About me

Candice Kersh is a partner in the Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. This year, Ms. Kersh was recognized as the 2014 New York “Advertising Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America, the first woman to receive this recognition. Ms. Kersh represents many leading advertising and promotions agencies, as well as some of the country’s largest advertisers. Her experience and creativity combine to make her one of the nation’s go-to lawyers for all issues of advertising and marketing law, including drafting and negotiating agency-client agreements, structuring branded entertainment deals, advising on emerging technology transactions and platforms, and helping major brands overcome legal hurdles to advance some of the world’s most celebrated and innovative advertising campaigns. She practices in all areas of advertising, marketing and promotion law, and regularly advises on copy review, network clearance, talent, music, and license agreements, agency-client agreements, advertising challenges, sweepstakes and promotions, copyrights and trademarks, and new and creative ways of getting paid for creative work. Ms. Kersh has also acted as production counsel on independent feature films, and negotiated agreements for motion picture writers, directors and performers. She handles celebrity endorsement deals, corporate sponsorship agreements, product placements, and licensing arrangements with studios and music companies. In 2008, she also became the first lawyer ever named to the prestigious Advertising Age “Women to Watch” list; and has been recognized by Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and the Legal 500 and named a New York area "Super Lawyer" each of the past few years by Super Lawyer magazine. 

Specialities: Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations, Branded Entertainment, Celebrity Branding, Executive Compensation and Employment, Intellectual Property