LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2022 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced today that partners Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks and Anthony Oncidi were recognized among Billboard's “2022 Top Music Lawyers.” Highlighting top talent and litigation lawyers, Billboard editors chose “The savviest legal counselors in the business,” who played an essential role for their clients.

Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks, partner and chair of the Entertainment, Copyright & Media practice group, is a bi-coastal litigator who has practiced law in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years representing the most iconic names in the music business in matters involving recording, publishing, licensing and management contracts, copyrights, trademark rights, unfair competition claims, and the rights of privacy and publicity. In addition to advising Billboard top recording artists, and virtually all of the major music entertainment companies, she serves as Deputy National Legal Counsel to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (the GRAMMY® Award organization).

Anthony Oncidi, partner, co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department, and head of the West Coast Labor & Employment group, serves as lead counsel in a wide range of high-profile employment cases. Tony brings a wealth of experience to high-end employment law cases involving the music, media and entertainment industries. Representing major media companies and production companies of high-profile Hollywood “A-Listers,” Tony continues to consistently secure successful outcomes for his clients throughout the country.

Billboard noted that both Sandra and Tony represented the Recording Academy and Tony “was the lead counsel for the Recording Academy in its dispute with former president/CEO Deborah Dugan, which resulted in a confidential settlement in June 2021.” It also noted that Proskauer “counts among its clients Sony Music Entertainment, BMG/Chrysalis, Live Nation, Madonna, U2 and Daft Punk.”

Read more here: https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-top-music-lawyers-2022-list/

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