ABOUT BETH
Let me tell you about my clients.
They are not interested in normal—not in life, art, or business.
They will never be satisfied with a paycheck, a 9 to 5 workweek, or a “regular” job.
They do not create as a hobby, side-hustle, or distraction; they create because they must.
They are not interested in being categorized or defined; they want to be felt, heard, and inspired.
They are brilliant artists with powerful voices.
They want everything they do professionally and creatively to be integrated as much as possible.
Everything they do has a higher purpose.
They want to change the world.
They want to use their God-given gifts in service of this mission.
They want to sustain a living doing so.
Hi. I’m Beth Stanfield — I am an artist, attorney, and creative entrepreneur who works exclusively with people like me—artists, professionals, and creative entrepreneurs.
In 2023, I quit the corporate world and started Liona Law. But it was just a law firm. It was not integrated with my life as an artist, writer, dancer, and social advocate. So in late 2024, we closed with no intent to reopen. I was willing to give up my “fancy” title and all I had accumulated over 20 years as an attorney for the sake of fulfilling a higher creative calling.
For the entirely of 2025, I devoted myself to the slow and painful process of healing and learning—detoxing from the lingering impacts of the corporate world, writing, creating, and exploring a new way live and do business, This process placed me in community with a new generation of artists and entrepreneurs; the ones who are using their brilliant artistic gifts to change the world.
Some of them identify as artists first and entrepreneurs second. Some of them identify as business owners first and creatives second. But one thing was always the same: they understand the assignment, the mission, and it drives everything they do. That’s why I love it here with the artists and creative entrepreneurs. It feels like home.
But I found something else hanging out with artists and entrepreneurs—a small but critical gap in legal protection. I saw brilliant creatives building powerful brands without protecting them. And I saw some of the most talented artists in the world pour their heart and soul into their work but leave it exposed.
So in early 2026, I decided to reopen Liona Law to serve a limited set of clients—artists, creatives, and mission-driven entrepreneurs—by providing the legal counsel they need to protect their work.
Now I work exclusively with artists, creatives, and mission-driven entrepreneurs who are building businesses around their specific gifts and creative calling. My clients are authors, painters, writers, designers, coaches, musicians, filmmakers, founders, and creators of all kinds. People whose work stands at the intersection of creativity commerce,
But their answer to “what do you do for a living” question isn’t the interesting part. It’s who they are and why they do what they do.
Liona Law now exclusively serves artists, creatives, and mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to change the world through their work.
Most artists and entrepreneurs already know that, in order to fulfill their creative calling, they need to secure legal ownership and control over their business, brand, voice, and body of professional and creative work. But knowing how to do it—and when—is far from clear.
When do you need a trademark and when do you need a copyright?
What the heck is “IP” and does your business have any?
And if you somehow manage to slow down long enough to get answers, will you end up with an exorbitant legal bill from a law firm that does not share your values, understand your world, or know how to talk like a regular human?
As a mission-driven law firm founded by an artist-entrepreneur-attorney, advising clients just like you is not only what we do best—it’s all we do.
So, if any of this sounds familiar, we should meet for coffee!
We believe the work we do as artists, creatives, and mission-driven entrepreneurs will change the world.
And because we truly believe that, we have to protect it like it means the world.
I wasted a lot of time trying to answer that question.
Time in which I quit the corporate world forever, started a law firm, wrote and published a best-selling memoir, built a local dance fitness community, opened an at-home dance studio and art space, and began writing my second book.
Even after all that, I still couldn’t answer the question.
In my mind, I couldn’t move forward — professionally or creatively — until I knew which “Beth” was driving the bus.
The Beth who makes objections or the one who makes art?
The Beth who writes briefs or writes books?
The Beth who kicks ass in the courtroom or the one who shakes ass in the studio?
Of course, the answer was both/and — just like I’m a mountain woman and a beach girl at the same time.
The truth is, I wasn’t really stuck because I couldn’t decide which title should come first on my bio. My problem was thinking it mattered.
I was stuck because I was trying to form my future around an identity — when titles, labels, and elevator speeches have never mattered to me. What matters to me is the mission.
Changing the world for good.
That’s all that has ever mattered to me regardless of what I’m wearing, where I’m going, or what I’m doing as an Artist, Writer, Attorney, Entrepreneur, Advocate, and Dancer.
Am I a lawyer who does art on the side or an artist with a law practice?
It’s always been about the mission.
That’s what has always driven me — as a lawyer, entrepreneur, writer, artist, and dancer. And if you’re here, the same is likely true for you. Because it’s what drives my clients.
The artists.
The writers.
The founders.
The creative entrepreneurs building businesses around their creative gifts and higher calling.
Like me, you don’t see your business as separate from your creative calling. Your mission, your voice, and your art is your business and flows through everything you do. That’s what drives us—individually and together.
And that right there — our shared desire to embody our highest intellectual and creative expression in order to fulfill a higher calling — has been guiding me all along.
To this place — Liona Law
To this work — Trademark, Copyright, and IP Protection for Artists, Creatives, and Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs
To you — My client and fellow world-changer
