Tad Crawford served as General Counsel to the Graphic Artists Guild and taught law for artists at the School of Visual Arts. He is the author of numerous books for creative professionals, including The Artist-Gallery Partnership and Business and Legal Forms for Artists. Other books by him include The Secret Life of Money and the novel titled A Floating Life. The founder and publisher of Allworth Press, he lives in New York City.

M. J. Bogatin is a founding member of the San Francisco Bay Area law firm of Bogatin, Corman & Gold. For over forty years, his practice has emphasized art, entertainment, and intellectual property law. His visual arts practice includes representation of artists with large public art commissions and moral rights litigation claims. He has served as Chairman of the Board of California Lawyers for the Arts and as general counsel to many nonprofit arts organizations. He maintained a bLAWg on visual art licensing for several years, and regularly serves as a featured speaker on artists' legal rights for both live audiences and in webcasts online.