Maxwell is a transactional attorney with over a decade of experience. He is a creative problem solver who implements an interdisciplinary approach to help clients achieve their goals. Maxwell’s practice is concentrated primarily in four areas – entertainment and media law; corporate and business law; mergers and acquisitions; and commercial real estate.
Within his entertainment and media law practice, Maxwell counsels and assists marketing and branding agencies, freelancers, new media and social media influencers, production companies, fashion designers, artists, entertainers, technology companies, the hospitality industry, and other creative-industry professionals with all aspects of their art form and their business – from advising on general business and intellectual property matters, to assisting with any of the business and transactional needs mentioned below.
He often represents privately held businesses in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other major transactions. In addition, he has a broad corporate and business practice where he provides legal and business counselling for clients who want to start, manage, transfer, or exit a business or who may need LLCs, corporations, partnerships and related contracts and agreements to help them do so. This frequently includes contract drafting and interpretation; corporate governance, regulation, and compliance; review, negotiation, and documentation of financing arrangements; drafting opinion letters; and various nonprofit organization matters. Maxwell also has experience in commercial real estate transactions where he represents clients with real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing, and licensing.
Maxwell was voted for inclusion in the inaugural 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, and again for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions. An honor based on rigorous peer review and achieved by less than 1% of all practicing attorneys nationwide.
He serves as one of the firm’s Meritas lawyer contacts and is a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee and Technology Committee. Maxwell routinely speaks and writes on matters related to his practice areas.
In addition to his own practice areas, through his colleagues, he can offer to his clients the full array of services provided by the firm.
Professional Involvement
- Diversity Committee, Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP
- Technology Committee, Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP
- Step Up Chair, Cardozo Society, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
- Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Pittsburgh)
- Innovating Commerce Serving Communities, formerly known as International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- Corporate, Banking & Business Law Section, Member
- Chair, 2020-2022
- Vice-Chair, 2019-2020
- Secretary & Treasurer, 2018 – 2019
- Young Lawyers Division
- Membership Outreach Committee Co-Chair, 2019-2023
- Real Property Section
- Corporate, Banking & Business Law Section, Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section
- PBA E-Mentor Program, Mentor
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Sectio
- Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
- Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
Community Involvement
- The Washington & Jefferson Alumni Pre-Law Advisory Committee
- SteelTree Fund, Board Member
- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Jack Heinz Advisory Board Member
- Children’s Trust Member of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation
- Various Host Committees for the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Allegheny County Parks Foundation
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Volunteer
Additional Information
He is a past Chairperson of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Corporate, Banking & Business Law Section. Prior to joining Meyer Unkovic & Scott, Maxwell was an associate with the Corporate, Hospitality and Real Estate Finance practice groups at a large national law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh. Before that, he lived in Los Angeles, California where he focused his legal studies on all aspects of entertainment and media law. While in law school, Maxwell served as Copy Editor and Senior Staff Writer for The Commentator. Maxwell received his Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Political Science and Spanish from Washington & Jefferson College, where he served as President of the Pre-Law Society.
