Founder and Principal of Nomic Consulting, Erika R. Knierim is an attorney and finance professional with 13 years experience helping artists and institutional clients move into the 21st Century. As blockchain technology matures and NFT’s become a high-growth sector of the digital asset economy, she prepares clients for the opportunities this emerging technology provides and the complex challenges it presents. She helps individual, corporate, and institutional clients understand what NFTs are and how they work, develops a customized go-to-market strategy, and connects clients with specialized teams of legal, finance, and tax professionals to make sure clients are protecting themselves and their art.

Partner and Co-Head of Art Law and NFT Practice Group at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLC, Sarah C. Odenkirk is based in the firm’s Beverly Hills office. She advises clients on matters pertaining to intellectual property, business transactions and strategic planning, navigating the art market, public art policy, and blockchain and NFT projects. From 2013-2017 Sarah was the Associate Director of the Sotheby’s Institute’s Art Business and Arts Management Masters Degree Programs at Claremont Graduate University, where she also taught Legal Foundations, Public Art, International Transactions, and Cultural Property and Restitution.