Lynn Morrow

Practice Areas

Entertainment and New Media, Global Intellectual Property, Copyright, Transactional IP

Career

Adams and Reese Partner and Entertainment and New Media Team Leader Lynn Morrow represents regional, national and international clients, advising and advocating 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 their intellectual property and content. Previously a litigator, Lynn brings courtroom and negotiation skills to her practice.

Lynn assisted in the development of the firm’s Entertainment and New Media Practice Group.

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 contract negotiation, Lynn aims for the sweet spot of inking a unique deal for her clients that still falls within parameters realistic to industry norms. Understanding that she might not get a chance to renegotiate a contract for a number of years, she strives to get her client as far “up the ladder” as possible on the first go-round.

Because Lynn has many years of experience in this area of law, she’s familiar with nearly every type of deal in existence, even given the dramatic changes in the music industry over the past decade or more. 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.

Professional Memberships

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; United States Tennis Association; Music City Tennis Invitational, Committee Member; Citizen's Committee for the Tennessee Prayer Breakfast, Chair of 2017 Event; Mercy Multiplied International, Board of Directors; Fellowship of Christian Athletes, State Board Member; Leadership Music, Former Board Member, Legal Counsel; Pepperdine School of Law, Board of Advisors