Creative Law Network Principal David Ratner to attend the SXSW Music Conference

15 Mar, 2014 - 08:29 PM IST     |     By RnMTeam

MUMBAI: Representatives with Creative Law Network LLC announced today that Principal Dave Ratner will attend the upcoming SXSW Music Conference.

"I'm very excited to be able to attend this conference," said Ratner. "I have attended every year since 2006 and the conference improves year after year."

Ratner explained that South by Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference, the world's leading music industry event, will give him the opportunity to explore the future of the music industry during the day at panels, talks and other conference activities throughout Austin, Texas.

Ratner, an attorney and former music business professional, said at night the absolute best mix of musical performances from thousands regional, national and international acts take place at the SXSW Music Festival.

Altogether, he stressed, SXSW presents unmatched networking opportunities, career-building conference programming and hundreds of stages of music for showcasing bands and conference attendees.

As to why Ratner is attending the conference, he pointed out that the SXSW Music Conference, which is in its 28th year, goes hand-in-hand with the values of his law firm, Creative Law Network.

As Ratner explained, Creative Law Network provides transactional (non-litigation) legal services to the creative and business communities, focusing on entertainment, intellectual property and small business law.

"Our clients are individuals and businesses who consider their work ‘creative' in some way," Ratner explained. "Many of our clients are involved in the music industry, including artists, managers, agents, publishers and record labels."

Ratner is co-chair of the Entertainment & Sports Section of the Colorado Bar Association, chair of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Copyright Society of the USA, an adjunct professor of Entertainment Law and the University Of Denver College Of Law, and a member of the WESTAF/DOCA Music Task Force presenting the Denver Music Summit.