My top professional priorities are effectiveness and adding value to my clients through my representation. I am passionate about and dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and individuals in entertainment, business, early-stage start-ups, and growing companies to develop or improve upon strong foundations and frameworks for success. I love working with producers (music, film, theater, events, etc.), recording artists, fine artists (painters, sculptors, digital artists, photographers, etc.), executives, investors, businesses, freelancers, start-ups (tech, apps, SaaS), entertainment and business clients (film, television, music, arts, theatre companies, talent, etc.) in the areas of contracts, private securities transactions, brand and content protection, production deals, development deals, mergers & acquisitions, licensing, project funding, film funding/financing, crowdfunding (debt/equity), private finance, venture capital, intellectual property (copyright & trademark), unfair competition law, & dispute resolution.

Alonzo McAlpine Alston, Esq. was born in Savannah, GA, is a faith-led, loving and dedicated husband and father of two as well as a results-driven, service-oriented, and client-focused attorney. Attorney Alston was born to entrepreneurial parents who were heavily involved in the civil rights movement. His mother attended Stillman College, Indiana University, Case-Western Reserve University, and Emory Medical School, marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and further trailblazed as the first Black woman pediatrician in Savannah, Ga. His father attended Purdue University, Atlanta University, John Marshall Law School, and Savannah State College, was a founding member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, was a founding member and executive for the black caucus of the Republican Party of Georgia, and founded Atlanta’s first luxury private transportation company. Attorney Alston is a product of their strong influence and guidance to purpose his life and endeavors on social equality and equity, cause-driven activism, community building, and self-reliance with a focus on empowerment and entrepreneurship. These values have also influenced his desire to continually exhibit integrity, to believe in and advocate for ownership, and develop clear goal-oriented communications. Attorney Alston said, “[O]ne of the primary reasons I became an attorney was to make sure that people knew what I didn’t know when I started out in business. I wanted people to know the value of strong agreements and be able to speak to an attorney that had been on the wrong end of a bad deal. Someone’s got to fight for the little guy in business.”

Entrepreneurship has been a driving force in his life and began at an early age. Since his first lemonade stand and video game exchange, Attorney Alston has sought to maximize value for his clients. In 2001, Attorney Alston founded Movement Productions (now, Movement Productions, LLC) to provide quality event-oriented entertainment, information services, and resources. Similarly, Attorney Alston established McAlpine PLLC to provide client-focused and dedicated customer service yielding high-quality legal counsel in various entertainment and business related areas. Prior to attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Attorney Alston received college credits from Armstong Atlantic University and Washington University in St. Louis. Attorney Alston is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Communications Studies and minor in African-American Studies, is a graduate of the inaugural class of Charlotte School of Law, and is licensed to practice law in the state of North Carolina.

McAlpine PLLC was founded in 2009 by Alonzo M. Alston, Esq., and is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based entertainment law and business law firm. McAlpine PLLC’s, Senior Attorney, Alonzo Alston practices in the areas of entertainment, small business, early-stage start-ups, joint ventures, contracts, private securities transactions, production deals, development deals, mergers & acquisitions, licensing, entertainment project funding, film funding/financing, crowdfunding (debt/equity), private finance, venture capital, IP (copyright & trademark), unfair competition law and litigation. Attorney Alston founded Movement Productions (now, Movement Productions, LLC) in 2001  while attending UNC Chapel Hill to provide quality event-oriented entertainment, information services, and resources. Similarly, Attorney Alston established McAlpine PLLC to provide client-focused and dedicated customer service with high-quality legal counsel entertainment, business, and related legal services.