Sandra Brown

Of Counsel

Sandra Brown focuses on strategic business counseling to clients and their business and management teams. She works with a broad spectrum of talent, including award-winning recording artists, music producers, songwriters in Hip Hop, Pop, Rock, and Christian music, as well as independent filmmakers, music managers, music executives, professional athletes and entertainment companies. Much of Ms. Brown’s practice focuses on structuring and negotiating agreements across the complex and often interconnected areas of recorded music, music publishing, live performances, television talent agreements, independent film production, merchandising, sponsorships and endorsements.

Experience

Professional and Community Involvement

State Bar of Georgia, Entertainment & Sports Law Section, Former Vice Chair
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), Member
Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA), Member
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Member
Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation (CKSF), Volunteer & Scholarship Donor, former Advisory Board Member

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, “The Key to the Money: Engagement Agreements, Fee Structures & Best Practices,” BESLA, November 7, 2019

Awards

Billboard, “Top Music Lawyers Awards,” 2023-2025
Lawdragon, “Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers,” 2025
Law.com Southeastern Legal Awards, “Best Mentors,” Finalist, 2025
Lawyers of Color, “Wonderful Women” Honoree, 2023
Daily Report, “Best Mentors,” Georgia Legal Awards, 2022
American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, “ASCAP’s Women in Music,” Honoree
“Florida State University Celebrates Women Entrepreneurs,” 2015
Nova Southeastern University, Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient, 2013
American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Honors Women in Music, Honoree, also featured in Billboard Magazine, November 2010
The Atlanta Post, “13 Women Fueling the Music Industry,” featured in November 2010

Publications

Contributor, “50 Lessons for Women Lawyers, From Women Lawyers”, by Nora Riva Bergman, 2019
Digital Transmission of Sound Recordings, New York Law Journal, 1995
Sound Recording Advances Call for Change in Law, New York Law Journal, 1994