Known as "The Indie Lawyer®” for the work he does with independent record labels and artists across the country, Nick Nanton has been named “Best of the Bar” and referred to as “One of Orlando’s Top 10 Young and Powerful,” but prior to becoming an Entertainment Attorney, Nick spent more than a decade in the entertainment industry as an award winning songwriter and television producer. This background of diverse experience, coupled with a deep understanding of the artistic process, allows Nick to bring a level of expertise to the entertainment industry that few of his peers share. Along with spending time on both sides of the mixing board, Nick has also spent time on both sides of the negotiating table, representing recording artists as well as record labels… and everything in between.

An avid guitarist, songwriter and producer Nick has enjoyed great success including: co-writing the the 2004 Windrift Songwriting Contest grand prize winning song, Daddy's Little Girl, which received radio play on over 50 stations in 20 states and was the most requested song 3 weeks in a row in several major markets. Nick's work has been featured on Prime Time televsion and he has produced songs and worked on projects with a “who’s who” in the music business. Nick also produced an album entitled "I Won't Give Up” to raise money for Stop Children's Cancer, and co-wrote the title track which led to the song being performed in Times Square in front of over 80,000 people and was chosen as the theme song for the American Cancer Society’s “Reaching out to Cancer Kids” video.

Co-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 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 is known as a taste-maker in the entertainment industry 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 also developed the first online a-la-carte digital music download store for independent musicians in 2003, which was later sold to one of the largest online independent music retailers in 2005.

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.

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