Greenberg Traurig LLP Rings in New Year With Addition of Three Top L.A. Entertainment Attorneys Led by Industry Heavyweight Jay Cooper.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2002 Adding to its highly regarded international entertainment practice, Greenberg Traurig LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol welcomes the addition of Jay Cooper, a veteran entertainment attorney, who will chair the firm's entertainment practice in Los Angeles. Cooper brings with him Mario Gonzalez, who has represented the music industry for more than two decades and joins as a shareholder; and Kenneth Burry burry said of wool when it contains plant burrs, the adherent seed pods, usually of Medicago polymorpha. , a Cooper protege who joins as an associate, and who has established his own reputation for excellence within the field. "These newest additions to our national entertainment practice enhance our reputation in the industry," said Richard Davis, managing shareholder of the firm's Los Angeles office. "Jay and his team bring an established practice that includes talent, corporate transactions and wide-ranging contacts. They will further strengthen our exceptional entertainment litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. team in Los Angeles and will build a strong relationship with our groups in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Atlanta and Miami." Formerly a senior partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Cooper represents some of the nation's top rock and pop stars, television and motion picture talent, composers and entertainment companies. This dovetails well with the firm's well-established national practice which is chaired by Joel Katz - an acknowledged leader in the entertainment field and one of the most active members and former chairman of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS. Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is a U.S. (NARAS NARAS National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy awards) NARAS Navigation Aids, Radar and ARPA Simulation (UK maritime course) ), who currently serves as Executive Entertainment Counsel to the Recording Academy. "I have known Joel for 20 years and served on the board of NARAS with him. His vision and leadership have been a driving force in the entertainment world and served to build an outstanding practice at Greenberg Traurig," said Cooper. "I am delighted to have this unique opportunity to help grow the firm's practice on the West Coast and to work synergistically syn·er·gis·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to synergy: a synergistic effect. 2. Producing or capable of producing synergy: synergistic drugs. 3. with its impressive national team." A spirited speaker, Cooper is much in demand at film festivals, intellectual property conferences, industry events and law schools, addressing a wide range of topics from the acquisition of music rights for motion picture and television and negotiating recording contracts to negotiating talent agreements in the motion picture and television industry. He has also lectured at Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. for more than 15 years. Cooper is a former president of NARAS and former chairman of the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law (ABA) Forum Committee on Entertainment and Sports. Cooper received his J.D. from De Paul University, Chicago. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America continuously since 1987 and was listed in Euromoney Legal Media Group's The Best of the Best 2000 expert guide as well as in Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America. Gonzalez has extensive experience representing all segments of the music industry including recording artists, composers, record and music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. companies, record producers and more. His practice also focuses on concert tours representing both concert promoters and talent. Recent tours he has worked on include the Rolling Stones, Sade, Up in Smoke and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Burry's practice encompasses transactional matters primarily in the music industry with special emphasis in digital distribution and emerging Internet music issues. He also works with new young artists seeking record label and publishing deals. Greenberg Traurig's nearly 800 attorneys and lobbyists practice in 17 offices: New York; Miami; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Chicago; Boston; Philadelphia; Atlanta; Phoenix; Denver; Tysons Corner, Va.; Orlando, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; West Palm Beach, Fla.; Boca Raton, Fla.; Tallahassee, Fla.; and Wilmington, Del. |
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