Mario F. Gonzalez, Esq.
Mario F. Gonzalez has been an entertainment attorney for more than 40 years with an emphasis in the music business. He has represented clients in all aspects of the music industry, including recording artists, songwriters, record producers, record companies, music publishers, personal managers, executives, concert promoters, motion picture companies in connection with soundtrack, composer and other music related agreements, talent agencies, merchandisers, Internet companies and mobile wireless companies. He has negotiated recording, distribution, label, joint venture and many other types of agreements with all of the major record labels. He has negotiated joint venture, co-publishing, subpublishing, songwriter, catalog sale and many other types of agreements with all of the major music publishers.
Mario has particular expertise with regard to major national and international concert touring, having represented concert promoters and major artists in this regard. Also, he also has particular expertise with respect to the exploitation of music over the Internet and through mobile telephone wireless networks. He has represented mobile telephone manufacturers, wireless carriers, content aggregators as well as recording artists, record companies and music publishers.
Mario has extensive experience in representing clients in the creation of start-up companies, such as record labels, music publishers, and Internet and wireless companies, as well as representing many famous recording artists.
ARTICLES
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
· Speaker, Panel Discussion “Mobile Music Forum: Music Downloads - This Time It’s Personal,” Canadian Music Week, March 2006
· Panel Moderator on Concert Touring, South By Southwest, March 2002
TEACHING
· Instructor, Course Title “The Music Business Course,” Performing and Integrated Arts, UCLA Extension
AWARDS
EDUCATION
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
PRIOR LAW FIRMS
Mario F. Gonzalez has been an entertainment attorney for more than 40 years with an emphasis in the music business. He has represented clients in all aspects of the music industry, including recording artists, songwriters, record producers, record companies, music publishers, personal managers, executives, concert promoters, motion picture companies in connection with soundtrack, composer and other music related agreements, talent agencies, merchandisers, Internet companies and mobile wireless companies. He has negotiated recording, distribution, label, joint venture and many other types of agreements with all of the major record labels. He has negotiated joint venture, co-publishing, subpublishing, songwriter, catalog sale and many other types of agreements with all of the major music publishers.
Mario has particular expertise with regard to major national and international concert touring, having represented concert promoters and major artists in this regard. Also, he also has particular expertise with respect to the exploitation of music over the Internet and through mobile telephone wireless networks. He has represented mobile telephone manufacturers, wireless carriers, content aggregators as well as recording artists, record companies and music publishers.
Mario has extensive experience in representing clients in the creation of start-up companies, such as record labels, music publishers, and Internet and wireless companies, as well as representing many famous recording artists.
ARTICLES
- Author, “Are Musical Compositions Subject To Compulsory Licensing For Ringtones?,” UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Volume 12, Issue 1, Fall 2004
- Author, “The Statutory Overriding of Controlled Composition Clauses,” UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Volume 9, Issue 1, Fall 2001
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
· Speaker, Panel Discussion “Mobile Music Forum: Music Downloads - This Time It’s Personal,” Canadian Music Week, March 2006
· Panel Moderator on Concert Touring, South By Southwest, March 2002
TEACHING
· Instructor, Course Title “The Music Business Course,” Performing and Integrated Arts, UCLA Extension
AWARDS
- Second Prize Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, awarded by Professor Melville B. Nimmer, 1977
EDUCATION
- J.D., University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, 1977
- B.A., magna cum laude, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
- California 1977
- Nevada 2012
PRIOR LAW FIRMS
- 1977 to 1979: Loeb & Loeb
- 1979 to 1981: Ervin Cohen & Jessup
- 1981 to 1986: Finley Kumble Wagner, et. al.
- 1986 to 1993: Lopez & Gonzalez
- 1993 to 2001: Lenard, Gonzalez & Klotz
- 2002 to 2008: Greenberg Traurig
- 2008 to present: solo practice
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