GABRIELLE J. SELLEI, ESQ.
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Gabrielle founded Sellei Law in 2015, after practicing employment, business, and entertainment law in the Philadelphia area for 20 years. Over the course of her career, Gabrielle has led complex business transactions, helped launch numerous start-up ventures, closed on many millions of dollars of financings, negotiated and completed deals for television appearances, podcasts, video games, feature and documentary film rights, sports exhibition matches, celebrity endorsements, and literary rights, and has resolved copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property disputes, on behalf of many creative and talented individuals and their business ventures.

A graduate of Boston University School of Law and Wesleyan University, Gabrielle is the Board Vice President of Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and has been a volunteer PVLA attorney over the course of her entire 25+ year legal career. She is also a member of the Board and the Audience Engagement Committee of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Collections Committee of The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, of which she is a former Director. Prior to attending law school, Gabrielle was a consultant to artists and fine arts galleries throughout New England.

Gabrielle is a frequent speaker on copyright, contracts, start-ups, non-profit entities, and other legal issues affecting artists, entertainers, and entrepreneurs. Past teaching and speaking engagements include University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Drexel University’s Entertainment & Arts Management program, the Philadelphia Bar Institute’s (PBI) Real Estate Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Moore College of Art & Design, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, as well as numerous business, networking, and arts organizations. Gabrielle conceived and served as course planner and faculty member of PBI’s popular Off to a Good Start (Up) continuing legal education program.

Gabrielle has achieved the highest peer rating - AV Preeminent® - of Martindale-Hubbell®, signifying that her peers rank her at the highest level of professional excellence for her legal knowledge, communication skills, and ethical standards.