Barnes & Thornburg announced today that the firm represented multiple Grammy- and Oscar-winning music producer, T Bone Burnett, in connection with two recent high-profile projects: Lionsgate's engagement of Burnett to provide executive music producer services for the film The Hunger Games and to produce its companion album The Hunger Games: Soundtrack, Songs from District 12 and Beyond, and Elton John's hiring of Burnett to produce John's forthcoming studio album, The Diving Board.
Sidney S. Fohrman, a Los Angeles-based Barnes & Thornburg attorney and member of the firm's Entertainment and Music Practice Group, represented T Bone Burnett in the negotiation of these deals.
Jason Karlov, national chair of the Barnes & Thornburg Entertainment and Music Practice Group, said that "Sid's knowledge and experience in negotiating music and entertainment deals is integral to Barnes & Thornburg's ability to represent such legendary names in the industry such as T Bone Burnett, and to the continued growth of the Barnes & Thornburg entertainment and music practice."