Deborah Hrbek is the founder of Hrbek Law LLC.  Specializing in entertainment and business law, Hrbek represents musicians, filmmakers, independent record labels, TV and film producers, investors in the arts, directors, writers, as well as other types of artists and small business owners and startup Internet and technology companies.  Hrbek's entertainment clients include an Oscar winning film production team and a novelist on the Booker Prize short-list.  

Born in Princeton, N.J., Hrbek was raised in Palo Alto, California and London, England.  She received her law degree at King's College, Cambridge University, and went on to qualify as a barrister in England.  She argued cases and conducted trials in London's Magistrates' Courts, the High Courts and the Old Bailey, under her maiden name of Deborah Weich.

After an initial 8-year stint in New York City starting in 1990, Hrbek moved to the British Virgin Islands for two years, where she practiced law at a BVI-based international corporate law firm. It was the height of the dot-com boom, and most of the firm's clients were in the technology business. Hrbek prepared investment agreements and other financing documents for international technology companies raising capital through IPOs and private placements, and also handled international corporate litigation.  She chaired the BVI Association of Registered Agents' e-Commerce Working Group (1999-2000) and drafted that group's Report and Recommendations to the BVI Government with respect to this important new industry. After transferring back to Manhattan to work at Beck & Arad LLP, the New York firm affiliated with her BVI employer, Hrbek started her own law firm in the Financial District in 2002. 

Hrbek's ability to hone in on her clients' needs enables her readily to devise an effective strategy, usually after the first consultation.  Hrbek has a strong, engaging personality and a wry sense of humor.  Her broad experience in a variety of cultures gives her a unique sensitivity and perspective in every aspect of her practice. 

Deborah Hrbek lives in Brooklyn with her saxophonist husband, Joe Hrbek, and their two dogs, Ruby & Rio.