Ari Solotoff is an entertainment lawyer and the Managing Attorney at Solotoff Law. He launched the firm in 2020 with a specialized focus on counseling clients at the intersection of copyright, entertainment, and the arts. Ari serves as an adjunct professor at Indiana University and the University of Michigan, where he teaches Legal Issues in the Arts.Ari's practice uniquely blends representation of a diverse range of creative clients, who are known for defining and defying contemporary culture (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame producers; Billboard-charting catalogs; Pulitzer Prize-winning literary authors; Top 20 podcast producers; and today's leading composers, concert artists, and ensembles), and copyright-driven matters (valuation and sale of music catalogs; digital therapeutic use of prescription music; scripted, unscripted, and documentary television and motion picture development and production; theatrical adaptations; literary rights acquisitions; and cutting edge issues in comedy recording rights and distribution). Of particular note, Ari has been sought out for his work with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists and their estates, regularly championing issues of equity, inclusion, and representation on stage, online, and on radio airwaves.Ari has been recognized as Maine's "Artful Lawyer" for his role in helping "composers, songwriters, filmmakers and other creative people avoid the legal pitfalls of the music and entertainment businesses" (Maine Sunday Telegram). He has been consistently identified by his peers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice, including as one of entertainment law's "Rising Stars" (SuperLawyers) and "Ones to Watch" (Best Lawyers in America); Ari is also the only entertainment lawyer in New England to hold these distinctions.An active member of the entertainment and copyright bars, Ari serves as the Chair of the Theatre & Performing Arts Division of the American Bar Association's Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries, and also as a member and frequent panelist for the Copyright Committee of the American Association of Literary Agents.Ari is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maine School of Law; served as Managing Editor of the Maine Law Review; and completed judicial internships with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Languages from the University of California, Berkeley.