Propper Legal & Consulting

I'm Abby Durlester, and I'm the founder of Propper Legal. My transactional practice focuses on day-to-day needs of people and organizations, in addition to entertainment and intellectual property work whenever possible. I grew up immersed in corporate and entrepreneurial worlds, as the only child of a marketing exec mom and a small business-owner dad. From birth, I’ve had the opportunity to observe what it means to run a business, and to establish lifelong relationships with so many of my “favorite” companies and vendors. At fifteen, on a lark, several still-good friends and I booked an all-day outdoor concert. I handled the venue contract, and was committed to becoming a lawyer from that moment on. Eager to get my feet wet, I worked throughout law school, participating in the competitive summer program at Warner Bros, counseling business owners in Loyola’s Business Law clinic, and working in legal clearance at Harpo Studios. After becoming a member of the Bar, I have been employed by firms, and as in-house as Counsel and Director of IP at an Oscar®-winning multimedia production company. I’ve worked with start-ups and established businesses, often functioning as “outside” in-house counsel. In addition to being as fun as it sounds, my experience in the entertainment industry required me to become comfortable functioning in fast-paced settings; and to be adept at finding inventive legal solutions that allow clients the space to evolve and be creative.