Develop Your Business Speaker: NANPA Summit 2025
Thomas Maddrey serves as Chief Executive Officer for ASMP after accepting this position in December of 2024. Prior to this, he served as Chief Legal Officer for the Society since 2021. Thomas first joined ASMP more than 25 years ago while still a high school student.
For more than a decade, Thomas was a commercial and fine art photographer in his eponymous photography business Tom Maddrey Images. He received his photo training at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. After moving back to Texas, he co-founded a fine art photography gallery in Dallas, Blue Square Art. He would then go on to create the Eclipse Photography Institute, an online- and retail-based education company dedicated to helping photographers learn about business and creative skills through workshops, courses, and a series of DVDs that were sold in over 800 stores throughout the world.
In his time representing and working for ASMP and other creative organizations, Thomas has been the primary author on multiple U.S. Supreme Court briefs, including in the critical cases, Warhol v. Goldsmith, Allen v. Cooper, and Unicolors v. H&M. He has authored over a dozen amicus briefs at all levels of the judiciary helping to explain to the courts how their ruling will affect working creative professionals and why copyright protections are so vital. Thomas is admitted to the bar and is a member in good standing of the State of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals.
How to “Think Like a Lawyer” to Launch Your Business
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 / 1:30pm – 3:00pm / Verbena
NOTE: This Session is part of the day-long seminar: “Develop Your Business” and requires that this Seminar is added to your Summit Registration or purchased seperately. For more information or questions about adding this Seminar, please contact summit@nanpa.org.
One of the best skills you can learn to really take your photography business to the next level is how to “think like a lawyer”. This simple shift in your thinking will allow you to get set up right, deal with adversity, and embrace success — no matter what type of photography you do.
Join ASMP’s CEO (and photo / art attorney) Thomas Maddrey as he takes you through the five key elements of how to think like a lawyer and how to apply that to your career and life.
Legal & Business Clinic LIVE! w/ Thomas Maddrey & Lisa C. Alvarez
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 / 4:00pm – 4:45pm / Verbena
NOTE: This Session is part of the day-long seminar: “Develop Your Business” and requires that this Seminar is added to your Summit Registration or purchased seperately. For more information or questions about adding this Seminar, please contact summit@nanpa.org.
Each Tuesday, Thomas Maddrey meets with ASMP & NANPA Members and discusses all manner of Legal & Business questions one-on-one! And during the Develop Your Business program, Thomas will be joined by Nature Photographer, Attorney, and ASMP Board Member Lisa C. Alvarez to assist in answering all your questions!
Now is your chance to have your questions answered live in this first-ever rapid-fire business presentation. You won’t want to miss this one!