Sirota Law Firm was founded by Jonathan Sirota, Esq. His clients include famous brands, well-known artists, government officials, and global corporations. Jonathan's experience includes being a senior executive of the Hearst Corporation where he provided legal counsel on corporate, entertainment, technology, fine art, technology, equity investments, and media matters for Hearst Entertainment and King Features Syndicate. Jonathan also served as Director of Legal Affairs and Secretary of the Board at SmartMoney, a Hearst Corporation and Dow Jones global joint venture. Prior to joining Hearst, Jonathan worked as a foreign advisor for the government of Japan at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. Jonathan speaks Japanese and Sirota Law Firm has been designated by the New York Office of the Consulate General of Japan as as preferred legal provider for entertainment, business, and technology matters. Jonathan works on a wide range of complex business transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, manufacturing , distribution, sales agent, vendor, licensing, technology, and intellectual property (copyright and trademark) deals.

Jonathan's many years of representing the legal and business affairs of famous character franchises worldwide, such as Popeye, Betty Boop, and Flash Gordon, helped him to learn how to successfully navigate and resolve a uniquely broad range of global legal and business issues. In addition, Jonathan advised on the complex challenges for the launch of the Russian edition of "SmartMoney" magazine and website. Adding to his diverse experience, Jonathan was on the lead team to establish a Silicon Valley technology R&D and manufacturing venture focused on developing a new generation of non-backlit flexible screens for personal electronic devices. That R&D project brought together and required careful negotiation among major technology companies and research universities in the United States, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Jonathan is trusted to manage negotiate and advise business executives, government officials, and board members concerning a broad range of entertainment, business, technology, and cross-cultural legal matters. His clients include companies in the private equity, venture capital, hard goods, soft goods, apparel, OEM technology, software, blockchain / NFT, food and beverage, art, media, film, television, podcast, talent management, modeling, and digital media industries.