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Clay M. Townsend: The great American author, Henry Thoreau, once said. “It takes two to speak the truth-one to speak, another to hear”. For over twenty years spent in courtrooms around this state and the country, I have felt it is my calling to speak the truth for those that need to be heard.
Clay Townsend was born in Jackson, MS, July 12, 1955. Admitted to the Florida Bar in 1983; U.S., District Court, Middle District of Florida.
Clay was raised in Orlando, Florida and graduated from Boone High School in 1973. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1978, cum laude, and from the University of Florida Law School, cum laude, in 1982. Clay also studied English common law at St. Edmonds Hall, Oxford University, England in 1979. Clay founded Townsend's Fish House and Tavern, a restaurant and night club, which he owned and operated from 1980 - 2000. He also developed historic Townsend's Plantation in Apopka, Florida, the site of numerous outdoor music festivals featuring national acts. Clay formed the law firm of Griffin, Morgan, Linder and Townsend, P.A. in 1985 with John Morgan, and is presently of counsel to Morgan and Morgan, P.A.
Clay Townsend was born in Jackson, MS, July 12, 1955. Admitted to the Florida Bar in 1983; U.S., District Court, Middle District of Florida.
Clay was raised in Orlando, Florida and graduated from Boone High School in 1973. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1978, cum laude, and from the University of Florida Law School, cum laude, in 1982. Clay also studied English common law at St. Edmonds Hall, Oxford University, England in 1979. Clay founded Townsend's Fish House and Tavern, a restaurant and night club, which he owned and operated from 1980 - 2000. He also developed historic Townsend's Plantation in Apopka, Florida, the site of numerous outdoor music festivals featuring national acts. Clay formed the law firm of Griffin, Morgan, Linder and Townsend, P.A. in 1985 with John Morgan, and is presently of counsel to Morgan and Morgan, P.A.
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Clay M. Townsend, P.A.
Attorney at Law
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Orlando, Florida 32801
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The Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust v. Steven Spielberg; DreamWorks, LLC; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Viacom, Inc.; NBC Universal, Inc. (General Electric); Universal Pictures Corporation; and United International Pictures, B.V.
September 5, 2008
The Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust (Trust) filed a lawsuit against Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks, LLC and various other major motion picture entities in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Manhattan, New York, on September 5, 2008.
The Trust’s complaint alleges that Spielberg and the other named Defendants’ production and exploitation of the motion picture released in 2007 entitled Disturbia violates the Trust’s copyright in the original short story by Cornell Woolrich entitled Rear Window (Rear Window Story)...
The Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust v. Steven Spielberg; DreamWorks, LLC; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Viacom, Inc.; NBC Universal, Inc. (General Electric); Universal Pictures Corporation; and United International Pictures, B.V.
September 5, 2008
The Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust (Trust) filed a lawsuit against Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks, LLC and various other major motion picture entities in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Manhattan, New York, on September 5, 2008.
The Trust’s complaint alleges that Spielberg and the other named Defendants’ production and exploitation of the motion picture released in 2007 entitled Disturbia violates the Trust’s copyright in the original short story by Cornell Woolrich entitled Rear Window (Rear Window Story)...