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Nashville, Tn, Us

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Executive legal counsel working with entrepreneurs to build and turn operational a world-class multi-purpose venue, to include two audio recording studios, a 4k video studio, 650 cap concert hall, and a 150 cap outdoor stage. Design and implementation of bespoke internal systems to anticipate and handle growing operations requirements. Responsible for the design and implementation of a fairly complex, yet workable, enterprise structure though which to run a large number of B2C and B2B business lines. Internal intellectual property counsel. Management of outside counsel to include corporations, alcohol, litigation, and trademark matters. Deep involvement of legal department in sales and client services roles in order to generate revenue. Oversight of, and legal lead concerning, ticketing, POS, and information technology matters.

Washington D.C. / Baltimore Greater Area | Nashville, Tennessee

Seasoned business and legal affairs attorney with significant corporate in-house, private law firm, and contracted outside counsel experience. Structures, negotiates, drafts, and closes domestic and international transactions involving the financing, inception, production, exploitation/distribution, and ownership of original and acquired media content and other assets. Lead attorney heading transactions and other matters involving many of the world’s leading media companies. Provides creative and practical guidance on legal and business strategies. Has management, nonprofit, and litigation experience.Counsel to television networks, producers, production companies, web designers, TV talent, musicians, musical groups, music composers, and media entrepreneurs on a wide variety of entertainment, intellectual property, corporation, employment, and labor legal matters. Involvement includes commercial transactions and corporations law (profit and nonprofit) as well as emerging technologies, SaaS licensing, copyrights, trademarks, social media, merchandising, and employment matters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Media/entertainment business and legal affairs attorney – backed by years of in-house, law firm, and Of Counsel experience. Believes it is a privilege to work on media/entertainment matters that bring new challenges at a rapid pace- viewing these as means to learn, lead, and grow and thus opportunities to help clients advance their endeavors at a timely pace.Provides business and legal counsel mirroring the needs of emerging and conventional media/content landscapes. Designs, implements, and supports legal frameworks for digital and conventional media content and related asset development, creation, production, distribution, and exploitation. Supports legal aspects of neighboring marketing and social media functions and partnerships including influencer engagements. Uses a proactive approach to identify and implement collaborative and often cross-functional solutions and risk mitigation options. Simultaneously supports senior executives and multiple other stakeholders across a variety of matters.Regularly functions as lead attorney on domestic and international transactions involving many of the world’s leading media companies and provides creative and practical guidance with related legal and business strategies. Has been legal counsel to top world brand corporate marketing departments, in-house legal departments, social media departments, deal leads of branded content, television networks, content syndication/licensing departments, independent producers, production companies, web designers, TV talent, musicians, music composers, recording studios, digital game developers, and media entrepreneurs on a wide variety of media, intellectual property, project financing, and corporate organization matters.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

In-house transactional attorney handling common and complex contract negotiations and drafting in connection with domestic and international television programming development, commission, co-production, pre-sale, and acquisition deals. Provided executives and other internal clients with business and legal advice concerning negotiations, contract latitudes, copyrights, trademarks, and corporate policy. As needed, drafted and negotiated complex or atypical agreements involving media content and related rights.Lead attorney on music matters. Set up and launched music publishing and outbound music licensing operations (domestic and international). Music legal work resulted in considerable music-related revenue gains and operational improvements.Work frequently extended into technology, multi-platform digital distribution, digital media, SaaS, social media, merchandising, trademarks (brand protection), copyrights, data privacy, and pre-litigation matters.

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

Managed the division’s efforts to develop, produce, and distribute “family friendly” media content consisting of television, radio, periodical, website, and booklet properties. Co-formulated the company’s budget (over $20 million), long-term and short-range strategic plans, and reporting system.Designed and initiated a project development, launch, and retirement policy which transformed the division from a passive environment into a proactive planning-driven group.Within eight months placed 13 new programs into development and launched six of them (training, Internet, and radio programs).Initiated an IT-based performance indicator, business intelligence, and situation reporting resource to result higher levels of communication and accountability within the company/across corporate divisions.Redesigned workflow across several departments and instituted a marketing group to promote the division’s television, radio, Internet, training, and print programming.

Nashville, Tn

Main areas of practice: entertainment and media transactions - music, television, film. Represent clients in multi-party and common negotiations involving a wide range of agreements and disputed matters.Secondary areas of practice: trademarks and business entities.Summary: Advance the business interests of companies and individuals involved with the development, acquisition, and commercialization of media content.Clients include film and television production and broadcast companies, film and television producers and directors, record companies, music and book publishers, IT businesses, emerging musical artists and writers, business owners, and a variety of other concerns.

Nashville, Tn

Producer, assistant director, production manager, line producer, production coordinator, and production assistant.Managed all aspects of creating, developing, photographing, producing, and editing media content including television commercials and industrial films.Interacted with internal and external clients on a daily basis to forward creative, technical, and business aspects of productions.140+ projects in approximately four years.Productions earned 13 awards- regional and national.Worked within the production department on four L.A.-based studio feature films.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Tennessee Law Review, Assistant Editor & Student Materials Editor National Constitutional Law Moot Court Team.

Master Of Science - Ms, Advertising

B.S., Recording Industry Management (Business Emphasis)