Allen grubman biography
Allen J. Grubman is an American entertainment lawyer....
He was born to Jewish parents in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in , by his own account, at the very bot- tom of his class.
Allen Grubman
American entertainment lawyer
Allen J. Grubman is an American entertainment lawyer.
Early life
Grubman was born in and grew up in Crown Heights, in Brooklyn, New York.[2][3][4] He attended City College of New York, where he earned a BBA[5] While attending Brooklyn Law School, where he earned a J.D., he worked in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency and as a CBS page.[2]
Career
After graduating from Brooklyn Law School in 1967, he wrote various lawyers asking for a job.
When an attorney named Walter Hofer met with him, he recalled: "I didn't know what to say, so I tried to get him to like me. I said, 'I really want to work for you, but I don't come from a very wealthy family, so I can't afford to pay you very much to hire me.'"[4] Hofer hired him to work in his music law firm as an associate for $125-per-week ($1,100 in current dollar terms).[2][4][6][7]