| Chuck Ortner - Entertainment Industry Litigator  Proskauer Rose, LLP Proskauer Rose, LLP Chuck Ortner is an entertainment lawyer with the New York office of Proskauer Rose, LLP. A litigation specialist, he has handled successful cases for all the major record labels and a who’s who of modern pop musicians, such as Madonna, U2 , Trent Reznor, Janet Jackson, The Eagles and many others. Ortner also acts as National Legal Counsel to NARAS (the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences). |
| Don Passman - Music Lawyer, Author Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Donald Passman is one of America’s foremost entertainment lawyers and author of All You Need to Know About the Music Business, widely considered to be the single most essential and influential book ever written about how the music industry works. A partner with the Los Angeles, CA-based firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer, and Brown, Passman has negotiated some of the most lucrative deals in history for artists such as Janet Jackson and R.E.M, and is an in-demand speaker, lecturer, and educator on music business topics. |
| Fred Rosen - Former Owner/CEO Ticketmaster Ticketmaster Fred Rosen is the former President and CEO of Ticketmaster, the largest event ticket vendor in the world. Rosen started at Ticketmaster in 1982 when it was a single ticket outlet based in the Pacific Northwest, and grew the struggling business into its current incarnation as a billion dollar titan that does business with nearly ten thousand venues on four continents. Rosen is also trained as an attorney and worked for a time as a stand-up comedian. |
