Novika Ishar

​As Partner and Chair of the Entertainment Law group in New York, Novika regularly advises clients in the film, television, new media, gaming, publishing, podcast, and music industries on a wide variety of entertainment, intellectual property, and corporate matters.  She represents professionals from all sectors of the media and entertainment business, including production companies, studios, brands, advertisers, content creators, financiers, and talent.

Novika has extensive experience counseling clients at all stages of content creation, including the use of AI and new disruptive technologies.  She assists media companies and studios in all aspects of development, rights acquisition, production, and distribution.  She works closely with individual talent in negotiating their services agreements, image rights, and endorsement deals.

Novika has previously served as legal counsel for major blockbuster films like The Irishman and Horizon: An American Saga, as well as hit series like Yellowjackets, The Rookie, and the Apple TV series Omnivore. Most recently, she has represented Ilana Glazer in the creation of her new video podcast, It’s Open with Ilana Glazer.

Novika has been selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2019 to 2024.  She has additionally been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in 2025.

Prior to joining Romano Law, Novika was a senior entertainment and media associate at Reed Smith LLP and previously practiced at the entertainment boutique firms Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP and Gray Krauss Sandler Des Rochers LLP.  She also practiced with the advertising group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, the intellectual property group at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, and the corporate finance group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Novika received her bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, her master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her law degree from Columbia University.

Education

• Columbia Law School (2012)
• London School of Economics and Political Science (2009)
• Amherst College (2007)

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