Peter M. Thall is a veteran of more than 30 years of practicing law with a speciality in music law. Mr. Thall has represented many of the world's greatest artists from Simon & Garfunkel to Barry Manilow, Hall & Oates, The Average White Band, ABBA, The Cars, Foreigner, Pat Benatar and innumerable other bands, producers of such contemporary artists as Billy Joel, Weezer, Hole, Nada Serf, D Generation, Will Smith, Boyzone and Hansen and singer/songwriters from Ric Ocasek and James Taylor to the author of Disney's Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Dreamworks' recent The Prince of Egypt.

Crossing over into the classical music area, Mr. Thall represents a wide variety of instrumentalists and opera singers, some of whom top the lists of their discipline's all-time stars. Performing a somewhat different function, he recently took charge of the media responsibilities of The Papal Concert to Commemorate the Holocaust, broadcast to more than 52 countries live from the Vatican, which NBC News called one of the great success stories of the 20th Century. He was the Associate Producer of the highly acclaimed PBS Special based on the event.

Among his areas of expertise are:

Copyright Law; Executive Employment Agreements and Compensation agreements; Acquisitions and Mergers in the music publishing and recording fields; providing corporations with Copyright Compliance Services in their Internet-related businesses.

Memberships:

• Copyright Society of the United States of America
• International Association of Entertainment Lawyers
• Association of Independent Music Publishers
• Songwriter's Guild of America
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Former member of the Entertainment and Sports Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Member: Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI)-National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)

Community Activities:

• Board Member: The New York Festival of Song
• Patron: The New York City Opera
• Member: Metropolitan Opera Guild

Author of:

• "The World Bank, The IMF and The Internet"
• "An American at Midem: Reflecting on IP Afterlife"
• "Music Companies Must Act Global, Think Local"
• "East/ West Trade Must Go Both Ways"
• "ARTISTS AS CAPITAL: Eastern Europe Primed to Join Global Entertainment Scene"
• "Equality: A Goal For Human Rights Activists, But For Sound Business Enthusiasts Too" - Monday Memo (Broadcasting Magazine)
• "Global Players Aim To Keep a Personal Touch" (Music Business International)
• "Strategy: Management Development: A Prescription For Achieving Business Results in Central and Eastern Europe"
• "What They Will Never Tell You About the Music Business"; Watson-Guptill-Billboard Books (publication date: Spring, 2002)

Education: B.A. Columbia College, Class of 1964
L.L.B. The National Law Center: The George Washington University School of Law, Class of 1967

Admitted to Practice: Connecticut: August, 1967
New York: April, 1968