted with litigants and their attorneys in entertainment arbitration and litigation, including:


  • Gaines and Magnolia Brands v. Westport Entertainment (American Arbitration Association, Austin, TX)


  • K.G. et al v. Owl City et al. (U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey)


  • Gregory Page v. David Belenzon Management (JAMS, San Diego)


  • Seven Summits Pictures & Management LLC v. Zooey Deschanel (Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles)


  • National Conference of Personal Managers v. Edmund G. Brown Jr. et al. (U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit).


  • Meagher et al. v Goodfriend et al. (67th District Court, Tarrant County, State of Texas)


  • Harrison v. Harrison (State of Nevada, Eighth Judicial District Court).


  • Gonor v. Dale et al. (State of Nevada, Eighth Judicial District Court).


  • Raymond v. Fator (State of Nevada, Eighth Judicial District Court).


  • Marathon v. Blasi (California Supreme Court).


  • Karaszek v. Blonsky (New York Supreme Court, Nassau County).


  • Preston v. Ferrer (U. S. Supreme Court).


  • Siegel v. Bradstreet (U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit).


  • Greenky v. Aytes (New York Supreme Court, New York County).