Lisa Alter will join Frank Scibilia and Consuelo Sayago for the Association Of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)'s NY Chapter March panel entitled "Termination Rights After Vetter v. Resnik.”
The panel, which will take place on March 11, 2026 at 6PM, will break down what the decision actually says, why it matters, and how it could influence everything from catalog valuation and deal structuring to long-term rights strategy.
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The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter and Katie Baron were named in Variety’s “Dealmakers Impact Report” for 2025. Each year, this prestigious list profiles the top legal practitioners powering the entertainment industry’s most significant deals.
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Primary Wave Music has partnered with Derry Music Company for the music publishing copyrights and recording catalog of legendary jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck. The deal also gives Primary Wave a share in the licensing of Dave Brubeck’s name, image, and likeness rights.
Joyce Dollinger will be organizing and co-chairing the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section’s Fall Meeting 2025 Day II: Music, Business and Law Conference, taking place in NYC on Friday, November 21, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be a full day of outstanding legal and financial panels on the Music Industry, featuring a keynote session with Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program, and Andrew Bergman of Downtown Music Holdings.
Panels that day will discuss:
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EASL Fall Meeting 2025 Day II: Music Business and Law Conference
Alter Kendrick & Baron has again been recognized as a “Best Law Firm” by Best Lawyers®, the legal industry’s oldest and widely respected ranking publication. The firm was ranked as a Tier 1 firm both nationally and for the New York metropolitan area in the Entertainment Law - Music and Copyright Law categories.
“Best Law Firms” rankings are based on an intensive evaluation process in which the firms nationwide are ranked by their clients and peers in their respective practice areas, based on a set of criteria including responsiveness, cost-effectiveness, integrity, and civility, as well as whether they would refer a matter to the firm and/or consider the firm a worthy competitor.
The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter and Katie Baron have been selected for The Hollywood Reporter’s prestigious 2025 “Power Music Lawyers” issue. This issue highlights lawyers who are changing the music industry’s legal future, closing the largest deals, and taking on the most high-profile clients and cases. Each year, this list aims to recognize the most influential music attorneys performing exceptional legal work, providing industry insights, and helping artists navigate the legal challenges that come their way.
To view the full issue with Lisa and Katie’s profile, click below.
AKB Founding Partner Lisa Alter has been selected as one of the top Media and Entertainment attorneys on Forbes’ second annual “America’s Top Lawyers” list. As described by Forbes, each honoree “offers more than legal acumen—they are a trusted counselor in every sense of the word. An advisor and interpreter; a fierce negotiator and zealous advocate.”
Lisa’s profile highlights her work in the acquisition and sale of significant music assets, including closing multi-million dollar transactions involving the catalogs of high-profile artists such as Rod Stewart, DJ Khaled, Enrique Iglesias, Blake Shelton, Miles Davis, and Biggie Smalls.
The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter, James Kendrick, Katie Baron, and Joyce Dollinger will appear in the 2026 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America,” one of the oldest and most respected guides to the legal profession. The selections are based on a comprehensive peer-review process that captures the consensus opinion of leading lawyers regarding the professional abilities of colleagues within common legal practices and geographical areas. Lisa, James, Katie, and Joyce are honored for their outstanding work in the practice areas of Copyright Law and Entertainment Law - Music.Additionally, “Best Lawyers in America” named Jaclyn Felber and Madison Smiley to its 2026 “Ones to Watch” list for Entertainment and Sports Law and Intellectual Property Law.
The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter and Katie Baron were named in Variety’s “Music Legal Elite Report” for 2025. The second annual list highlights the top attorneys “rocking the biz.”
Lisa and Katie were recognized for their work closing catalog deals for clients including Iconic Music Group (RZA, Rod Stewart), Influence Media Partners (DJ Khaled, Enrique Iglesias, Blake Shelton, Future, Jesse Frasure, Logic), and Primary Wave (the Notorious B.I.G., Ramones), which led them to secure over $880 million in transactions this year.
“Music is one of the last things to be impacted by inflation or depression,” Lisa tells Variety, adding that despite the firm’s massive success, a multitude of complexities can arise when dealing with catalog sales, including estate and will issues.
“Sometimes there are complications, because it requires doing diligence into chain of title that involves the estate,” she explains. “Sometimes there is no will and you have to deal with what happened with letters of administration. It can definitely add multilayers of complexity.”
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