Anthony V. Lupo
Anthony is the Chairman of ArentFox Schiff and practices primarily in the entertainment, fashion, and technology industries.

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Anthony’s diverse client base includes WarnerBros. Discovery, Pixar, and Oprah Winfrey Network in the entertainment industry; Diane von Furstenberg, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Fila, Lacoste, Diesel, and Christian Louboutin in the fashion industry; and Tesla, PlayStation, and LG in the technology space. For fashion and retail industry clients, Anthony often acts as their US general counsel. He hosts the number one fashion legal blog, Fashion Counsel, and Forbes recently recognized him as the ‘father of fashion law.’ For entertainment and technology industry companies, Anthony’s work focuses on intellectual property and advertising.
In addition to his work in the fashion industry, Anthony is considered a leader in the retail and e-commerce space. Anthony was named one of the top three retail and e-commerce lawyers in the United States by Law360. He has long been recognized as one of the premier intellectual property attorneys in the country. Chambers USA recognizes him as one of a few Tier 1 lawyers for intellectual property in Washington, DC, the Washington Business Journal regards him as the District’s number one IP attorney, and World Trademark Review 1000 noted Anthony as “top-tier counsel” in both the contentious and non-contentious work. The Washington Post reported that Anthony is making a “career out of breaking the mold of a typical DC regulatory lawyer” while maintaining a “bustling entertainment practice that could rival that of a California firm.”
Anthony is the Chairman of the firm and leads the Fashion & Retail group.
Fashion Counsel
Fashion Counsel’s Executive Video Series offers analysis and pivotal points of law impacting Fashion executives. Our host Anthony Lupo, Chairman of ArentFox Schiff and leader of the firm’s Fashion & Retail group, conducts one-on-one interviews with fashion CEOs and business leaders.
Client Work
Media and Entertainment
Anthony represents clients in all aspects of the entertainment business, including clearances of rights, content agreements, production agreements, music, and media distribution agreements, international market entry, and protection and litigation of intellectual property rights. His clients in this space include Pixar Animation Studios, Discovery Channel, Oprah Winfrey Network, PlayStation, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, and LG.
His work in this field has been praised by those inside and outside the legal industry:
- Chambers USA describes Anthony as the “go-to” intellectual property lawyer on the East Coast for television and movie studios.
- Legal 500 reports that Anthony “has an excellent reputation as relationship partner to marquee clients” and that the practice has “a fantastic reputation within the entertainment sector.”
Anthony has a great deal of experience in enforcing and protecting post-mortem publicity rights, including representing the estate of Albert Einstein, the Wright Brothers, and Steve McQueen.
Fashion
Anthony is considered a preeminent fashion law attorney and is the host of Fashion Counsel, the premier industry blog. He serves as outside general counsel for many high-end European fashion and luxury goods companies handling corporate, real estate, employment, class action, national and global distribution, fulfillment, and California-specific litigation (Prop 65, wage and hour, and false claims and unfair competition). His fashion and luxury goods clients include Diane von Furstenberg, Lacoste, Diesel, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Fila, Christian Louboutin, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Geox, Benetton, Sisley, Camper, DSquared, Just Cavalli, and Maison Margiela.
General IP and Advertising
In addition to advising his fashion and entertainment clients, he has a robust advertising, privacy, and data security practice providing guidance on developing and implementing global data privacy and security policies and procedures for many leading companies, including WarnerBros. Discovery, Tesla, Ferrari, PlayStation, Lacoste, LG Electronics, and PwC. In this regard, he advises clients on intellectual property issues, false advertising, substantiation, data collection, privacy, data security, and privacy as it relates to children. Anthony also represents Tesla, LG, Mars, and PlayStation on advertising and e-commerce matters, including platform agreements, clearing advertising claims, and defending these clients at the courts and NAD.
Notably, Anthony is one of the few attorneys working with foreign governments to revise their intellectual property laws, which includes:
- Assisting the Indonesian government in revising its intellectual property laws to comply with GATT
- Advising the Saudi Arabian government on international intellectual property issues in its effort to join the WTO
- Advising the Egyptian government on revising its intellectual property laws Accordion Toggle
Anthony serves on the board of directors for the Smithsonian National Zoo, Discovery Channel Global Education Fund, Rutgers University Center for Business of Fashion, and Lacoste.
Publications, Presentations & Recognitions
Anthony appears regularly on TV as an entertainment and technology legal professional and is frequently quoted by newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Industry Standard, and The Los Angeles Times. He has also testified before Congress on the issue of e-commerce.
Anthony’s numerous speaking engagements include:
- “Is Artificial Intelligence ‘In Fashion’ in Fashion?” ASIPI Conference (Guatemala)
- “The New World of Health Care & AI,” Medical Staff Leaders and the Law Conference (Costa Mesa)
- “Fireside Chat with Stuart Weitzman,” Young Jewish Professionals Event (New York) Accordion Toggle
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Education
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Masters of Law, 1993Howard University School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1990George Mason University, BA, 1987