Jay Cooper

Lawyer

Jay Cooper’s practice focuses on music industry, motion picture, television, internet and intellectual property issues. Jay has lectured at Harvard Law School, UCLA Law School, Stanford Law School, Boalt Hall, the Florida Bar Association, the Texas Bar Association, MIDEM, the American Film Market and the Cannes Film Festival, amongst others. He is the former President of the Recording Academy, he is a member and former President of the California Copyright Conference and the former Chairman of the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. He has been honored by his peers and listed in Best Lawyers in America continuously since 1987, he has been listed in Southern California Super Lawyers continuously since 2004, and he was honored as “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year” in 2003 by the Beverly Hills Bar Association, “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year for 2006” by the Century City Bar Association and recipient of the 2006 Texas Star Award by the State Bar of Texas Entertainment & Sports Law Section. He has been featured in Daily Variety’s list of Top Dealmakers in the Entertainment Industry, September 2008, listed as one of the Top 10 Copyright Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, 2008 and named “Power Lawyers: Top 100 Outside Counsel”, Hollywood Reporter 2007 and 2008.

The creators of entertainment content need to be fairly compensated for their works and not have them stolen at will by pirates.

entertainment law/music, TV, motion pictures, digital media, Bro

Saxophone, flute, clarinet, photography, gardening