1906 Acklen Avenue
Nashville, TN
37212
 615.749.8306
 615.676.5196
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Denise
M.
Stevens
Senior Counsel
Denise Stevens focuses on entertainment, copyright and trademark transactions and counseling, primarily in the music, publishing, touring, television and motion picture industries. Her principal clients include recording artists, songwriters, producers, authors, record labels, music publishers and motion picture and television production companies.
She has participated in large-scale music catalog acquisition deals as well as the negotiation and renegotiation of recording and publishing agreements, and agreements related to international touring, sponsorships and endorsements for major label recording artists and preeminent songwriters. Additionally, she has educated groups and assisted individuals with the exercise of copyright recapture and statutory termination transfers.
Among her noteworthy representations, Ms. Stevens was instrumental in assisting the Nashville Songwriters Association in drafting and achieving passage of the Songwriters Capital Gains Tax Equity Act, which was designed to help American songwriters receive fair tax treatment upon the ultimate sale of their creations.
Ms. Stevens’ broad spectrum of music industry clients includes Classic Media, Kemado Records, Parallel Music Publishing, Carrie Underwood, Wynonna, Loretta Lynn, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Chris Tomlin, Third Day, Switchfoot and Hot Chelle Rae.
Publications/Speeches
- Speaker, All About Music TV and Film Retreat, Nashville, Tennessee (June 11-13, 2012)
- Panelist, Copyright Recapture of Recordings - Whose Idea was this Record Anyway?, Soundland 2011, Nashville, Tennessee (September 22, 2011)
- Speaker, NSAI Copyright Recapture Seminar, West Hollywood, California (August 23, 2011)
- Speaker, GMA Immerse Music Training Experience, Nashville, Tennessee (July 28-31, 2010)
- Speaker, Maintaining the Artist: Protecting Music Artists' Intellectual Property Rights in a Digital World, Nashville, Tennessee (March 28, 2007)
- Speaker, NSAI Copyright Recapture Seminar, West Hollywood, California (February 21-22, 2007)
- Speaker, Your Copyrights Are NOT Gone Forever (Yes, You Read That Right)!, Nashville, Tennessee (October 30, 2006)
- Speaker, Madison Ave Meets Music Row, Nashville, Tennessee (October 10, 2006)
Media Mentions
Affiliations
- Co-Chair 2010 Program and 2009 Alumna, Leadership Music
- General Counsel, Nashville Songwriters Association International
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Member, Board of Directors and Secretary, Gospel Music Association Foundation
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Member, Academy of Country Music
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Member, Country Music Association
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Member, Gospel Music Association
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Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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Member, Copyright Society of the South
- Member, SOURCE
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Member, Tennessee State Bar Association
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Member, Nashville Bar Association
Distinctions
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Honored by MusicRow as a "Rising Woman on the Row" for her substantial contributions to the Nashville music industry (2012)
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Named "Best Lawyer" in Entertainment Law, The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2010-2013)
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Recipient, Nashville Songwriters Association's President's Choice Award (2007)
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Extern, Honorable Charles Legge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1992
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University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1993, Dean's Scholar
Senior Note Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., 1990, cum laude
Tennessee, 1995
California, 1993
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2003
Tennessee State Supreme Court, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1994
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1994
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, 1994
California State Supreme Court, 1993
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