About Bobby
Areas of ConcentrationNegotiation of complex content agreements with record companies, music publishing companies, music publishing rights organizations, motion picture studios, television networks, and various independent content providers and aggregators, and related strategic counseling (including with respect to electronic sell-through, subscription, streaming, ad-supported, mobile and other cutting-edge business models)Negotiation of all varieties of agreements with musical composition performance rights organizations (e.g., ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) and mechanical licensing organizations (e.g., The Harry Fox Agency) as well as the coordination of related international rights clearance strategies with foreign rights holders and collectivesAdvising clients with respect to all aspects of new media business models, including negotiation strategy, legal exposure and risk avoidance, as well as comprehensive strategic counseling and consultingRepresentation of record artists, songwriters, and music producers in all areas including record agreements, publishing agreements, producer agreements, and other new media agreementsNegotiation of sponsorship, endorsement and license agreements in the entertainment sectorCopyright counseling and guidance in the digital media space, including analysis of complex rights licensing issues associated with cutting-edge business modelsGeneral intellectual property counseling and prosecution (including copyright, trademark and unfair competition), with a particular focus on businesses operating in the entertainment and media spaceRepresentation of recording artists, producers, record labels, and other entities in connection with typical music industry transactions and agreementsTrademark and unfair competition counseling, prosecution and litigation strategyCopyright counseling, prosecution and litigationInternet web site and software development agreementsCounseling regarding overall new media strategies
Practice Areas
Case History
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law - Music, Atlanta (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Atlanta (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Atlanta (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law - Music, Atlanta (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Trademark Law, Atlanta (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law - Music, Atlanta (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Atlanta (2014)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law - Music, Atlanta (2012)
- Recognized: Copyright Law
- Recognized: Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
- Recognized: Entertainment Law - Music
- Recognized: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Recognized: Trademark Law
- Practice Area: Communications Law
- Special Focus: Copyright
- Special Focus: Entertainment Law
- Special Focus: Intellectual Property
- Special Focus: Internet
- Special Focus: Licensing
- Special Focus: Media
- Special Focus: Music
- Special Focus: Trademark
- Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers, "Leading Lawyer in Media," 3rd Edition
- CSC Trademark Insider Annual Reports, "Top 50 Trademark Attorneys in the United States," 2003-2008
- PLC Which Lawyer?, 2009
- The Hollywood Reporter, "Power Lawyers: Top 100 Most Influential Entertainment Lawyers in America," 2011
- The Legal 500 United States, 2008, 2011-2012
- Variety, Dealmakers Impact Report, 2012
- Georgia Trend magazine, "Legal Elite," 2008 and 2010-2013
- World Trademark Review, "WTR 1000," 2011-2013
- Chambers USA Guide, 2003-2013
- Super Lawyers magazine, Georgia Super Lawyers, 2004-2013
- Super Lawyers "Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia," 2012-2013
- Managing IP Magazine's World IP Handbook and Survey, "IP Stars," 2013
- Variety, "Legal Impact Report," 2013