Adia Z. May, Esq., MBA
Board Member
 

Adia Z. May is a Chicago native and graduate of Howard University.  Upon completion of her bachelors degree in finance, she accepted a full scholarship to attend the University of Iowa College of Law and University of Iowa Tippie School of Management.  At Iowa, she was the only person of color in her joint JD/MBA class. After graduation, the law firm of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, a firm of over 200 attorneys, offered her a corporate associate attorney position in Chicago.  While practicing corporate law, she became more aware of her interests in entertainment. After leaving the firm, she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her dream. Her experience includes stints at the Screen Actors Guild headquarters in Los Angeles, CA as a Business Representative in Residuals and later as an Advisor in Entertainment Contracts. She was also the head of Business & Legal Affairs at Codeblack Entertainment.

Currently, she has a viable entertainment company and is based in Los Angeles, CA.  She services clients in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. In addition to serving her clients, Ms. May is a film and television producer with several projects in development.



Ms. May is active in a number of organizations and serves as a member of the NAACP Image Awards Nominating Committee and the Entertainment Law Committee of the Langston Bar Association.  She also serves on the Board of Directors of actor and author Hill Harper's Manifest Your Destiny Foundation and the Board of Directors of the National Black Pre-MBA Conference and Business School Recruitment Fair.  She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.  Ms. May prides herself on her thoroughness and zealous representation of her clients, whether serving as an advisor or negotiator.  She has successfully represented a wide-variety of clients in entertainment and in the arts.  In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, playing tennis and fashion.