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Joseph G. Pia is a partner at Pia Hoyt. Over the course of his 20-year practice, he has obtained extensive experience in intellectual property and entertainment law matters, including patents, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, copyrights, contracts, unfair business practices, partnership disputes, and related complex litigation matters.
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Pia did not set out with the intent to become a lawyer; he headed to law school just a bit later than other attorneys. “I was actually working in film production for PBS and had just been an associate producer on a 13-part series for PBS called, ‘Ancestors’ and was producing another film for PBS at the time. My wife said, ‘You can’t possibly think ...
While working at Workman Nydegger, Pia’s caseload grew and diversified in entertainment law. “The stars aligned and I connected with other like-minded attorneys who wanted to start a law firm with a different type of a structure that would allow us to grow in that area and other areas – and who were tired of what we call the slave-model in typical ...
As with so many lawyers, there were a few people in the legal field that served as role models to Pia. “There were two people; Larry Laycock, who is now a partner of Maschoff Brennan in Salt Lake City and Brent Lorimer, who is currently a partner at Workman Nydegger, were both mentors,” says Pia. “They were instrumental in cultivating my approach t...
His entertainment clients know Pia by reputation. “I’ve got a lot of practical experience in entertainment law and have been involved in nearly every aspect of film and television production since I was in college.” On the litigation, transactional and IP side of the law, most of that business comes to Pia by referral from other firms and lawyers t...
“We went from five attorneys to 20 attorneys in four offices in the last four years. I see us in the next five years being over 50 attorneys strong and probably moving into two more markets,” Pia states of the future of the firm. The founding attorneys all shared the idea of working in a collaborative environment in a forward-thinking type of law f...
Joe Pia is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the State Bar of Michigan. He has extensive experience as a tax attorney, and has worked at Coopers & Lybrand, General Motors, Hyman Lippitt and Lippitt O’Keefe, as well as Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess & Serlin, among other firms.
PIAS is wholly owned by Singapore Life Ltd. Established in 2001 and licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, PIAS is a multi-award winning financial advisory firm in Singapore. PIAS offers a diversified suite of financial services and solutions with a personalised approach.
Joseph Pia is a founding partner of the law firm PIA HOYT www.PIAHOYT.com having extensive legal and business experience, with an emphasis in high stakes complex, multi-jurisdictional...
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Joe Pia is a professor in the Accounting department at University of Detroit Mercy - see what their students are saying about them or leave a rating yourself.
