Mark D. Sendroff

A native of Oceanside, Long Island, Mark Sendroff started his law career at the firm of Bomser & Oppenheim in 1975, thereafter moving to the firm of Gottlieb, Schiff, Ticktin & Sternklar in 1979 and eventually becoming a partner of that firm until its dissolution in 1995, at which time he founded Sendroff & Associates, P.C.  In January, 2007, he and entertainment lawyer Jason Baruch formed the current firm of Sendroff & Baruch, LLP.  

Mr. Sendroff presently represents many of the talented artists whose work can be seen prominently in the areas of theatre, film, television and music. For the theatre, he represents the writers, directors and/or choreographers of such original New York productions as Hairspray, Newsies, Some Like It Hot, A Wonderful World, Mr. Saturday Night, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Pretty Woman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, On Your Feet, Honeymoon in Vegas, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Motown, The Bridges of Madison County, Catch Me If You Can, In The Heights, Rock of Ages, Shrek, Disaster, The Addams Family, 13, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Full Monty, Grey Gardens, 9 to 5, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, Parade, Bring in ‘Da Noise/Bring In ‘Da Funk, Side Show, Forever Plaid, Forbidden Broadway, The Last Five Years, Andrew Lippa‘s The Wild Party and Ann.  He also represents the stars of such original Broadway productions as Mr. Saturday Night, The Inheritance, The Father, Ann, Grey Gardens, Frost/Nixon and Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, and the Broadway revivals of Guys and Dolls, Bells Are Ringing, Plaza Suite, Pippin, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, 42nd Street, Follies and Candide.

Film songs and/or scores written by Mr. Sendroff’s clients are included in Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, Vivo, Mary Poppins Returns, South Park, Lord of the Rings, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, City Slickers, Sister Act, Beaches, First Wives Club, The American President, In The Heights,  Tick…Tick...BOOM! and The Nanny Diaries.  For television, Mr. Sendroff represents the stars of such televisions series as Mid-Century Modern, Bob Hearts Abishola, The Americans, black-ish, Kidding, The Nanny and Two and A Half Men, as well as the Executive Producers and songwriters of the NBC series, Smash and the creator of the book and Netflix series, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.

As production counsel, Mr. Sendroff has represented many Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including two Tony Award winners, Raisin and Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam, as well as A Wonderful World, 39 Steps, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hurlyburly, The Foreigner, Quartermaine’s Terms and The Common Pursuit and in Los Angeles, Forever Plaid, Love Letters, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Ruthless.  He also was production counsel for the cult documentary film, Grey Gardens, and more recently, Ann, Gaytino! and The Show Must Go On!, the documentary about the life and career of the late singer/comedienne Kaye Ballard.

Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Sendroff was honored to also have represented many giants of show business who now watch over him from above, including Rosemary Clooney, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Bette Davis, Mimi Hines, Linda Lavin, Barbara Cook, Anita O’Day, Kaye Ballard, Glynis Johns, Keely Smith, Lesley Gore, Ken Page, Polly Bergen, Elly Stone, Carol Sloane, Marni Nixon, Ralph Burns, Peter Matz, Marshall Barer and Burton Lane.

Mr. Sendroff also represents many of Broadway’s most sought-after designers, arrangers, orchestrators and music directors, as well as cabaret performers and actors, some of whom enjoy great success and some of whom have yet to achieve the success they seek. He is widely credited with having championed the cause of theatre arrangers and orchestrators by securing for these artists the right to receive credit and compensation for the use of their contributions beyond the conclusion of the initial production for which such contributions were created.

Mr. Sendroff has lectured on theatre law for the New York State Bar Association, the New York Law Journal and Columbia University School of Law and served on the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets. Recently anointed “Broadway’s Top Legal Eagle” by the broadwayworld.com website and awarded the ABIE Award for Generous Support of the Arts by the Abingdon Theatre Company and has been named to the prestigious list of Super Lawyers published in the New York Times yearly since 2010.

Mr. Sendroff has also worked as a professional actor and recording artist (introducing Kander & Ebb’s “Ten Percent”, cut from Chicago) and produced several recordings, most prominently, a collection of Johnny Mercer songs entitled Mostly Mercer, which he created as a showcase for his clients, including such legendary vocalists as Rosemary Clooney, Eydie Gorme, Anita O’Day, Michael Feinstein, Mimi Hines, Jennifer Holliday and in her first recording, Nancy LaMott. The album was named among the ten best vocal albums of the 1980s by Tower Records’ PULSE Magazine.

Mr. Sendroff is a graduate of Syracuse University and Temple University School of Law.  Recent interviews may be heard/seen at Broadway World Interview, Ken Davenport Podcast, Beyond the Curtain Podcast,  Richard Skipper Webcast and Harvey Brownstone Webcast

Syracuse University, 1972
B.A.

Temple University Schoof of Law, 1975
J.D.  

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New York State Bar
Admitted 1976

Top-Rated Attorney (annually since 2010)
SuperLawyers

Top-Rated Attorney (annually since 2016)
Best Lawyers

ABIE Award for Generous Support of the Arts (2016)
Abingdon Theatre Company

Top-Rate Firm (annually since 2016)
Best Lawyer’s “Best Law Firm”

Best Law Firm (annually since 2016)
Chambers USA