*Entertainment attorney Richard B. Jefferson added to the professional panel at the 20th annual “Uplifting Minds II” (ULMII) Entertainment Conference to be held Saturday November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa Street, 90015). The “ULMII” entertainment conference offers a professional panel discussion and a national talent showcase and competition, where over $15,000 in gifts and services will be provided to talented singers, songwriters, dancers and actors.
Richard is managing partner at the M.E.T.A.L. IP Law Group in West Hollywood specializing in entertainment and business law; intellectual property counsel; media law; film, television and digital production law counsel, and trademark trails and appeal board defense (TTABD). Jefferson has been a panelist and/or sponsor of the free entertainment conference since 2004 – 15 of its 20 years of community service. Currently Richard offers winners of the “ULMII” national talent competition in both Baltimore and Los Angeles a music package of legal documents worth over $3,000.
Jefferson started his career in entertainment as an artist manager, He went on to obtain is law degree and upon passing the bar he landed a job at Virgin Records America in the Legal and Business Affairs Department. There he worked with Janet Jackson, Kelis, the Neptunes and DJ Premiere. At Virgin Records he also worked on production deals for such clients as Rap-A-Lot and Blackground Records. He launched Fagerholm & Jefferson with attorney John Fagerholm in Burbank, California where clients included Master P and the No Limit family. Now the M.E.T.A.L. Law Group, the group consist of managing partner Richard B. Jefferson, who handles entertainment and IP law, managing partner John Fagerholm (a former ULMII panelist), who handles employee defense law and managing partner Dan Lee, who handles litigation law. The M.E.T.A.L. IP Law Group is a division of M.E.T.A.L. Law Group. Jefferson has negotiated deals with such major entertainment companies as Universal Music Group, Sony/ATV, Warner Bros Records, Disney, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, Lionsgate/Summit, Netflix, Amazon and Fremantle Media – to name a few.
”Uplifting Minds II” Entertainment Conference was founded in 1999 in Baltimore by Syndicated Columnist Eunice Moseley (www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com) while Promotions Director at The Baltimore Times. The event has traveled to Los Angeles, Houston and Atlanta because of its popularity. The “ULMII” conference is now held annually, exclusively, in Baltimore and Los Angeles.
Artists, artist managers and panelists who have attended the “ULMII” entertainment conference have noted the event as the launching pad for their successes. Those artists include Grammy Award winning Miguel; actress Naturi Naughton of the STARZ Network series “Power;” songwriters/producers The Featherstone Brothers who wrote/produced the platinum selling single “I Should Be (Your Boyfriend)” for Dru Hill, and actor/dancer RoShon Fegan known for his co-starring role on the Disney’s sitcom “Shake It Up,” tsarring role in Disney’s “Camp Rock” and dance competitor on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.
Learn how you can participate or attend by logging onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com or email event founder Eunice Moseley (www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com) at [email protected]. You can also leave a VM at 562-424-3836. You can also reach out to Richard B. Jefferson at www.METAL.law or www.METALLawGroup.com.
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