Ross Hersemann
Ross A. Hersemann is the Founder of Loading Law, a Chicago-based law practice, and provides legal counsel to creators and creative professionals. Ross is also the Organizer of the Chicago Video Game Law Summit and an Adjunct Professor of Video Game Law at DePaul University. He speaks frequently on hot topics in law and technology. Ross also serves as the Chair of IGDA Chicago, Chair of the CBA YLS Creative Arts Committee, and Associate Boardmember for Lawyers for the Creative Arts.
GDEX 2025 Session: Business & Legal Strategies for Creative Freelancers: 2025 Edition! | Are you a game developer, content creator, media influencer, or industry freelancer? Do you wish you knew more about how evolving legal principles and company business practices affect your affect your processes and profit? Would you like to know how to legally protect yourself and your content while you moonlight in a gig economy? In this presentation and QA, game industry attorney Ross A. Hersemann will explain the business and legal issues affecting content creators and game industry freelancers in 2025. Ross A. Hersemann is the Founder of Loading Law, a Chicago-based law practice, and provides legal counsel to creators and creative professionals. Ross is also the Organizer of the Chicago Video Game Law Summit and an Adjunct Professor of Video Game Law at DePaul University. He speaks frequently on hot topics in law and technology. Ross also serves as the Chair of IGDA Chicago, Chair of the CBA YLS Creative Arts Committee, and Associate Boardmember for Lawyers for the Creative Arts.
