Karl Braun - Lawyer in Nashville, TN

Mr. Braun is a partner in Hall Booth Smith's Nashville office,where he specializes in various areas of litigation and transactionalwork. Beginning in early 1995, Mr. Brauns litigation practice with HBShas continued to grow in both Georgia and Tennessee. Early on in hiscareer with HBS, Mr. Braun practiced extensively in the areas of generalliability and medical malpractice litigation, areas in which hecontinues to practice today. As his practice has grown, he hasdeveloped expertise in assisting businesses with formation, formalities,dissolution, acquisitions, transactions and related matters. Mr. Braun develops effective business plans for aspiring artists,entrepreneurs and investors utilizing realistic and well-researched,current revenue expectations in the constantly evolvingentertainment/music industry. He hasalso developed an extensive transactional practice focused primarilywithin the entertainment industry.

His litigation practice has expandedto include intellectual property matters in the entertainment industryand otherwise, legal malpractice, transportation, business litigationand retail liability. Mr. Braun also has experience in the areas ofinsurance coverage, construction, products liability, family law andappellate work. Mr. Braun's entertainment litigation and transactional specialtieswere born from personal experience. Having spent more than fifteen yearsas a professional musician and songwriter, Mr. Braun offers a unique,first-hand understanding of the «real life» dynamics inherent in therelationship between industry and artist/songwriter. Additionally, Mr.Braun offers a wealth of insight based upon his business experience andtransactional work for entertainment industry entities of all typesincluding, publishers, record companies, film and video productioncompanies, entertainment conglomerates, songwriters, artists,administrators, entertainment entrepreneurs/investors and more.

He is aregular speaker at the annual North American Sports, Entertainment and IP Conference and has spoken at other entertainment industryconferences as well on various issues facing the music and entertainmentindustries. His practice requires frequent and relevant interactionwith all aspects of the entertainment world in areas including, but notlimited to, social networking, music and video streaming, downloading,subscription services and analyzing their impact on the industry as awhole. His expertise includes effective utilization of socialnetworking and website development for business marketing andpromotional purposes for clients including emerging and establishedbusinesses, publishers, artists, songwriters, producers, agents,managers, record companies and more. Mr. Braun has been annuallyincluded in the Music Row publication, «In Charge» which highlights«Nashville's Music Industry Decision Makers.»