Lynn Morrow

Entertainment & New Media, Copyright, Transactional IP

Representing regional, national and international clients, Lynn advises and advocates for businesses and organizations that promote music and other forms of entertainment, and helps artists, authors, songwriters, music publishers and producers negotiate deals. She also works with independent publishing companies, record companies and large non-profit ministries with a music element, helping them to protect and promote their intellectual property. Previously a litigator, Lynn brings courtroom and negotiation skills to her practice.

Lynn crafts custom-made deals for each individual or entity, emphasizing what’s important to that particular client. With a deep familiarity with the process and specificities of entertainment contracts negotiation, Lynn aims for the sweet spot of inking a unique deal for her clients that still falls within parameters realistic to industry norms.

Because Lynn has many years of experience in this area of law, she’s familiar with nearly every type of music industry deal, even given the dramatic changes in the industry over the past decade or more. In her deal-making, Lynn approaches each matter with a focused, integrity-based and respectful-but-assertive mindset. Emphasizing clear communication, Lynn takes great care to listen carefully to her clients and be available and responsive to them.

Lynn writes extensively on copyright and entertainment-related subjects, and her article, "The Recording Artist Agreement: Does it Empower or Enslave?" was published by the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law and Practice. In addition, Lynn speaks frequently before legal and entertainment industry audiences. Lynn is the past Chair of the Entertainment and Sports Section of the Nashville Bar Association and Tennessee Bar Association. In 2013 and 2018, Lynn was named Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year in Entertainment Law in Nashville, and since 2008, she has been ranked among Best Lawyers® in Entertainment Law - Music, Copyright Law and Intellectual Property Law.

Tennessee Bar Association, Entertainment and Sports Law Section, Former Chair; National Academy of Recording Arts and Science; Country Music Association; Gospel Music Association; Academy of Country Music; Nashville Bar Association, Entertainment and Sports Law Section, Former Chair; Copyright Society of the South, Former Board Member; California Bar Association, Entertainment and Sports Law Section; College of Entertainment and the Arts, Lipscomb University, Advisory Board; American Bar Association; Leadership Music, Former Board Member, Legal Counsel; Pepperdine School of Law, Board of Advisors