LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, April 1, 2024 –Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that partners Sandra (“Sandy”) Crawshaw-Sparks and Anthony (“Tony”) Oncidi were recognized in Billboard's 2024 Top Music Lawyers list. This is the fourth year that both Sandy and Tony have been selected for this recognition.
A bicoastal litigator with 35 years of success, Sandy serves as Chair of Proskauer’s Entertainment, Copyright & Media practice group. Sandy represents the most iconic names in music on recording, publishing, licensing and management contracts, copyright and trademark infringement claims, unfair competition claims and the rights of privacy and publicity. While she fiercely fights high-profile battles for her entertainment clients, Sandy also negotiates pre-litigation and pre-trial resolutions of highly sensitive and confidential personal and entertainment-related disputes. Sandy’s accomplishments include major victories for recording artists, songwriters, record companies and music publishers in defending and prosecuting music copyright infringement cases. Notably, Sandy is the National Legal Counsel for the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and has long served on the Board of Directors of the GRAMMY Museum’s Entertainment Law Initiative.
Tony is the co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department and heads the West Coast Labor & Employment group in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Tony brings a unique wealth of experience to high-end employment litigation matters, including in the music and entertainment industry. While representing major music organizations, production companies, and high-profile Hollywood “A-Listers,” Tony continues to consistently secure unparalleled successes for his clients throughout the country. His impressive roster of clients includes esteemed names such as the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the “GRAMMYS”), Viacom/Paramount Pictures, FOX, Sony Music Entertainment, RCA, Columbia Records, the Recording Industry Association of America, the NBA, the NFL, Live Nation Entertainment, KCRW-FM and Creative Artists Agency.
Billboard's Top Music Lawyers list is curated by Billboard editors and features top legal counselors who are on the frontlines while simultaneously working behind-the-scenes assisting their clients across the music industry.
Read more here: Billboard’s 2024 Top Music Lawyers
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