Leaving his hometown - Philadelphia (go Sixers!) - Gary studied music and theater at Syracuse University, where he performed and wrote music, and graduated in 1980. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he wrote more music (this time, for the school's Law Follies), and graduated cum laude. At Penn, he also served as one of the editors of the Law Review, and authored the article Exposing the Suspicious Foundation of Copyright Law, which was published in the Columbia University-VLA Journal of Art & The Law.
Gary began his legal career in New York City, at such international law firms as Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, as well as Loeb & Loeb. During this period, Gary found time to write, well, even more music - this time, an original musical called The Ballad of Therese, which was produced Off-Off-Broadway, and earned Gary a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Gary eventually started his own law firm, where he was proud to represent (and sometimes produce!) various motion picture and theater productions, including Beautiful Country (2005, Sony Pictures Classics; produced by Terrence Malick; starring Nick Nolte); Prey for Rock 'n Roll (2003, MAC Releasing; starring Gina Gershon); Flirting With Disaster (1996, Miramax Films; starring Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette); and the play Tolstoy (which opened at London's Aldwych Theater in 1997, starring F. Murray Abraham).
Gary Kauffman moved to Sarasota on January 1, 2003, where he was
admitted to the Florida Bar, became licensed as a real estate agent,
and worked initially for Sarasota
Commercial Management, in their legal and development division.
Gary soon joined Dunlap & Moran, P.A., where he focuses on real
estate and business transactions. He does not write music anymore.
But he enjoys playing piano for the musical singalong event known
as Sing Out, Louise.
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