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 SANDRA BROWN, ESQ
Topics: Entertainment Law - different types of music contracts; negotiations; networking
Careers in the Entertainment Industry - Management, Legal, Record Company, Music Publishing, Misc.
Ms. Brown is currently and attorney with the boutique firm of Medley & Kosakoski, LLC in Atlanta Georgia. She spent four (4) years as Of Counsel with the U.S. based, international, full-service law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP where she representated numerous multi-platinum selling, “major” recording artists and record producers, including drafting and negotiating recording artist agreements, producer agreements, publishing agreements and music license agreements. She has represented a major recording artist and record label venture in the settlement of $1 million copyright infringement claim and breach of contract claims and is primary legal and business affairs counsel for various record labels and joint ventures.
Ms. Brown began her career as a law clerk in the boutique firm of Moore & Hawthorne, P.C., which, at that time, represented Atlanta’s hottest recording artists, such as Laface/Arista Records recording artists Usher, Outkast and Goodie Mob, and So So Def/Columbia Records recording artist, Xscape. Shortly after gaining admission to the Georgia Bar, she set her sights on an in-house counsel position with So So Def Recordings, Inc. which did not yet exist.
The position of Associate Director of Business Affairs of the Atlanta-based record label, So So Def, and its affiliated management company, Artistic Control Management, Inc. was created for Ms. Brown in February of 1997, just three short years after graduating from Florida State University’s Law School. This position catapulted her into the business of music, negotiating contracts on behalf of So So Def and its C.E.O. and award-winning music producer Jermaine Dupri in his work with artists such as: Mary J. Blige and Destiny's Child. She has also been responsible for negotiating contracts for some of So So Def's major recording projects including: the platinum-selling albums by Jermaine Dupri, Xscape, and Jagged Edge.
Ms. Brown was elected Co-Chair of the Entertainment & Sports Law Section of the Georgia Bar Association in January 2000 and is currently serving a two-year term. She has appeared on the WPBA, Atlanta Public Television Network, “The Layman’s Lawyer” Program and serves on various Boards for music-related organizations, including the Georgia Music Industry Association (GMIA) and Atlantis Music Conference. She is Secretary of the Atlanta Entertainment Association, Inc. and has been a guest speaker or guest lecturer at various universities and organizations, including Clark Atlanta University, Georgia State University, Emory University Law School, Florida State University Law School, The Southern Entertainment and Art Law Center (SEAL), Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (GVLA), NARAS , and the Y.E.S. to JOBS Program (an entertainment industry-sponsored intern program for minority high school students). Ms. Brown is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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