Liquid Knowledge, founded by
Harvey E. Harrison, is dedicated to helping Companies, Public and
Private Institutions, and Individuals, optimize the transfer and
utilization of their knowledge in order to better meet their
goals.
Academic Activities and
Appointments
2000-2003 Lecturer,
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.
2002 Official
Visitor, Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford (see also Presentations below).
2002 Lecturer, Laguna
College of Art and Design.
1999-2002 Board
Member, Multimedia Program Advisory Board, California Lutheran
University, Thousand Oaks, California.
Legal Education
Stanford Law School, J.D.
1977.
Undergraduate Education
Yale College, B.A.
(Philosophy) 1973; Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa.
Recent Appellate Litigation
Attorney for Appellant Charles
J. Liteky in case of United States versus Charles J. Liteky, heard
by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Atlanta, Georgia
2000-2001. See http://www.mishalov.com/Liteky.html .
Legal Certifications
Admitted to practice Eleventh
Circuit Court of Appeal, United States Circuit Courts of Appeal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Active member California State
Bar.
Admitted to practice Federal
District Court, Central District of California.
Professional Experience:
President, Catalyst Literary
and Talent Agency 1996- present.
Literary and Software Agent,
Jim Preminger Agency 1989- 1996.
Vice President, Business
Affairs, Columbia Pictures Television/TriStar Television 1987-1988.
President, Sales/ Consultant.
TMS Entertainment, Inc. 1984-1986.
Business Affairs, Packaging,
Literary and Software Agent, Sy Fischer Company/Taft Entertainment
1979-1984.
Entertainment Attorney, Dern,
Mason and Floum 1977-1979.
Membership in Professional
Associations
Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Los Angeles County Bar
Association.
Associations
National Conference of Viet
Nam Veteran Ministers (non veteran/non clergy member).
Founding Member of the
Committee for the Arts of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Books and Articles (partial
list)
For The Creative Mind,
presented and published by Liquid Knowledge, Inc. Text for
professional education art curricula and for general readership;
www.liquidknowledge.info,
2002.
"Don’t Lose Our
Minds", Journal of the Intellectual Property Section,
State Bar of California, 2002.
"Closing Argument:
Exclusivity Clauses And Artistic Freedom", Los Angeles Lawyer
Magazine, April, 1999.
"Looking For Leo . . . And
Beyond", International Interactive Communications Society National
Website, Professional Development Section Feature Article, October
1998.
"A Declaration of
Independence: Artistic Freedom, Exclusivity In The Entertainment
Industry, and California Law," in Writer’s Handbook,
published by California Lawyers For The Arts, Santa Monica (1997).
"Act, React, Interact: The
Experiment in Interactive Aesthetics," 1997 at http://www.wga.org
and presented at Special Convergence Day at The Writers Guild, May
17, 1997.
"Agents: The Year in
Review", Animation Magazine, January 1997.
"Doctor James To The
Emergency Room: An Invitation To Applied Philosophy," attachment
to "Act, React, Interact: The Experiment In Interactive
Aesthetics," above and available from The Writers Guild or the
author, March 1997.
"Doctor James To The Board
Of Directors Meeting: Outline Of An Experiment In Applied
Philosophy," attachment to "Act, React, Interact: The Experiment
In Interactive Aesthetics," above and available from The Writers
Guild or the author, March 1997.
"Ethics and Negotiation: The
Search for Value and Freedom in Hollywood," International
Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol.7 no.1 (1992).
"The Shape of Things to Come
An Essay on Interactive Aesthetics," Los Angeles County Bar
Association Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section,
New Technologies 101: A Practical Approach for Entertainment
Lawyers, ed. Peter L. Kaufman & Peter C. Swarth (1992).
"Toward the Alliance Between
Interactive Technologies and Hollywood," published in the
Microsoft CD-ROM Yearbook, 1989-1990.
"Ethics and Negotiation: A
Work in Progress," Syllabus of the 1992 UCLA Entertainment
Symposium (UCLA Law School).
Presentations
(All presentations in the Los Angeles Area, unless otherwise noted.)
"Liquid Knowledge: An
Overview", to the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral
Sciences, Stanford, and the Stanford University Institute for
International Studies Global Knowledge Design Laboratory and Rapid
Enterprise Design Project.
"Twenty-first Century
Technology, Stone Age Anthropology: What Online Games Can Teach Us
About Networked Social Interaction", Chair, Great Ideas Seminar,
sponsored by the UCLA Center for Governance, May 23, 2002.
"The Social Life of
Education", Chair, Great Ideas in the Social Sciences Seminar,
sponsored by the UCLA Center for Governance, April 4, 2002.
"As Good As It Gets to
American Psycho: Hollywood’s Fascination with Psychopathology"
UCLA’s Fifth Annual Review of Psychiatry. October 22, 2000.
"How Existing Studios
Successfully Brand For The Web", moderator and panelist, Animation
Internet Component, The World Animation Celebration. June 2, 2000.
"TV And The Internet",
moderator and panelist, International Business Conference For
Television Animation at The World Animation Celebration. June 1,
2000.
"Selling, Dealing, And
Creating: The Help From Agents And Lawyers", moderator and panelist,
Sixth Annual Animation Expo, presented by International Animated
Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. March 6, 1999.
"Education And Digital Mass
Media", lecture to Education Group of the International Interactive
Communications Society, Los Angeles Chapter. July 21, 1998.
"Mission Valencia", lecture to
advanced animation class, California Institute Of The Arts,
Valencia, California. March 11, 1998.
"How Do The Major Studios
Achieve Success In The Theatrical Marketplace?", moderator and
panelist, World Summit For Feature Films And Visual Effects, World
Animation Celebration. February 17, 1998.
"A Declaration Of Independence
– The Call For Legislative Abolition Of Most Exclusivity Provisions
In Employment Agreements In The Entertainment Industry", lecture,
Los Angeles Copyright Society. October 8, 1997.
"New Media Options And
Concerns", panelist, California Lawyers For The Arts’ Writer’s
Seminar. June 21, 1997.
"Special Convergence Day At
The Writers Guild", panelist, Writers Guild Of America. May 17,
1997.
International Business
Conference For Television Animation, Inaugural Host of Conference
and Panel Moderator, First World Animation Celebration, Pasadena,
California. March 25 and 26, 1997.
"Comics Today: They’re Not
Just Funny Books", lecturer, Los Angeles County Bar Association,
Continuing Legal Education Presentation. June 3, 1995.
"Financing And Producing
Interactive Entertainment," panelist, Eighteenth Annual UCLA
Entertainment Symposium, presented by the UCLA School of Law and the
UCLA Entertainment Symposium Advisory Committee. February 5, 1994.
"New Technologies 101: A
Practical Approach For Entertainment Attorneys", lecturer, Los
Angeles County Bar Association, Intellectual Property and
Entertainment Law Sections. November 14, 1992.
Meeting of Society Of
Philosophers At Work In The World Group, "Business Ethics",
presenter, Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting, Pacific Division of the
American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, CA. March 29,
1991.
Meeting of Society Of
Philosophers At Work In The World Group, "Business Ethics",
presenter, Sixty-Third Annual Meeting, Pacific Division of the
American Philosophical Association, Oakland, CA. March 24, 1989.