Tara Parker

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Overview

Tara Parker is a partner in the Goodmans Entertainment Law Group, recognized worldwide as one of the leading practices in Canada. Her practice focuses on advising major U.S., international and Canadian studios, broadcasters/networks, streamers, producers, literary, musical, theatrical and other creative and business clients on financing structures, tax incentives, international co-productions and joint-ventures, rights acquisitions, format, distribution and digital media deals, errors and omissions insurance, talent deals, guilds/unions, clearance and intellectual property law matters.

Tara is recognized as 2023 Toronto Entertainment Law “Lawyer of the Year” (Best Lawyers in Canada), and is also recognized as a leading entertainment lawyer by Chambers Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and as Global Leader Lexology Index: Sports & Entertainment. She is also recognized for media by Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers and the Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law.

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Awards & Recognition

  • Chambers Canada Band 2, Media and Entertainment 2025
  • The Legal 500 Leading Individual, Media and Entertainment 2025
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Most Frequently Recommended, Entertainment Law 2025
  • Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized, Entertainment Law 2025
  • Chambers Canada Band 2, Media and Entertainment 2024
  • The Legal 500 Leading Individual, Media and Entertainment 2024
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Professional Involvement

Tara is a thought leader in the industry and is frequently asked to comment on developments in entertainment news, including most recently in The Globe and Mail on the NFTs, CBC News on filming celebrity bio-pics without consent, CTV’s morning show regarding copyright litigation and Business News Network (BNN) on format programs and reality TV.

Tara is a guest lecturer on entertainment law and media-related issues at the University of Toronto law school, Schulich School of Business, York University, Ryerson University, Toronto Film School, Women in Film & Television and for the Osgoode Certificate in Entertainment Law course.

She has contributed articles to various entertainment law publications including, “Views about Drake's 6IX trademark dispute and Cartoonist challenges Banksy’s intellectual Property Rights” in The Lawyer’s Daily, published by LexisNexis Canada. 

Tara is a former Advisory Board Member and current lecturer for the 2025 BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media (Producers Edition), a mentor for Young Women in Law and duty counsel for ALAS Artist’ Legal Advice Services, a not-for-profit organization which provides free summary legal advice to artists in Ontario, Canada.

Credentials

  • University of Victoria, J.D., 1999
  • University of Toronto, M.A., 1995, Medieval History
  • University of Toronto, B.A., 1994, Honours, History and English, With Distinction

Professional Affiliations

  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Past President and Chair of Crow’s Theatre
  • Advisory Board Member BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media
  • Mentor for Young Women in Law
  • Duty Counsel for ALAS Artist’ Legal Advice Services, a not-for-profit organization which provides free summary legal advice to artists in Ontario, Canada
  • Past Section Executive, Ontario Bar Association, Entertainment, Media and Communications Law 
  • WIFT-T Women in Film and Television – Toronto
  • Film Ontario

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