Nicholas D. Nanton, Esq.
220 E. Central Pkwy; Suite 1020
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
407-215-7737
NDNanton@DicksNanton.com

BUSINESS:

The Dicks & Nanton Companies
Dicks & Nanton P.A.: The Business Growth Lawyers®
President – 06/2006 – Present
- Dicks & Nanton P.A. is a full-service, boutique law firm that partners with its Clients to build Bands, Brands and Businesses with a focus on intellectual property, business development and entertainment law. For more information about Dicks & Nanton P.A. visit www.TheBusinessGrowthLawyers.com
Dicks + Nanton Agency LLC
CEO – 2007 – Present
- Dicks + Nanton Agency LLC celebrity brands entrepreneurs and professionals as experts in their field of business and helps them expand nationwide. JW Dicks, Esq. & Nick Nanton, Esq., attorneys by trade and entrepreneurs by choice, focus on helping their clients expand and make more money using specific proprietary systems including Exclusive Marketing Licenses™, Online Marketing Platforms™ and other creative business strategies. For more information about Dicks + Nanton Agency LLC visit www.DicksNantonAgency.com
Next Level Media LLC
Founder & President – 2007 – Present
- Next Level Media develops web presences for its clients centered on an Online Marketing Platform™ (OMP). An OMP is much more than a web site; it is a system of tools that allows businesses and entrepreneurs to leverage online content to create business, rather than most web sites which act like an online brochure and just look pretty but don’t directly convert to dollars. The OMP system will attract interested clients, gain their trust and get them to give you their information so that you can solicit their business with a methodical automated system. Next Level Media can do much more than just create a web site… they will also market your web site and take your business to the Next Level… allowing you to work “in” your business, while Next Level Media works “on” your business. For more information on Next Level Media LLC visit www.NextLevelMediaOnline.com

PremiereTrade® LLC
Director of Business Development – 07/2005 – 12/2006
Assistant Corporate Counsel – 09/2005-12/2006
Merger & Acquisition Manager – 01/2005 – 07/2005
Project Manager – 01/2004 – 12/2004
- Hired on at PremiereTrade LLC as employee number 17, promoted to Director of Business Development and Assistant Corporate Counsel in just under 2 years and was an integral part of the company’s astronomical growth to more than 100 Employees and more than $30,000,000.00 in revenue. Also led the creative team including a team of web designers and video editors and helped produce corporate productions that won 2 Telly Awards for excellence in video production.

Cinemark Music LLC
Chief Executive Officer – July 2003 - December 2004
- Cinemark Music, LLC is 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.

Loud Entertainment LLC
Chief Executive Officer – 10/2002 - Present
- Loud Entertainment is a full-service artist development firm.

Muzik101.com
Founder – 06/2003 – 10/2005
- The First Online A La Carte MP3 Music Store for Independent Musicians. Sold to www.TheConnextion.com in 2005.

NDN Productions LLC
Founder – 1998 - Present
- An advertising specialty firm that is still in operation serving clients in the United States and the Caribbean.

EDUCATION:

University of Florida – Levin College of Law – Gainesville, FL
J.D., 2004

University of Florida – Warrington College of Business – Gainesville, FL
B.S. Finance, 2001

Lake Mary High School – Lake Mary, FL
Lake Mary, FL
High School Diploma, 1998

LEADERSHIP:

Florida Bar: Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section (EASL)
o Executive Council (2007-2009 Term)

Orange County Bar: Entertainment Law Section
o Chairman (2007-2008 Term)

Florida Hospital Foundation
Board Member (January 2008-Present)

University of Florida’s Gator Growl
o The World’s Largest Student-Run Pep Rally
o Worked on the Show for 4 years and ultimately served as Assistant Producer on Gator Growl 2002 bringing Bill Cosby to the most successful Growl in University history with a capacity attendance of 58,403

Music Law Conference
o The Nation’s Premiere Conference dealing with cutting edge issues of Music and Law
o Helped produce the first Conference in 2003

Accent Speakers Bureau
o Served as Vice Chairman and helped to bring 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, Don Shula, Bobby Knight and many others to share their stories at the University of Florida.

University of Florida Homecoming
o Director of the Year 2000.

The First Annual James Dicks Financial Conference 2006
o Served as Producer and controlled a budget of more than $400,000 and created all marketing concepts, conducted marketing, developed all collateral materials and produced the entire conference including social events and main stage productions.

LECTURES/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Florida Music Festival 2007 (Orlando, FL)
o Panelist – Legal Issues in the Music Biz

GRAMMY Music Industry Summit 2007 (Orlando, FL)
o Panelist – Taking Care of Business: Financial and All-Around Wellness for Music Pros.

Inside the Music Business 2007 (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
o Panelist - Legal Eagles; Touring and Merchandising

4th Quarter Entertainment: Music Industry Seminar 2007 (Orlando, FL)
o Panelist – Legal Issues in the Music Business

Music Law Conference 2004 (Gainesville, FL)
o Panelist - Management Panel, Demo Listening Panel, Music Publishing Songwriting & Licensing

Music Law Conference 2007 (Gainesville, FL)
o Panelist – New Distribution Panel

Music Law Conference 2008 (Gainesville, FL)
o Panelist – New Markets Panel

DISTINCTIONS:

Best of the Bar 2007, Orlando Business Journal Recognized as one of the top 5% of Attorneys in Orlando as voted by Members of the Florida Bar

Orlando’s Top 10 Young & Powerful (Nominee), Orlando Style Magazine Recognizing Power Players under the age of 35 in the City of Orlando

Florida Blue Key “Florida’s Oldest and Most Prestigious Leadership Honorary”; Tapped in 2000

Telly Award for Video Production; “PTAI Stocks” 2006

Telly Award for Video Production; “Who is James Dicks” 2006

MUSIC:

- Producer, Engineer & Songwriter: “White Bread” – Longwood (2003)
o Top 20 Unsigned Bands on XM Radio Unsigned Channel
o Co-Wrote and Produced “Daddy’s Little Girl,” which picked up 49 stations in 20 states over an 8 week period, made the top 25 songs on several stations and was the most requested song 3 weeks in a row, was also chosen as the Grand Prize Winner of the 2004 Windrift International Songwriting Contest
o Produced & Engineered “Right Now,” which was chosen to appear on the X-games Winter Games DVD
o Gained National Distribution in last quarter of 2003

- Composer/Producer: American Cancer Society’s “Reaching Out to Cancer Kids” promotional video 2008.
o Theme song “I Won’t Give Up”

- Producer & Engineer: “I Won’t Give Up: Songs to Benefit STOP Children’s Cancer” – Various (2003)
o CD contained several Nationally Touring Acts including multi-platinum recording artist Ken Block of Sister Hazel and three-time GRAMMY® winner Ronny Cates.
o Co-wrote the title track, which was performed in Central Park May 1, 2004 in front of 60,000 people in Times Square, NYC to raise funds for Breast Cancer.

- Executive Producer: “Echo Radio” – The Treatment (2004)
o Featured on CBS Primetime Hit Series – “The Ghost Whisperer” starring Jennifer Love Hewitt in 2006

- Executive Producer: “My Enemy” – The Treatment (2004)
o Featured on Commercial Spots for MTV’s Hit Television Series “The Real World” in 2006

- Executive Producer: “Nothing to Say” - Michael J (2003)
o Featured on episode 9 of ABC Family’s Hit Primetime Series “Falcon Beach” in 2006

- Engineer & Producer: “Tuesday Night Demos” – John McMillan (2003)

- Executive Producer: “Stranger in You” – John McMillan (2005)

- Executive Producer: “Static Confusion” – Michael J (2002)

- Engineer & Executive Producer: “Short & Sweet” – Matt Collins (2007)

MUSIC PUBLISHING:

We Are the Boys Publishing/BMI
Next Number One Music/BMI

PUBLISHED WORKS:

- Celebrity Branding™ You Book – January 2008 (With JW Dicks Esq.)
- Blueprint to Millions™ Educational Course – October 2007 (With JW Dicks, Esq. and Chris Hurn)
- Dicks & Nanton Business Law Library – October 2007 (With JW Dicks)
- Property Management Mastery – October 2007 (with Nigel Worrall and Chris Hurn)
- “I Agree… or Do I?" -- “James Dicks: The Active Investor,” May 2004, Vol. 2 - Issue 5
- “Rain, Umbrellas and MP3 Players” -- “James Dicks: The Active Investor,” June 2004, Vol. 2 - Issue 6
- “Why an LLC; Part 1” -- “James Dicks: The Active Investor,” August 2004 – Vol. 2 - Issue 8
- “Why an LLC; Part 2: Asset Protection Planning” -- “James Dicks: The Active Investor,” September 2004 – Vol. 2 - Issue 9
- “Why an LLC; Part 3: Estate Planning and More” -- “James Dicks: The Active Investor,” October 2004 – Vol. 2 - Issue 10

QUOTED IN:

- “Making a Little Company Look Big” by Anne Field -- “New York Times,” July 12, 2007, Business Section; “Chicago Tribune,” July 16, 2007, Small Business Section ; “The Dallas Morning News,” July 26, 2007 (Online Edition)
- “Duff still a role model as her music, acting grow up” by Larry Rodgers -- “The Arizona Republic,” August 18, 2007
- “With CD Debut, Sparks Veers Away from ‘Idol’” by Larry Rodgers – “The Arizona Republic,” November 20, 2007
- “Lift Up Your Voice” by Timory Wilson – “Almost Famous™ Magazine,” Winter 2007/2008
- “Choosing the Right Structure for Your Business” by Matt Alderton -- “Nielsen’s ProfNet for Small Businesses,”

ESSAYS

- “Click-Wrap Agreements: Are They Binding?” – October 2003

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Florida Bar
- Member Since 2005
- Member of the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section

Orange County Bar Association
- Member Since 2006
- Member of the Entertainment Law Section

American Bar Association
- Member Since 2005

National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (GRAMMY Awards)
- Member Since 2001
- Voting Member Since 2006

GIVING BACK:

Red Cross: Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
- Led the marketing effort that raised more than $300,000.00 for Hurricane Katrina Relief and the American Red Cross

Florida Hospital Foundation
- Donor and Board Member – January 2008-Present

GAINESVILLE CHURCH OF GOD
- Played Guitar in the Praise Band from 1999 - 2003

Mission: Guatemala 2001
- Led Praise and Worship Team and worked on the construction team to build a new church in a very small village

Mission: Guatemala 2002
- Led Praise and Worship Team and worked on the construction team to build a feeding center in a small village outside of Chiquimula, Guatemala

Young Life – Orlando
- Past Member of Volunteer Board

Between the Trees
Bonded Records
Skyline Exposure
ReAmp Entertainment Group
Matt Collins
John McMillan
Michael J