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Team of Fox Attorneys Selected to Billboard Magazine’s 2023 Top Music Lawyers List

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Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates the attorneys from our nationwide Entertainment & Sports Law Department who were selected to Billboard Magazine's 2023 “Top Music Lawyers” list, “an essential resource for the music industry’s rising artists, songwriters and superstars alike” in their search for “the best attorneys in the business.”*

The Fox attorneys listed this year are:

  • Kenneth J. Abdo
  • Paul N. Bowles III
  • Cynthia L. Katz
  • Tim Mandelbaum
  • Leron E. Rogers
  • Alex Threadgold
  • Heidy Vaquerano

Billboard notes the continued rise of music catalog sales and spotlighted several notable representations by the Fox team, such as HarbourView Equity Partners’ catalog acquisitions that included works by Incubus, Brad Paisley, Lady A and Sum 41, as well as the sale of music publishing catalogs by Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill, which included the Whitney Houston hits “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” among others.

The attorneys of Fox’s Entertainment & Sports Law Practice are skilled in the nuances of the industry and passionate about music, drawing on experience as former professional musicians and music industry executives to provide clients with informed advice on their rights, business and legacy. The team works with a broad range of celebrated and respected artists, writers, producers and executives including Grammy®, Emmy®, Golden Globe® and Academy Award®-winning stars, as well as licensing and production businesses in television, film and music.

View the full list.


*A description of the selection methodology is available here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.