Top Entertainment Lawyers in Nashville | 14 available

Firm: Alandis Brassel

501 Union Street , Nashville , Tennessee 37219

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Alandis Brassel is an experienced entertainment attorney with a passion for helping creatives build sustainable businesses and careers. He regularly represents recording artists, songwriters, producers, and other music business professionals in a wide range of legal matters, including contract negotiations, IP rights, royalty recovery, and legacy planning (estate planning and administration). He also works with creatives in the film, television, and influencer industries.. Active in the arts and entertainment community, Alandis is a member of The Recording Academy (Grammys ®) and a director on the board of Worldwide Stages, a state-of-the-art soundstage and production campus for music, TV, film, and virtual production in the Nashville metropolitan area. He is also an advocate for equity and education within the industry, serving as a volunteer attorney with the Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals for the Arts, a board member for Nashville Music Equality, and an advisory board member for the Music Export Memphis Music Industry Council. Alandis is a frequent lecturer and panelist at music industry conferences such as Music Biz and Americanafest.. Prior to his legal career, Alandis was a professional audio engineer with clients such as Bloomberg Television, Warner Chappell Music, and Def Jam. After graduating from law school, Alandis worked as Counsel in the Office of U.S. Representative Jim Cooper (TN-05) and as Program Director of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville before going into private practice.. He is the past chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Entertainment and Sports Law Section and a former Assistant Professor of Music Business at The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Alandis has also taught as adjunct faculty at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business.. Alandis has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Entertainment Law for three consecutive years and was recently named a Billboard Magazine 2023 Top Music Lawyer.

Firm: Shrum & Associates P.C

54 Music Square East , Nashville , Tennessee 37203

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business Formation, Computers and Software, Copyrights, Corporate , Defamation, Libel and Slander, Entertainment & Sports , Internet , Trademarks, Entertainment, Entertainment

Music, entertainment and Internet attorney, consultant and expert witness with specialized knowledge of the music industry and royalty structures. Over 15 years of experience in drafting and negotiating contracts in the music industry, including but not limited to, songwriting agreement, management agreements, and recording agreements. Also experienced litigator with trial experience at both the State and Federal level. Skills include application of corporate and business formations to music and entertainment clients. Skills also include extensive experience in trademark application.

Firm: LanCarte Law, PLLC

2817 West End Ave , Nashville , Tennessee 37203

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Attorney Chase LanCarte practices in the areas of music and entertainment, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and corporate law. His areas of focus were largely inspired by his musical upbringing and passion for the arts. As a musician, Chase has had the honor of playing guitar and piano and singing along-side such notable artists as Michael Martin Murphey and Tanya Tucker.. Having grown up working in his family's five-generation business, Joe T. Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant, and later for various music companies including Concord Music Group in Beverly Hills, Chase knows the importance of implementing and maintaining a structure for a business that will strengthen and support its success.. Chase's deep understanding and appreciation of business, as it relates to the arts, lead him to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Marketing with a minor in Music from The University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Texas Wesleyan School of Law (now Texas A&M School of Law). In May 2016, Chase receieved his LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Trial Advocacy from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. Chase counsels clients on strategic opportunities that will afford them the greatest protection under the law in the process of achieving their vision and goals. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and Tennessee.

Firm: Gladstone Baker Kelley

1227 17th Ave S Ste 2 , Nashville , Tennessee 37212

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Firm: Milom Crow Kelley Beckett Shehan PLC

3310 West End Ave Ste 610 , Nashville , Tennessee 37203

Practice Areas: Entertainment & Sports , Intellectual Property , Entertainment, Entertainment

Firm: Loeb and Loeb LLP

35 Music Sq E Ste 310 , Nashville , Tennessee 37203

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Firm: Leavens, Strand & Glover

1102 17th Ave S , Nashville , Tennessee 37212

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Firm: Buchalter Law

1 Music Cir S Ste 300 , Nashville , Tennessee 37203

Practice Areas: Entertainment & Sports , Entertainment, Entertainment

Firm: Adams and Reese LLP

501 Commerce St Ste 1300 , Nashville , Tennessee 37203

Practice Areas: Securities , Entertainment, Entertainment

Firm: L. Kevin Levine, PLLC

1720 West End Avenue , Nashville , Tennessee 37203

Practice Areas: Entertainment

I started my firm with the goal of providing professional, friendly, and cost-effective representation in entertainment law, business law, copyright, trademark, and other areas relevant to creative individuals and businesses. I am blessed to have a practice that allows me to combine my legal, business, and musical experience to help others pursue their artistic and entrepreneurial dreams.Having counseled clients and managed companies in diverse industries, I understand that everyone encounters legal and business issues that can seem overwhelming at times. I also recognize that those with the greatest need for assistance are sometimes the most reluctant to hire a lawyer because of the perceived cost and hassle. By using client-focused technology and offering innovative alternatives to hourly fees, I pride myself on delivering professional, friendly, and tailored representation to my clients.

1102 17th Avenue South, Suite 401 , Nashville , Tennessee 37212

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Michael A. Ransom is an Attorney with Safford Motley PLC where his practice focuses on all aspects of the entertainment industry, including intellectual property rights, transactional negotiation and drafting, and litigation. Among the numerous clients Michael has represented are mega touring and recording artists, major software companies, emerging singer/songwriters, and everyone in between. As a former full-time musician, Michael understands the issues that his clients face, and his approach to each representation centers around providing practical, real world solutions. Prior to joining Safford Motley, Michael worked for a number of years as an Associate with King & Ballow handling litigation matters for numerous high profile clients in the entertainment industry, and also formerly worked with Leavens, Strand & Glover representing a broad range of clients in entertainment and intellectual property matters.. Michael earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee and while in school served as the President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society, Staff Editor for Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, and was a member of the inaugural team sent to compete in the BMI Entertainment Moot Court Competition in New York City. In addition, Michael was part of Trademark and Business Law Clinics at UT Law, and was awarded for his work with the Distinguished Student Attorney Award and Transactional Clinic Student Attorney Award, as well as earning other recognitions for the highest grade in a particular course and for providing nearly 300 pro bono hours during the course of law school.. When out of the office, Michael continues to perform with his band “The Ransom Notes” and enjoys working with rescue dogs, particularly German Shepherds.

Firm: Almon Law, PLLC

1222 16th Ave. S , Nashville , Tennessee 37212

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Noah McPike is a senior associate with Almon Law, PLLC practicing entertainment, intellectual property, and business/corporate law on Nashville’s famed Music Row. Noah is a member of the American and Tenessee Bar Associations, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Recording Academy of America, the Copyright Society of the South and the Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.. Noah represents artists, songwriters, producers, investors, independent record labels, publishers, managers, and technology companies in transactional matters. Being an entertainment attorney in Nashville has allowed Noah to extend his passion of music to his professional career by helping people pursue their musical dreams. Noah spends his days working in the office but his nights are spent in clubs and venues supporting clients and looking to help artists get their big break.. Born and raised in Maine, Noah received his BA from the College of the Holy Cross and his JD from Franklin Pierce Law Center. Noah moved to Nashville because of his love of music especially the sounds of classic country, outlaw, and honky tonk country. Noah’s other favorite musical genres include jazz, crooner, classic rock and modern rock, and any other well written song.. From 2008-2010 Noah practiced as an attorney for a small firm on Music Row. Prior to that he gained valuable experience clerking for Loeb & Loeb of Nashville, Words and Music Copyright Administration of Nashville, and the Service Employees International Union. He was a student attorney for the Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property & Transaction Clinic during law school. In college Noah interned for NBC’s Meet the Press with Tim Russert in Washington DC. Noah also enjoys hunting, fishing, and is an avid Professional Bull Riding and New England sports fan.

Firm: Cutwater Law PLLC

3201 Dickerson Pike , Nashville , Tennessee 37207

Practice Areas: Entertainment

I am a business lawyer and Founder of Cutwater Law, a Nashville law firm providing legal services to private equity investors, small and medium sized companies, entrepreneurs, and the entertainment industry, including television, film, music, publishing, and multimedia.

Firm: Aldredge Law

4322 Harding Pike., Suite. 417 (37205) , Nashville , Tennessee 37212

Practice Areas: Entertainment