About me:

I am a highly experienced intellectual property attorney with a broad palette of experience: from major record and music publishing company business affairs, to digital media, copyright policy and legislation, through general counsel duties and all the way to cutting-edge AI issues. I provide consulting services to internet-based, new-media companies and AI start-ups, as well as more traditional record labels, songwriters, music publishers, record producers and artists. Previously, I have served as a Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at Universal Music Group, as the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Digital Media Association (“DiMA”), the Washington, D.C. trade organization that represents digital media companies including Apple’s iTunes, Amazon, Google/YouTube, Microsoft, Rhapsody, Rhapsody, Live 365 and many others, and in private practice representing songwriters, producers and small record labels, as well as music instrument manufacturers.

At DiMA, I was responsible for all aspects of the association’s business, from overseeing legislative and lobbying efforts, to membership recruitment and administrative matters, as well as a full gamut of G.C. duties including human resources and staffing, real estate transactions. I provided my expertise in the negotiations and arbitrations associated with sound recording and musical composition royalty rates in the United States and internationally.

Prior to joining DiMA, I served as a Business & Legal Affairs Executive at several major record companies including EMI, BMG and Polygram - and also at Sanctuary Records, a large independent “360˚” company that provided management, production, recording, distribution and other services to artists. My early legal career included associate attorney positions representing artists, musical instrument manufacturers and small record and production companies, drafting agreements, handling copyright and trademark matters and also handling civil litigation.