1906 Acklen Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee
37212

615.749.8306

615.676.5196

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.

Publications/Speeches

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)
Co-Author, Songwriters Gain from Change in Tax Law, Entertainment Law and Finance Newsletter - Volume 22, Number 4 (July 2006)
Author, Songwriters Gain Tax Equity, Music Row Magazine (June 29, 2006)

Media Mentions

Bluebird Cafe Gets New Owner After 25 Years By Milt Capps, Nashville Post
Songwriters Association Honors Hit Writers and Key Contributors By Cindy Watts, Tennessean.com
Under the Capitol Christmas Tree By Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes.com
Inside Music Row: Aspiring Artists Changed Dreams to Stay Close to Career in Music By Ryan Underwood, The Tennessean

Affiliations

Co-Chair, Leadership Music for 2010 Program
General Counsel, Nashville Songwriters Association International
Member, Board of Directors, Gospel Music Association Foundation
Member, Country Music Association
Member, Gospel Music Association
Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Member, Copyright Society of the South
Member, Tennessee State Bar Association
Member, Nashville Bar Association

Distinctions

Named "Best Lawyer" in Entertainment Law, The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2010 and 2011 editions)
Recipient, Nashville Songwriters Association's President's Choice Award (2007)
Extern, Honorable Charles Legge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1992

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

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