AIMP After the Panel: Branding

The June AIMP panel discussion on branding continues here with AIMP After the Panel questions from the audience.

Dorothy Richardson

Dorothy Richardson is an entertainment attorney specialising in music-related transactions, copyright and trademark matters.  She represents a wide variety of clients including music publishers, songwriters, composers, radio stations, television networks, record labels, recording artists and producers.  Prior to opening her law practice, Dorothy was Vice President of Business Affairs for Univision Music Group’s record labels and music publishing companies, where she worked with well-known Latin artists and songwriters such as Marco Antonio Solis, Olga Tañon and Pepe Aguilar.  She managed all litigation for the company, participating in major peer-to-peer filing sharing litigations as a member of the Litigation Committee of the Recording Industry Association of America.  Previously, Dorothy headed the legal department of EMI Latin, where she worked with Selena’s catalog and with artists such as Kumbia Kings, Carlos Ponce and Ednita Nazario.  She has also held positions with Warner Music Group and the Independent Film & Television Alliance (formerly American Film Marketing Association). 

She has spoken on entertainment law and music industry topics before various bar and industry organizations including the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, California Lawyers for the Arts, the Latin Alternative Music Conference and the UCLA Extension.  She currently serves on AIMP’s legislative committee. 

Dorothy holds a JD from the University of Michigan Law School and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.  She handles contract negotiations in both English and Spanish. For more information please visit http://www.dbrlaw.net/.

The above song, "I Can't Find a Reason", was written and performed by Dorothy's clients  Stephen Purcell, Anna Murphy, Gary Healy and Tara Nix of the group We Should Be Dead. 

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