ABOUT US
With emphasis in domestic and international entertainment, media,
and intellectual property matters, The Mathis Law Group, works
with U.S.
and multi-national record companies, music publishers, recording artists,
producers, songwriters and senior entertainment industry executives and
private businesses, responsible for the negotiation of agreements relating to
the sale of several music companies, including independent record companies and
music publishers. The Firm's activities include serving as
consultant to a major international music and publishing companies with regard
to operations, management, personnel, strategies and future business models as
well as acting as counsel to technology/internet companies which have applications
and solutions in areas of recorded music, film and television. The Firm advises
corporate clients in structuring of acquisitions, analyzing data and financing
in complex transactions.
The Firm represents well known artists,
musicians and designers, in transactions involving the acquisition and sale of
significant music assets, negotiates and closes complex stock and asset
purchase agreements. This includes movie productions. Mr. Mathis has
co-produced recorded album releases. The Law firm clients also include a number of
songwriters, recording artists and producers, as well as artists heirs, who are successors to artists and writers.
PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Paul Mathis, worked as an Accountant, with Peat Marwick, Mitchell, CPAs, now KPMG. As a Ford Foundation Fellow, he has a Juris Doctorate, from Vanderbilt University School of Law. He is licensed/admitted to practice in Michigan and Mississippi, the MI and MS, Federal District Courts, and the United States Tax Court. He is admitted to United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth Circuit and admitted to practice, pro hac vice, in the federal and state cases, in Florida, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. The Firm has successfully prosecuted Lanham Act, Trademark and Copyright violation cases, in Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Mr. Mathis is a recognized, experienced, entertainment, business, and transactional counsel, in movie, music publishing and entertainment. He is general counsel for several musicians and Grammy nominated, R&B artists, several Jazz Artists and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees. He has negotiated all manner of Contracts, in the Entertainment Industry. He routinely serves as guest lecturer and panelist, for podcasts, University Lectures, and roundtable discussions.
