Christopher B. Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Represent local entrepreneurs, business leaders, artists, and corporations, in all matters related to business formation, contract disputes, construction and defective workmanship, consumer protection claims, artist management disputes, state and federal litigation.Advise business owners, independent artists, small businesses, and limited liability companies on best business practices, career advancement, protection of intellectual property rights, employment issues, and trade secrets.Engaged in all aspects of litigation including motion practice, depositions, trials, appeals, and settlements.Secured over $3 million for clients.

Murfreesboro, Tn

Teach various classes in practice areas such as contracts, constitutional law, torts, ethics, criminal law and criminal procedure, and intellectual property. Employ instructional forms such as cooperative and experiential learning. Establish curriculum. Produce course syllabus and assess student performance. Offer LSAT preparation course twice annually.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Prepared and summarized case files in advance of hearings and prepared bench memos.• Attended court sessions to hear oral arguments and provided assistance during jury trials.• Prepared briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations to the judge.• Researched laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, complaints, petitions, pleadings, or other information related to cases before the court.• Review and analyze breach of contract, personal injury, healthcare liability, government tort liability, defamation, and other claims.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Solo practitioner specializing in entertainment and intellectual property law. • Represented independent artists, songwriters, managers, and producers negotiating and analyzing transactions and deal terms involving copyrights and trademarks, public performance, contract drafting and review, licensing rights, and publishing agreements.• Tracked and researched developing precedent and legislation in intellectual property law to maintain expertise and best advise and advocate for clients regarding litigation avoidance.• Reached agreement on recording contract valued at $1 Million for client.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Worked with partner in representing numerous high-profile comedians and their estates in landmark federal copyright litigation to recover for past and ongoing infringement of public performance rights against digital service providers exceeding collective damages of $40 million.o Robin Williams Trust v. Pandora Media, Main Sequence Ltd., v. Pandora Media, Ron White, Inc., v. Pandora Media, etc.• Handled numerous smaller copyright infringement matters on my own negotiating settlement and licensing agreements of up to $30,000 per client.• Conducted legal research and conferred with colleagues with subject matter expertise to develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases regarding complex litigation.• Evaluated as either exceptional or above average with every partner whom I worked with especially regarding my legal writing and research.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Represented and defended state agency actions in administrative appeal hearings regarding Medicaid and healthcare eligibility.• Identified optimal litigation strategy and research nuanced areas of state and federal law regarding administrative law, Medicare, Medicaid, and other healthcare matters including long term services and support.• Managed high-volume caseload (over 700 cases) and obtained favorable rulings in 99% of all cases assigned.• Litigation strategy and case management were evaluated by my team lead as above average and exceeding expectations.

Nashville, Tn

• Reviewed thousands of e-discovery documents tied to antitrust, intellectual property, contracts, healthcare, business and environmental lawsuits for privilege, confidentiality, and protected information to comply with HIPAA and FINRA regulations.• Managed workload of 30+ attorneys to reach production targets and delegated daily tasks, addressed employee questions, and resolved scheduling issues.• Selected from group of 100+ to be assistant team lead based on excellent quality of work, communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills as well as ability to work under stress.

Nashville, Tennessee

Analyzed numerous discovery documents daily involving commercial contract disputes and Justice Department antitrust investigations. Carried out other duties that involved creating privilege logs and performing quality control and pre-production cleanup.• Exceeded position expectations to be one of three attorneys retained after 75% staff reduction, recognized for high work quality and exceptional communication.

Reviewed thousands of documents, daily, related to federal antitrust litigation, pharmaceutical and FDA investigations in compliance with HIPAA and FINRA. Performed quality control, pre-production cleanup, and created privilege logs for each project.• 1 out of 4 attorneys kept after an 85% team reduction for exceptional communication skills, work quality and leadership abilities.

Nashville, Tn

• Provided aid to partners in filing civil lawsuits including personal injury, federal tort, sexual harassment, contract disputes, intellectual property, and medical malpractice claims,• Conducted legal research and compiled exhibits for trial as well as case analysis.• Created and prepared legal drafts, including memoranda and briefs, by organizing and assembling information for legal documents and forms; including settlement agreements.• Assisted in winning trial cases with judgments exceeding $300,000 and negotiated successful settlements.• Researched and helped provide case strategy for federal tort claim against the Department of the Navy for a personal injury claim exceeding $2 million.

Nashville, Tennessee

• Trained students to use the Bloomberg Law search databased. • Helped and advised students how to use traditional and Boolean search terms to complete extensive legal research.

Nashville, Tn

• Provided musicians, songwriters, and artists with legal advice regarding Copyright and Trademark protections, recording and publishing contracts and royalties.• Performed legal and general research, drafting memoranda and correspondence.• Drafted correspondence and legal documentation such as entertainment contracts, publishing & licensing agreements, waivers, and memoranda and disseminated materials to appropriate parties.

Nashville, Tn

Conducted extensive legal research and analysis regarding IP, Copyrights, Trademarks and Contracts. Prepared memoranda and briefs and complied exhibits for trial including expert musicologist reports. Reviewed entertainment documents and royalty statements and proactively prepared them for litigation purposes.

Juris Doctor, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Graduate

Activities and Societies: Federalist Society, Entertainment Law Society

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Recording Industry: Music Business

Activities and Societies: Reformed University Fellowship, Grammy U, NARM

Education record

Activities and Societies: Beta Club, National Honors Society, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, Debate Team, Quiz Bowl