Jay L Cooper

Entertainment & Media

Sports Facilities & Entertainment Venues

Intellectual Property & Technology

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Jay L. Cooper is the Founder of the Los Angeles Entertainment Practice and focuses his practice on music industry, motion picture, television, Internet, multimedia and intellectual property issues. He represents individuals and companies on intellectual property matters and contract negotiations, including recording and publishing agreements for individual artists and composers; actor, director, producer and writer agreements in film and television; executive employment agreements; complex acquisitions and sales of entertainment catalogs; production agreements on behalf of music, television and motion picture companies, and all entertainment issues relative to the Internet and digital services.

Concentrations:

Intellectual property

Copyright

Agreements for Music, Publishing, Film, Television

Internet

Board Member, Music Industry & Recording Technology at York College of Pennsylvania

Advisory Board Member and Founding Member, Entertainment Law Initiative, The Recording Academy 1998-Present

Former President and Current Member, The Recording Academy

Member and Former President, California Copyright Conference

Former Chairman and Current Member, American Bar Association, Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries

Member, Executive Committee and General Counsel of U.S.A. for Africa and Hands Across America

Member, New York Philharmonic, International Advisory Board

Co-Chairman, Alliance of Artists & Recording Companies

Co-Founder, International Association of Entertainment Lawyers

Board Member, SoundExchange

Member, American Bar Association

Member, California State Bar Association

Former Chairman, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Entertainment Law Committee

Member, Illinois State Bar Association

Member, New York State Bar Association

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2004-2022

JD, DePaul University College of Law.