Brian Levenson
Associate Counsel
Brian's practice focuses on entertainment law and commercial litigation. He represents numerous record labels, artists, and music publishers in copyright and royalty litigations as well as copyright termination matters. Brian also regularly represents clients in corporate contract matters, including negotiating transactions covering intellectual property rights and other interests and has extensive experience doing so, in particular, with respect to recording, production, management, endorsement, dissemination and other aspects of music publishing as they pertain to both artists and companies.
212.542.8882
Education
J.D. - Cardozo School of Law
B.S. - Rutgers Business School
Bar Admissions
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Practices
Corporate Law and
Intellectual Property Law
Commercial Litigation
Other Experience
Brian's transactional work focuses on contract negotiation and drafting and copyright protection. In particular, Brain has built a reputation for facilitating transactions covering intellectual property rights and other interests in recording, production, management, endorsement, dissemination and other aspects of music publishing as they pertain to both artists and companies. He also has served entertainment clients as their general legal counsel.
Brian's litigation practice includes copyright and royalty litigations, copyright termination matters, breach of contract actions and business torts. He has handled matters in New York and as pro hac vice in other jurisdictions.
Brian began his career in the Business and Legal Affairs department at Universal Music Group where he concentrated on digital rights and international licensing. In 2007, Brian became General Counsel of Murder Inc. Records and its roster of platinum and gold artists, where he drafted and negotiated transactions covering the company’s recording, production, management, endorsement, television and music publishing interests. He was also a partner at Schwartz, Ponterio & Levenson, PLLC in New York, where he represented the estates of composers in copyright litigations against big-tech companies.