Greenberg Traurig’s Jay Cooper Receives Prestigious A&R Worldwide ‘Music Attorney of the Year’ Award
Los Angeles (PRWEB) April 18, 2014 -- The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP announced that Jay L. Cooper received the distinguished “Music Attorney of the Year Award” at A&R Worldwide’s International Music Industry Awards 2014. Cooper was recognized for “his outstanding contributions to The Worldwide Music Industry.” He accepted the award at the 10th annual MUSEXPO music conference held on April 9 in Los Angeles.
The founder of Greenberg Traurig’s Los Angeles Entertainment & Media practice, Cooper is known throughout the entertainment industry for his four decades of deal making and balanced understanding of both the artist and business. He focuses his practice on music industry, motion picture, television, multimedia and intellectual property issues. Cooper lectures at universities such as Harvard, USC, UCLA, and Michigan and displays his musicianship with the Los Angeles Big Band Barristers & the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic.
Cooper currently serves as an Advisory Board Member, Entertainment Law Initiative of The Recording Academy, is Co-Chairman, Alliance of Artists & Recording Companies, a Board Member of SoundExchange, and the former President of The Recording Academy. He has previously been the recipient of the Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Service Award and has been named the Entertainment Attorney of the Year by numerous professional organizations, including the Beverly Hills Bar Association Entertainment Law Section, the Century City Bar Association and the LA County Bar Association’s Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section.
With offices situated in the centers of the entertainment industry, Greenberg Traurig has one of the preeminent, international multidisciplinary entertainment and media practices. The Greenberg Traurig Entertainment & Media practice focuses on the music, motion picture, television, sports, Internet, digital media, publishing and theater industries. The team has access to key players in the entertainment industry and provides clients with the business-oriented and dedicated counsel needed to thrive in today’s multidiscipline, multimedia entertainment marketplace. U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers® selected Greenberg Traurig LLP as the “Law Firm of the Year” in Entertainment Law - Music as part of the 2011-2012 “Best Law Firms.”
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from 36 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Greenberg Traurig is among the Top 10 law firms on The National Law Journal's 2013 NLJ 350, an annual ranking of the largest firms in the U.S. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.
Lourdes Brezo Martinez, Greenberg Traurig LLP, +1 (212) 801-2131, [email protected]
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