Celebrity Branding

August 5, 2008

Nick Nanton has been named "Best of the Bar" and has been referred to as "One of Orlando's Top 10 Young and Powerful," but prior to becoming an Attorney, Nick spent more than a decade immersing himself in the entertainment industry, as an award winning songwriter and producer, and surrounding himself with celebrities. He has worked on projects and negotiated deals, from large scale events to reality television shows, involving celebrities from many genres including: President George H.W. Bush, Comedian Bill Cosby, Coach Don Shula (The Miami Dolphins), Bobby Knight (Legendary College Basketball Coach), Roy Firestone (Emmy Award Winning Host of ESPN's "Up Close" and "Up Close Prime Time"), Stan Lynch (Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist, #1 Hit Songwriter and Drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Brent Maher (5 Time Grammy Winner, The Judds, Willie Nelson, Ike and Tina Turner) and many, many more. Nick has taken his years of experience with Celebrities and has "Cracked the Celebrity Code" and now teaches business owners to become celebrities in their business niche to lock out their competition.

Author of the books Celebrity Branding You and the Dicks & Nanton Business Law Library as well as the educational courses "Making More than Milk Money in the Music Business" (co-authored with Bob Baker, author of the Guerilla Music Guide to Music & Marketing) and "Blueprint to Millions," Nick is known as a taste-maker and has been featured in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, The Arizona Republic, The Dallas Morning News and many other national publications.

Nick is a Managing Director at the Law Firm of Dicks & Nanton P.A., is a member of the Florida Bar and holds a JD from the University of Florida Levin College of Law as well as a BSBA in Finance from the University of Florida's prestigious Warrington College of Business. Prior to founding Dicks & Nanton P.A., Nick served as CEO of Cinemark Music Group LLC a subsidiary of Cinemark USA, Inc., one of the largest motion picture exhibitors in North America with 3,288 screens in 33 States and Internationally, as well as CEO of Loud Entertainment LLC and Director of Business Development and Assistant Corporate Counsel for PremiereTrade LLC.

Nick is a currently a member of The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (Also Known as NARAS, Home to The GRAMMYs) and casts a vote on the annual GRAMMY Awards, is the Chairman of the Orange County Bar Association's Entertainment Law Committee, serves on the Executive Counsel of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar, the Board of the Florida Hospital Foundation and is a member of Florida Blue Key - "Florida's Oldest and Most Prestigious Leadership Honorary", National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and Golden Key National Honor Society. Nick spends his spare time rooting for the Florida Gators with his wife, Kristina, and their two sons, Brock and Bowen.