Who Is Music’s Most Influential Lawyer? Vote Now
Semifinalist voting is now open for Billboard‘s Top Music Lawyers Power Players’ Choice Award, honoring the attorney whose industry peers believe had the most impact across in the past year.
Billboard Pro members, both existing and new, each get one vote per member per round.
For the first time, Billboard is expanding its peer-voted Power Players’ Choice Award to cover music’s top lawyers, asking industry members from all sectors to honor the attorney they believe had the most impact across the business in the past year.
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Following an open call for nominations, 15 semifinalists will now compete in the second round of voting for the Top Music Lawyers Power Players’ Choice Award. The top five vote-getters will proceed to the finals. Semifinalist voting concludes March. 3 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
The 15 semifinalists are:
- Danielle Aguirre, executive vp/general counsel at the National Music Publishers’ Association
- Gillian Bar, partner at Carroll Guido Groffman Cohen Bar & Karalian
- Josh Binder, founding partner at Rothenberg, Mohr & Binder
- Jason Boyarski, managing partner at Boyarski Fritz
- Jordan Bromley, partner/leader Manatt Entertainment at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
- Matthew Buser, founding partner at Buser Legal
- Uwonda Carter, founding partner at Carter + Woodard
- Doug Davis, founder/principal at The Davis Firm
- Jeff Harleston, general counsel/exec vp of business & legal affairs at Universal Music Group
- David Lande, partner at Ziffren Brittenham
- Dina LaPolt, founder/owner of LaPolt Law
- Donald Passman, partner at Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown
- Harry Roberts, partner at Mark, Music & Media Law
- Aaron Rosenberg, partner at Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light
- Debbie White, partner/vice chair of music industry at Loeb & Loeb
The third and final round of voting will begin March. 4, concluding March 17 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
The Top Music Lawyers Power Players’ Choice Award will run alongside Billboard’s annual Top Music Lawyers ranking of the industry’s most influential attorneys, which will be announced in March.
Billboard launched its Power Players Choice awards in 2023 with the Players’ Choice Award, the Country Power Players’ Choice Award, the R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players’ Choice Award and the Latin Power Players’ Choice Award. Earlier this month, the peer-voted award honored Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Jody Gerson with the 2024 Power Power Players’ Choice Award. This year, the award expands to also cover Top Music Lawyers and International Power Players.
Vote now and if you are not yet a member of Billboard Pro, join here.
Colin Stutz
Billboard
