Leila A. Amineddoleh

With nearly two decades of experience in both litigation and transactional law, Leila A. Amineddoleh is an expert in the field of art and cultural heritage law.  She represents major art collectors, museums, galleries, dealers, non-profits, artists, estates, foundations and foreign governments. She has been involved in matters related to multi-million dollar contractual disputes, international cultural heritage law violations, the recovery of stolen art and antiquities, complex fraud schemes, authentication disputes, art-backed loans, and the purchase and sale of hundreds of millions of dollars of art and collectibles.

Leila began her career as an intellectual property law associate at one of the country’s leading intellectual property law firms. Initially known for her IP work, Leila has also become a leading figure in the world of art law. As a prominent authority in art authentication, Leila collaborates with the world’s foremost forensic scientists and art historians to assist collectors and arts institutions through the complex authentication process. She also advises clients on the acquisition and sale of fine arts and cultural heritage works, and she has been involved in the return of valuable stolen fine art and looted antiquities. Leila also works with artists and entrepreneurs to protect their works and artistic rights and to develop intellectual property portfolios.

An internationally recognized authority on art and heritage crime and law, Leila has lectured at esteemed institutions, including the Frick Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, the Neue Galerie, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She also frequently presents for legal and academic audiences, both domestically and internationally at institutions including Columbia Law School, Harvard Business School, University of Geneva in Switzerland, and Yale University. Leila has appeared as an art law expert on television networks, including PBS, CNN, and Channel 4 News. She has appeared in major print and online outlets, including the New York Times, ABC News, LA Times, The Art Newspaper, Artnet, Forbes Magazine, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. She has been published of dozens of legal journals and arts publications, and she has had scholarly contributions published in books, including Nazi Law: From Nuremberg to Nuremberg, The Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage, and The Provenance Research Handbook.

As an advocate for the protection of cultural heritage, Leila proudly served as a cultural heritage law expert for the New York District Attorney’s Office Antiquities Trafficking Unit. She served as an expert on a number of high-profile matters, including the repatriation of mummy parts to Egypt, the return of a rare 4th-century B.C. marble bull’s head looted from Libya during the nation’s civil war, the seizure and return of an Achaemenid limestone bas-relief looted from Persepolis in Iran, the seizure of a Hellenistic statue stolen from Libya by a terrorist organization, and the repatriation of a number of Etruscan and Roman objects to Italy, including amphorae, other pottery pieces, and a marble mosaic belonging to Emperor Caligula. She also worked as a consultant for the Eastern District of New York in the high-profile forfeiture of thousands of objects purchased by Hobby Lobby and repatriated to Iraq.

Leila currently serves as the Chair of the Art Law Institute for the New York County Lawyers’ Association. She teaches International Art & Cultural Heritage Law at Fordham University School of Law, in addition to Art Crime and the Law at New York University. She also serves as an instructor for Christie’s Education.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & CONFERENCES

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS 

• “Protecting Cultural Heritage,” Victoria & Albert Museum, May 19, 2025. 
• Archaeological Institute of America, January 5, 2025 (Details TBA). 
• Art and Heritage Law Guest Lecturer for week-long lecture series at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg, December 2025
• “Institute of Art & Law Study Forum,” Institute of Art & Law, November 16, 2024 (Register HERE.)  

PAST ENGAGEMENTS  

• Countering Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property,” U.S. Department of State (October 2024).  
• “Art & Antiquities Law Part 1: Legal Principles and Policy Issues Related to Restitution of Antiquities,” Federal Bar Council (June 2024). 
• Fakes, Frauds & Forgeries: Issues in Authenticity, Christie’s Education (May 2024). 
• Keynote Speaker, “Protecting Cultural Diversity in Art Museums,” Albany Law School (February 2024). 
• Speaker, “Art: Culture, Ownership & Society,” New York Classical Club (January 2024). 
• Speaker, “A Brave New Art World: Best Practices, the Law and Finance,” Salon Art + Design (November 2023). 
• Chair, Art Law Institute, New York County Lawyers’ Association, October 2023. (October 2023).   
• Speaker, “Updates in Cultural Property Restitution,” Hot Topics in Art Law 2023, New York City Bar Association (September 2023). 
• Panelist, “Preventing and Remedying Wrongdoings in the Art Market: Which Legal Tools?,” UNESCO and Università degli Studi della Campania (July 2023).
• Speaker, “The Future of Copyright in AI Art,” Halo Art Collective (July 2023). 
• Panel Organizer and Speaker, “Italy: Past Plunder, Future Recoveries,” Federal Bar Association (April 2023). 
• Speaker, “Arts of the Islamic World: Protecting Cultural Heritage,” Victoria & Albert Museum (April 2023). 
• Course Lecturer, “Fakes, Frauds and Forgeries: Issues in Authenticity,” Christie’s Education (April 2023).  
• Guest Lecturer, “International Crimes Against Cultural Heritage,” Forensic Investigation of Heritage Crime, Cranfield University (February 2023)
• Speaker, “Antiquities Looting and Equitable Resolutions,” University of Texas (November 2022).
• Moderator, “Museum Reparations: Colonial Art,” Art Law Day, Art Appraisers’ Association (November 2022).
  
• Chair, 14th Annual Art Law Institute, New York County Lawyers’ Association (October 2022). 
• Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Fall 2022 Symposium, Fordham University School of Law (October 2022). 
• Presenter, “The Battle for Antiquities,” Salmagundi Club (September 2022).
• Speaker, “Contested Collections: Grappling With History and Forging Pathways for Repatriation,” University of California Los Angeles (May 2022).  
• Keynote Speaker, “Dura-Europos: Past, Present Future,” Yale University, (April 2022). 
• Panelist,  “The Parthenon Marbles Case and the Universal Museum Myth: Policies and Politics,” 28th Annual Cultural Property Conference, Cardozo School of Law (April 2022).
• Lecturer, “Icons Among Icons: Cultural Heritage, Celebrities, and Looted Art,” NYU Art Law Society (April 2022).
• Panelist, “Symposium on International and Comparative Approaches to Culture,” Notre Dame Law School (March 2022).   
• Speaker, “Repatriation of African Artifacts,” African Liberty Webinar (January 2022). 
• Panelist, “The Intentional Destruction of the Cultural Heritage of Mankind,” University degli Studi di Roma (December 2021). 
• Lecturer, “NFTs, New Technology & Collectibles,” Executive Master in Art Market Studies, University of Zurich (November 2021).
• Panelist, “New Obligations in the Art & Antiquities Market,” Responsible Art Market Initiative (November 2021).
• Chair of the 13th Annual Art Law Institute at the New York County Lawyers’ Association (October 2021). 
• Featured Lecturer, “Cultural Heritage, the Law and Looting,” Department of Art History, New York University (October 2021). 
• “The Guelph Treasure,” Historic Significance and Legal Implications,” International Center of Medieval Art (June 2021). 
• “Repatriation of Cultural Heritage with Leila Amineddoleh,” ArtTable (June 2021).
• Panelist, “From Black Boxes to Open Systems: NFTs and the Law,” Rhizome and the New Museum (June 2021). 
• Spotlight Lecturer, “From Isfahan to Istanbul: Arts of the Islamic World; Spotlight: Cultural Heritage,”  Victoria & Albert Museum, (May 2021).
• Panelist, “Nun-Fungible Tokens in the art market | the beginning of a digital art boom?,” Fondation pour le droit de l’art/Art Law Foundation (May 2021).
• Speaker, “Iran’s Cultural Heritage in the Sanctions Era,” Heritage Management Organization and Bourse & Bazaar (April 2021).
• Panelist, “The Return of Antiquities to their Countries of Origin,” Hellenic Committee of the Blue Shield (March 2021).
• Instructor, “Art & Cultural Heritage Law,” ProLaw CLE (March 2021).
• Lecturer, “The International Repatriation of Antiquities,” Society for Art Law, University of Oxford (March 2021).
• Program Chair and Panelist, “The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in Art and Antiquities Matters,” New York City Bar Association (February 2021).
• Lecturer, “The Artists’ Toolbox: Business,” ArtsHelp, Artists for Social Change (February 2021).
• Symposium Speaker, “Reckoning and Reconciliation: Art, Architecture, and Culture in Contested Sites and Bodies,” University of Connecticut Law School (February 2021).
• Panelist, “What’s New in Art Law?”, Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Institute, New York County Lawyers’ Association (October 2020).
• Speaker, “Art and Cultural Heritage Law: How It Can Impact You as a Collector, Dealer, or Museum-Goer,” American University  (September 2020).
• Art & Law: The Art of Art Collecting, NYU Alumni Club in Japan (May 2020).
• Panelist, “Protection of Cultural and Historical Sites Around the World,” American Bar Association, International Law Section (June 2020).
• Guest lecturer, “The Importance of Provenance in Legal Matters and Ownership Disputes,” the Frick Collection (February 2020).
• Guest lecturer, “Cultural Heritage Law and Looting,” Christie’s Education (February 2020).
• Panelist, “Art and Activism,” National Arts Club (November 2019).
• Speaker, “Lost, Stolen, Destroyed: Patrimony in Peril,” North Carolina Journal of International Law Symposium (October 2019).
• Moderator, “Your Art Collection and the Law (Part II: What Do You Need to Know to Protect It?)”, Harvard Business School (May 2019).
• Guest presenter, “Protecting Cultural Heritage: Theft, Looting, and the Law,” Victoria & Albert Museum (April 2019).
• Guest lecturer, “Art and Heritage Looting & the Law,” Christie’s Education (March 2019).
• Guest moderator, “Old Masters, New World” for the Philadelphia Museum of Art Book Club, Philadelphia Museum of Art (February 2018).
• Panelist and Moderator, “Art Collecting: What You Should Know About Art & the Law,” Art Expert Symposium for Harvard Business School (November 2017).
• Panelist, “International Cultural Heritage,” 2017 Cultural Heritage Law Conference, National Trust for Historic Preservation (June 2017).
• Participant, “The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War,” Penn Museum and University of Pennsylvania Law School (April 2017).
• Speaker, “Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Vandalism and Looting,” Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino (February 2017).
• Panelist, “Panama Papers,” Art Law Day 2016, Appraisers Association of America (November 2016).
• Guest Speaker, “ISIS in Iraq and Syria: Looting the Ancient Near East,” Kernochan Institute, Columbia University (November 2016).
• Distinguished speaker, “Fitch Colloquium,” Historic Preservation Program, Columbia University (September 2016).
• Guest speaker, “Cultural Heritage Vandalism and Looting,” Rago Arts and Auction Center (September 2016).
• Panelist, “Introduction to Collecting,” Philadelphia Museum of Art (May 2016).
• Lecturer, “Edvard Munch, Art Theft and Art Crime,” Neue Galerie (April 2016).
• Moderator, “The Parthenon/Elgin Marbles: New Perspectives on a Centuries-Old Dispute,” Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (March 2016).
• Art and the Third Reich: From Degenerate and Looted Art to Recovery and Restitution, Boston College Fine Arts Department (February 2016).
• Guest Speaker, “Art Law,” hosted by the International Intellectual Property Society (December 2015).
• Panelist, “Art Law Symposium: Street Art, What is Protectable?”, Cardozo Law School (December 2015).
• Lecturer, “Art Crime: Thefts, Forgeries, Vandalism, and More,” Brooklyn Brainery (November 2015).
• Art crime consultant, Museum Hack, providing a training session to the museum group (Summer 2015).
• Presenter, “Protecting Art & Cultural Property Through International Law,” American University International Law Review: 2015 Spring Symposium (Feb. 2015).
• Panelist, “Real or Fake? What’s Happening With Authentication and Indemnification,” New York County Lawyers’ Association (November 2014).
• Presenter, “Hot Topics in Art Law: Forgeries and Fakes,” Lawline CLE (July 2014).
• Panelist, “Purchasing Art in a Market Full of Forgeries: Risks and Legal Remedies for Buyers,” All Art and Cultural Heritage Law Conference, Universite de Geneve (June 2014).
• Public lecture, “An Examination of Art Theft and Looting,” hosted by the Guarini Institute at John Cabot University, (June 2014).
• Public lecture, “Legal Issues in Art Restitution: Historic Looting, the Monuments Men, and Nazi-Looted Art,” sponsored by the Boston College Institute for Liberal Arts, Fine Arts Department (April 2014).
• Panel moderator and speaker, “The Monuments Men, Social Media, the Law and Cultural Heritage,” sponsored by the Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and Fordham Art Law Society (November 2013).
• Panelist, “Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of the Cultural Property Implementation Act,” Committee on Art Law, City of the Bar of the City of New York (October 2013).
• Moderator, “Defining Cultural Ownership: Shifting Focus, Shifting Norms,” sponsored by Fordham Law School Intellectual Property Law Journal and the Art Law Society (April 2013).
• Presenter, “Legal Perspectives on Seizure and Wartime Looting,” Annual International Conference for the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (June 2012).
• Panelist, “Art in the Time of Chaos,” sponsored by New York Law School’s Fine Arts and Culture Law Association (April 2012).
• Presenter, Annual Unlisted Conference, “It’s All in the Packaging: Enhancing Visibility of Archaeological Cultural Heritage Preservation,” hosted by the American Institute for Roman Culture in Rome, Italy (March 2012).
• Presenter, “The Looting of Spain’s Cultural Heritage Property” for the Annual International Conference for the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (July 2011).
• Lecturer, “Art in Honor of Looting” Art & War course at Association for Research into Crimes against Art (July 2011).
• Moderator, “Snapshot of Cultural Heritage Law” for the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association event held at Sotheby’s Institute of Art (June 2011).
• Lecturer, “Cultural Heritage Property Law” Art Law Seminar at Boston College Law School (March 2011).
• Lecturer, “Title and Property” for Art Law Seminar at Boston College Law School (March 2010).

NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE COVERAGE 

• “Do Resale Restrictions Set By Art Dealers Represent a Restraint on Trade?,”  Daniel Grant, The Observer, Aug. 27, 2024, available HERE. 
• “A new Banksy Museum has opened in NYC…minus Banksy,” Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, May 28, 2024, available HERE.
• “Transparency Is Top of Mind for New Era at Sotheby’s,” Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, Feb. 11, 2024, available HERE.
• “As the Art World Watches, an Oligarch Takes an Auction House to Court,” Graham Bowley and William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, Jan. 4, 2004, available HERE.       
• “Manhattan District Attorney sets precedent with return of Nazi looted art,” Maria Antonia Sanchez-Vallejo, El Pais, Oct. 4, 2023, available HERE. 
• “Warhol’s Marilyn, Mick and Mickey Go to Pieces on Etherium,” Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, June 4, 2023, available HERE.
• “The Mystery of the Disappearing van Gogh,” Michael Forsythe, New York Times, May 29, 2023.  
• “Inside the High Life and Downfall of an A-List Art Advisor,” Noah Kirsch and Emily Shugerman, Daily Beast, May 25, 2023, available HERE.
• “Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation,” Colin Moynihan, NY Times, April 28, 2023, available HERE.
• “In the wake of climate protests and pandemics, collectors are growing wary of loaning art to museums,” Daniel Grant, The Art Newspaper, March 1, 2023.  
• Who rightfully owns a country’s artifacts? Greece’s fight over Parthenon marbles sparks debate,” Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, Jan. 29, 2023, available HERE.
• “A Jewish family sold a Picasso to flee Nazis. Their heirs want it back.” Daniel Wu, The Washington Post, Jan. 25, 2023, available HERE.
• “For US Museums With Looted Art, the Indian Jones Era is Over,” Graham Bowley, N.Y. Times, Dec. 13, 2022, available HERE.
• “Setting a Kahlo Drawing Aflame in Search of an NFT Spark,” Zachary Small, N.Y. Times, Nov. 8, 2022, available HERE.
• “For US collectors buying in London, the dollar’s strength may be their only advantage,” Daniel Grant, The Art Newspaper, Oct. 11, 2022, available HERE.
• “Florence’s Uffizi Museum Sues Jean Paul Gaultier for Using a Botticelli Image in Clothing, Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly, The Observer, Oct. 11, 2022, available HERE.
• “A luxury magazine photo hid relics Cambodia says could be stolen,” Peter Woriskey, The Washington Post, Aug. 15, 2022, available HERE.
• “Experts fear New York City slashing auction house regulations could erode collector trust and confidence,” Daniel Grant, The Art Newspaper, May 17, 2022, available HERE.
• “Looted Roman bust, bought from Texas secondhand store for $34.99, will be returned to Germany,” Daniel Grant, The Art Newspaper, May 4, 2022, available HERE.
• “The Thrilla in Laguna: A Billionaire, His Neighbors and Their Battle Over Art,” Mary Childs, Town + Country Magazine, May 2022, available HERE.
• “Jeff Koons accused of appropriating sculpture for 1989 series,” Annie Irish, The Art Newspaper, Dec. 23, 2021, available HERE. 
• “Antiquities Dealer Pleads Guilty for Role in Sale of Looted Items,” Tom Mashberg, N.Y. Times, Oct. 5, 2021, available HERE. 
• “A New Polish Law Will Make It Practically Impossible to Pursue Restitution Claims for Nazi-Looted Artworks,” Sarah Cascone, Artnet News, Aug. 16, 2021, available HERE. 
• “Restitution Experts Blast Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts for Refusing to Return a Painting Once Purchased for Hitler’s Museum,” Sarah Cascone, Artnet News, Aug. 18, 2021, available HERE.
• “Italy wins US case as it seeks to reclaim marble statue,” Colleen Barry, Associated Press, Aug. 5, 2021, available HERE. 
• “A Dealer’s Attempt to Sue the Nation of Italy Over Its Claim on an Ancient Marble Head Has Been Quashed by a U.S. Judge,” Kate Brown, Artnet, Aug. 3, 2021, available HERE. 
• “How two friends made art history buying a $70M digital work,” Matt O’Brien and Kelvin Chan, Associated Press, Mar. 26, 2021 available HERE. 
• Listed in “The Power List: Top Female Attorneys in the Art World,” Art She Says, Dec. 31, 2020, available HERE. 
• “Secretive high-end art world can be vehicle for dirty money, US Treasury warns, Spencer Woodman, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Nov. 4, 2020, available HERE.
• Sotheby’s Just Lost Its Lawsuit Against Greece Over an 8th-Century BC Horse Statue- and the Decision May Have Lasting Implications for the Trade,” Kate Brown, ArtNet, June 10, 2020, available HERE.
• “Looters Are Taking Advantage of the Worldwide Lockdown to Rob Cultural Heritage Sites– and Selling Their Stolen Wares on Facebook,” Sarah Cascone, ArtNet, May 1, 2020, available HERE.
• “New York court rules Call of Duty video game as art,” Riah Pryor, The Art Newspaper, April 13, 2020, available HERE. 
• “Threat to destroy heritage sites akin to ‘cultural genocide,’ experts say in response to Trump’s initial warning,” Julia Jacobo, ABC News, Jan. 9, 2020, available HERE.
• “Latest hostage in escalating US-Iran tensions: Cultural monuments,” Melissa Etehad and Sarah Parvini, LA Times, Jan. 7, 2020, available HERE.
• “How King Tut exhibitions became a multimillion-dollar industry,” Alina Cohen, CNN, Nov. 26, 2019, available HERE.
• “The Art of the Steal,” Marcus Webb, Delay Gratification: the Slow Journalism Magazine, Issue 34, available HERE.
• “Now for Sale on Facebook: Looted Middle Eastern Antiquities,” Karen Zraick, New York Times, May 9, 2019, available HERE.
• “The Metropolitan Museum Will Return Prized Gilded Coffin After Learning It Was Stolen,” Zachary Small, Hyperallergic, Feb. 19, 2019, available HERE.
• “A record-setting $30.1 million sale of an Assyrian relief at Christie’s raises red flags,” Menachem Wecker, Art Newspaper, Nov. 2, 2018, available HERE.
• “Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back,” Peter Libby, New York Times, August 23, 2018, available HERE.
• “How Graffiti Artists Are Fighting Back against Brands That Steal Their Work,” Benjamin Sutton, Artsy, August 3, 2018, available HERE.
• “Art Dealers Could Be Under More Financial Scrutiny With New US Bill,” Zachary Small, Hyperallergic, June 25, 2018, available HERE.
• “Cultural Heritage Expert Explains Why Hobby Lobby Returned Iraqi Artifacts,” WNPR, May 7, 2018, available HERE.
• “Artists hope US Court Ruling Will Help Them Defend Street Art,” Carey L. Byron, Reuters, April 5, 2018, available HERE.
• “Persepolis Relief Seized in New York,” Laura Chesters, Art Trade Gazette, Nov. 2017, available in print copy only.
• “Le retrait des Etats-Unis de l’Unesco ne tourmente pas trop les americains,” Shahzad Abdul,  Oct. 20, 2017, available HERE.
• “How an Ancient Statue Sparked a Global Legal Battle,” Georgi Kantchev, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 27, 2017, available HERE.
• Quoted in “Hobby Lobby accused of hypocrisy in artifacts smuggling scandal,” Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily, July 9, 2017, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “The Scandal Over Hobby Lobby’s Purchase of 5,500 Smuggled Artifacts, Explained,” Isaac Kaplan, Artsy, July 7, 2017, available HERE.
• Quoted in “The Hobby Lobby Case Shows Why Smuggling Ancient Artifacts Is Hugely Profitable,” Jennifer Calfas, TIME, July 6, 2017, available HERE.
• Quoted in “How the Kardashians Keep Getting Away with Stealing Designs,” Gabby Bess, Vice, June 9, 2017, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “Timeless on the Bubble: Future of Series, Copyright Lawsuit Remain Uncertain,” Jan Hill, Pacer Monitor, Apr. 27, 2017, available HERE.
• Quoted in “Wall Street’s Bull Sculptor Demands Removal of Fearless Girl,” Anandashankar Mazumdar, Bloomberg BNA, Apr. 13, 2017, available HERE. 
• Art law expert in “The Girl versus the Bull: Behind the ‘artist’s copyright’ row gripping New York,” Karl McDonald, iNews, Apr. 13, 2017, available HERE. 
• Subject of “A Rogues’ Gallery of Art Crime,” New York University News, Apr. 4, 2017, available HERE. 
• Featured in “Seven Art World Professionals on the 2017 Resolutions You Must Make,” The Clarion List, Jan. 17, 2017, available HERE. 
• Featured in “How to Secure Intellectual Property from Loss or Compromise,” Nate Lord, Digital Guardian, Jan. 10, 2017, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “ISIS May Face War-Crime Charges for Destruction of Historic Sites,” Owen Jarus, Live Science, Dec. 12, 2016, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “How Fashion Brands Like Zara Can Get Away with Stealing Artists’ Designs,” Gabby Bess, Vice, July 21, 2016, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “Fashion, Graffiti and LA’s Street Art Scene: 8 Artists to Know,” Maxwell Williams, The Hollywood Reporter, June 10, 2016, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “Law Enforcement Focuses on Asia Week in Inquiry of Antiquities Smuggling,” Tom Mashberg, NY Times, March 17, 2016, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “A Fake Rothko and the Rise of Modern Fraud,” Belinda Luscombe, TIME Magazine, Feb. 25, 2016. Available for purchase.
• Quoted in “Larry Gagosian’s Lawsuit Over a $100 Million Picasso Explained,” Isaac Kaplan, Artsy, January 16, 2016, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “Malarky is Latest Graffiti Artist to Sue Fashion Designer,” Anandashankar Mazumdar, Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs, January 12, 2015, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “Is Rare Duccio Painting Finally Coming to Market?,” Eileen Kinsella, Artnet News, May 12, 2015, available HERE. 
• Quoted  in “ ‘Abortion,’‘Miscarriage,’ or ‘Untitled’? A Frida Kahlo Lithograph’s Complicated History,” Lisa John Rogers, Hyperallergic, Apri. 29, 2015, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “How ‘Operation Mummy’s Curse’ is Helping Fight Terrorism,” Danny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, Apr. 28, 2015, available HERE. 
• Quoted in  “US Returns $2.5M in Egyptian Antiquities as Experts Call for Tougher Punishment on Smugglers,” Kathleen Caulderwood, International Business Times, Apr. 22, 2015, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “A Patronizing Argument Against Cultural Repatriation,” Laura C. Mallonee, Hyperallergic, Apr. 20, 2015, available HERE. 
• Quoted in “Islamic State Antiquities Trade Stretches to Europe, United States,” Kathleen Caulderwood, International Business Times, Nov. 17, 2014, available HERE.
• Quoted in “Owner Says It’s “Finders, Keepers’ in Case of Stolen Renoir,” Aaron Kase, Lawyers.com, Apr. 24, 2013.
• Quoted in “Battling to Keep Auction Sellers Anonymous,” Tom Mashberg, N.Y.Times, Feb. 3, 2013, available HERE.  

PUBLICATIONS

• “Cultural Heritage as a Human Right in Times of Peace and Conflict,” Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage and the Law, Ed. Alberta Fabbricotti, Routledge (2024). Available HERE. 
• “Kings, Treasures and Looting: The Evolution of Sovereign Immunity and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act,” The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, Vol. 46, No. 4 (2023). Available HERE.
• “Intellectual Property, Cultural Property and Galleries and Auction Houses,” Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage. Ed. Irini Stamatoudi. London (Edward Elgar Publishing (2022). Available HERE.
• “Fair Use in US Law: The Path to Marano v. Metropolitan Museum of Art,” Art Antiquity and Law, Vol. XXVI, Issue 4 (Dec. 2021).
• “Cultural Property Disputes,” Chapter 1 in The Art Law Review, Ed: Lawrence M. Kaye and Howard N. Spiegler. London: Law Business Research Ltd. (2021). Available for purchase HERE.
• “The Provenance Report: using it to resolve disputes,” Provenance Research Today: Principles, Practice, Problems. Ed: Arthur Tompkins. London: Lund Humphries (Dec. 2020). Available for purchase HERE.
• The Politicizing of Cultural Heritage,” North Carolina Journal of International Law (Spring 2020). Available HERE.
• “How Italy’s Art Crime Squad Has Protected Cultural Artifacts for Five Decades,” Artsy (January 2020). Available HERE.
• “How Technology is Tracking Stolen Artifacts,” US News & World Report (May 2019). Available HERE.
• “How Museums Handle Forgeries in Their Collections,” Artsy (May 2018). Available HERE.
• “What the 5Pointz ruling means for street artists,” The Conversation, (February 16, 2018). Available HERE.
• “$450 Million Da Vinci: Why Was the Damaged Painting So Expensive?,” Live Science (December 2017). Available HERE.
• “The Legal Tools Used Before and During Conflict to Avoid Destruction of Cultural Heritage.” Future Anterior, Columbia University. Vol. XIV, No. 1, Summer 2017. Available HERE.
• “Looted Art in the Third Reich,” Nazi Law: From Nuremberg to Nuremberg. Ed. John Michalczyk. London: Bloomsbury Publishing available for purchase HERE.
• “Art Crime in Film,” Art & Museum Magazine (Summer 2017). Available HERE.
• “Why the Feds Were Smart Not to Throw the Book at Hobby Lobby for Buying Iraqi Loot,” Artnet (July 2017). Available HERE.
• “Why Turkey Tried, and Failed, to Halt Christie’s Auction of $14.4 Million Statue,” Artsy (May 2017). Available HERE.
• “What it Takes to Recover a Stolen Work of Art,” Artsy (October 2016). Available HERE.
• “A Crowdfunding Platform Is Out to Save Rome and Pompeii from Ruin,” Artsy (August 2016). Available HERE.
• “Are You Faux Real? An Examination of Art Forgery and the Legal Tools Protecting Art Collectors,” Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Spring 2016). Available HERE.
• “The Ins and Outs of Stolen Art, Explained,” Artsy (May 2016). Available HERE.
• “Cultural Heritage Vandalism and Looting: The Role of Terrorist Organizations and Wealthy Collectors,” Santander Art & Culture Law Review, 2/2016 (1): 27-62. Available HERE.
• “Article about Copying and Forgeries is Plagiarized by an IP Attorney,” IP Watchdog (April 2016). Available HERE
• “Hiding Art Assets, Anonymity & the Panama Papers,” Asset Search Blog (April 2016). Available HERE
• “How western art collectors are helping to fund ISIS,” The Guardian (February 2016). Available HERE
• “The Knoedler Gallery Settlement is the Biggest Missed Opportunity for Greater Art Market Transparency in 100 Years,” Artsy (February 2016). Available HERE
• “A Brief History of Art Forgery- From Michelangelo to Knoedler & Company,” Artsy, January 2016). Available HERE
• “Purchasing Art in a Market Full of Forgeries: Risks and Legal Remedies for Buyers,” International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 22, Issue 2-3 (Fall 2015). Available HERE
• Can the Market Help Preserve Antiquities?,” Wall Street Journal (August 27, 2015). Available HERE
• “Recovering Art Assets & Cultural Heritage Property,” Asset Search Blog (March 16, 2015). Available HERE 
• “The British Museum Should Return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece,” Forbes (December 2014). Available HERE
• “Family Law: Artworks in Dispute,” Boston Bar Association Newsletter (Fall 2014). Available HERE
• “The Odyssey of the Greek Marbles,” N.Y. Times (December 12, 2014). Available HERE
• “The Extension of Statute of Limitations for the Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art,” American Bar Association, Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 31 (May 2014). Available HERE.
• “Protecting Cultural Heritage by Strictly Scrutinizing Museum Acquisitions,” Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. XXIV, No. 3 (Spring 2014). Available HERE.
• “Nazis, Monuments Men, Hidden Treasures, and the Restitution of Looted Art,” Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Journal, New York State Bar Association, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 2014). Available HERE.
• “Museums Have a Responsibility to Protect Cultural Heritage: An Examination of Proper Acquisition Practices Used to Effectively Safeguard Items of Cultural Significance,” AEDON, Journal of Arts and Law Online (Fall 2013).
• “Museums’ Role in the Trade for Black Market Cultural Heritage,” Art Antiquity and Law, Vol. XVIII, Issue 2 (October 2013). Available HERE.
• “Will the U.S. Supreme Court Provide Insight to Nazi-Era Looted Art Disputes?,” Entertainment, Art & Sports Law Journal, New York State Bar Association, Summer 2013, Vol. 24, No. 2.
• “Protecting Church-Owned Cultural Heritage,” AEDON, Journal of Arts and Law Online, No. 3, 2012, ISSN 1127-1345. Available HERE.
• “The Pillaging of Spain’s Cultural Heritage Property,” Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2011, Issue 6.
• “The Getty Museum’s Non-Victorious Bid to Keep the ‘Victorious Youth’ Bronze” in the Winter 2011, Vol. III, Issue No. 1 Art & Cultural Heritage Law Newsletter of the Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee of the ABA Section of International Law. Available HERE.
• “Phoenix Ancient Art and the Aboutaams in Hot Water Again” in the Spring 2009, Vol. I, Issue No. V Art & Cultural Heritage Law Newsletter of the Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee of the ABA Section of International Law. Available HERE.

RADIO, TELEVISION & FILM APPEARANCES 

• “A new Banksy Museum has opened in NYC…minus Banksy,” NPR, May 28, 2024, available HERE. 
• “The Parthenon Marbles dispute and the debate over repatriation,” GZero, PBS, Jan. 23, 2024. 
• “Russian Oligarch Sues Sotheby’s Auction House,” CNN, Jan. 8, 2024.  
• “British Museum recovered some of the 2000 artefacts says chair George Osborne,” Channel 4 News, Aug. 26, 2023. 
• “$35 Bust was Really Roman Relic,” PIX-11, WPIX-NY, May 18, 2022
• “Roman Bust Found in Goodwill Store,” The John Oakley Show, May 6, 2022.
• “Looted & Stolen Ancient Treasures,” PIX-11, WPIX-NY, Dec. 21, 2021.
• “Michael Steinhardt to Surrender 180 Stolen Antiquities, WNYC, National Public Radio, Dec. 7, 2021, available HERE .
• “King Tut’s Illegal Tour?” TRT World, July 14, 2020, video available HERE.
• Legal Expert on KCBS Radio for story on the Visual Artists’ Rights Act (February 2018).
• Legal expert in “Fashion and Intellectual Property,” FedSoc Films, Federalist Society, February 2018, available HERE.  
• Art and cultural heritage attorney featured in “Mysteries In The Museum: Crime And Deception In Art,” WNPR, Sept. 8, 2017, available HERE.
• Art law panelist on “The Hobby Lobby Smuggled Antiquities Case,” Knowledge@Wharton, Sirius XM, Aug. 8, 2017, available HERE.
• Art and heritage legal expert for “Who Owns Antiquity?”, WNPR, July 20, 2017, available HERE.
• Interviewed as cultural heritage expert on Russian Today News, “Leila Amineddoleh comments on artefacts looted from the Iraq,” RT News, July 10, 2017, available HERE.
• Television guest, “The Erosion of Iraqi and Syrian Cultural Heritage,” The Report, Islam Channel, Nov. 24, 2014, available HERE. 
• Radio guest for “Fordham Conversations: Graffiti Art,” 90.7 WFUV, Nov. 14, 2013, recording available HERE.