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Katz has been a featured speaker at prominent biz events and has a history of giving back to the industry—he endowed and established one of the larg- est commercial music programs in the U.S. at the University of Georgia campus at Kennesaw State University.
STEPHEN WEIZENECKER
PARTNER
ATLANTA OFFICE
Steve Weizenecker has devoted his career to developing and utilizing production incentives across entertainment, including film, television, music and video games. Steve was the drafts-
man behind the Georgia Music Investment Act, which provided the first tax credit in the state
for scoring, musical recording and touring. He continues to advocate for further expansion
of production incentives for the music industry, including a pro- posed bill that would allow the film-tax credit to apply to films that license compositions created in Georgia. Steve serves on the board of Georgia Music Accord, which has the license to create
a Grammy Museum in Atlanta. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Governor’s Advisory Com- mittee on Film, Television, Music and Interactive Entertain- ment. Among his clients are mas- sive studios like NBCUniversal and ViacomCBS, estates includ- ing the Estate of Isaac Hayes, Jr. and entertainment trade asso- ciations like the Entertainment Software Association and Georgia Music Partners.
SETH GOLD
PARTNER
CENTURY CITY OFFICE
Seth Gold focuses his music practice on litigation and dispute resolution. In his 25-plus-year career, he’s represented clients in a wide variety of litigation where music and the law intersect. This includes representing authors and publishers of musical works in copyright-infringement actions, representing a famous rock band in a lawsuit alleging the band’s music and lyrics incited violence
and representing artists in mer- chandising disputes. Outside
of litigation, Seth routinely counsels clients on various issues relating to the Copyright Act, including fair use, ephemeral use, digital sampling and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
AMANDA TABER
ASSOCIATE
CENTURY CITY OFFICE
Amanda brings her deep knowl- edge of the music industry and a decade’s worth of experience to each client. Her practice encom- passes all things music, including publishing, recording, intellectu- al-property rights, merchandising, touring, personal appearances, live events, contract negotiation, endorsements and licensing, as well as content-creation, produc- tion and talent agreements.
Amanda is the lead associ- ate on music industry mat-
ters. With Karlov, she helped manage the music publishing catalog sales for The Killers
and Imagine Dragons, assisted with matters for the NFL’s partnership with Jay-Z and Roc Nation, the 2020 and 2021 Super Bowl Halftime shows and works on diverse matters for artists and music executives T Bone Burnett, Michael Bolton, Rufus Wainwright, Billy Mann and Benton James. She also represented multiple fitness companies in obtaining neces- sary rights and licenses to use music on their platforms.
board member of the advocacy powerhouse group Songwriters of North America (SONA) and has collaborated with
the Music Artists Collation. Lauren also fought for artists in federal COVID-19 relief pack- ages, assisting with the passage of provisions for Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation and SBA’s Shuttered Venue Operating Grants.
WILL CRAVER
ATTORNEY
CENTURY CITY OFFICE
Will Craver’s practice ranges from handling corporate matters to live events, as
well as reviewing and draft- ing songwriter and producer agreements, recording deals, side-artist and featured-
artist agreements, merchandise agreements and assignment
of copyrights. He also advises entertainment clients on music licensing, corporate buyouts and other transactions, includ- ing the drafting of diverse entity formation documents.
Before pursuing his law
LAUREN HANCOCK
ATTORNEY
ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON, D.C., OFFICES
Since joining Barnes & Thorn- burg, former Capitol Hill staffer Lauren Hancock has worked with both the Government Affairs and Entertainment teams to focus her practice on promot- ing artist issues. During her time as a counsel in the U.S. Senate, she worked on passage of the MMA in 2018, and has done considerable work on rulemaking for the implementation of the new Music Licensing Collective created under the act. Lauren is a
Steve Weizenecker
Seth Gold
Lauren Hancock
Will Craver
degree, Will spent nearly seven years in the biz, working in the areas of talent booking, concert promotion and artist manage- ment. He consulted with land developers seeking to build concert venues in determining venue design, obtained strategic partners (venue-management companies and concert-promo- tion companies), and assisted in finding and securing potential naming rights sponsors. Will truly speaks his music clients’ language, as he has been play- ing guitar for the last 20 years. n
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