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Tonya M. Evans
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- Philadelphia, PA
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- Where do you live?
- Philadelphia
- About Me:
- Tonya M. Evans, is Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg campus) and an attorney specializing in the areas of entertainment law (literary, music and film), intellectual property (copyright and trademark), estate planning, and municipal finance.
She is a former Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Sports, Entertainment and Art Law Committee, and has served as an adjunct professor of copyright, publishing and licensing at York College of Pennsylvania.
She is a nationally recognized speaker who presents to various audiences regularly on publishing and intellectual property law and estate planning issues.
Tonya, known affectionately as "Lawyer by Day, Poet by Night" is also a performance poet and writer, and the author of numerous books, including Contracts Companion for Writers, Copyright Companion for Writers, Literary Law Guide for Authors: Copyright, Trademark, and Contracts in Plain Language, Seasons of Her and SHINE! Her short story, Not Tonight appears in an anthology titled Proverbs for the People, published by Kensington.
Tonya attended Northwestern University on a four-year tennis scholarship, and thereafter she competed on the women's professional tennis circuit and played most notably in the US Open, Virginia Slims of Philadelphia, and Lipton in 1993. Thereafter, she attended Howard University School of Law on an academic scholarship, served as Editor-in-Chief of the Howard Law Journal and graduated with honors.
Tonya now time spends her in Philadelphia and Harrisburg and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- How long have you been in business?
- 1999
- Why did you go into Business?
- I have an entrepreneurial spirit and wanted to control my own destiny.
- Why did you join the Network?
- I was referred by a MySpace friend who is also a female entrepreneur and fellow writer. OWN has helped her connect with other like-minded women and highly recommended that I visit and join.
- Name of Business?
- Legal Write Publications
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Thank you for allowing a platform of expression for the Home Girl, CEO.
You and your vision are both absolutely FABULOUS!
As far As my home based business, I haven't completely taking the plunge but, I'm 90% there!
Here's my thing:
I can no longer fall victim to a work place that has not set up ample respect for the single mom! My last job wanted me to work from 4pm-1am. In my opinion, they were telling me to forget about my family, and forget about having a life and let someone else raise your child!
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Always remember that we come from a background of strong survivors that would do anything for the price of freedom, even risk loosing their lives.
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Missie Shealey
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I see that I never stopped by to say, "Hi" Thanks for joining us. Your bio is very impressive. Nice photo!
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VOTE!I was very impressed with your bio. This is indeed a great site to connect with others.
Continued success to you!
Please take a moment and join our Philly Connect group on ConnectingUs. We would love to have you. We have some poets and authors there.
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Thank you for sharing your work. I am also a closet poet and have compiled some of my work into a manuscript. I'm definitely interested in reading your books regarding copyrights and contracts.
Peace & Joy!
Angela
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