Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, Attorneys at Law
Jeffrey A. Greenberg
Jeffrey Greenberg became a partner in the firm in 1995. His primary areas of practice are entertainment, intellectual property and corporate law. He represents a diverse group of entertainment and media clients in the fields of film and television production, recording, comedy events and programming, music publishing, theater, live event production and touring, branding, advertising, event marketing and sponsorship, designer and gourmet food and fashion brands and celebrity estate and archive organization and licensing.
Jeffrey transitioned an early career as a working musician and songwriter into a legal and business affairs position at Arista Records. He joined the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a corporate associate in 1987, where he worked extensively on media industry mergers and acquisitions. He joined the entertainment law practice at Beldock Levine & Hoffman in 1989.
Since joining the firm, Jeffrey has also been active as a record producer and notes writer on numerous recording and reissue projects. He is a producer of the “Papa John Phillips Presents” series of albums of solo work by John Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas. He also produces “The Alan Lomax Collection,” a series of over 100 albums of field recordings and recordings made for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax and his father, John A. Lomax. In 2005, Jeffrey won a Grammy Award as Compilation Producer in the category “Best Historical Album” for the box set “Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax.” In 2006, this work was awarded the Prix Charles Cros for historical and editorial work by l'Acadamie Charles Cros in Paris.
Practice Areas
Entertainment and Intellectual Property, Corporate and Commercial Law
Education
Tufts University (B.A., 1982)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1987)
Bar Admissions
Admitted to bar, 1988, New York
Professional Activities
Voting Member: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; The Songwriters Hall of Fame
Board Member: The Association For Cultural Equity
Guest Lecturer with American Folk Life Center at The Library of Congress on “Publishing and Intellectual Property Rights In A Globalized World” and “Who Owns Culture: Intellectual Property and Moral Rights Issues In Traditional and Public Domain Works”
Guest Lecturer at Annual Caribbean Ethnographic Seminar on "Distribution is Preservation"
Speaker and Representative for Association For Cultural Equity and Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College project for preservation, dissemination and repatriation of ethnographic and anthropologic collections and research data to source communities
Selected Credits
| Reissue Producer/Notes: |
John Phillips, "The Wolf King of L.A." (2006) Rob Wasserman, "Trilogy" (2004) Genevieve Waite, "Romance Is On The Rise" (2004) |
| Compilation Producer/Notes: |
Various Artists, "Alan Lomax In Haiti" (2009) (Released in conjunction with Association for Cultural Equity Haiti Repatriation and Cultural Preservation Project, a project affiliated with the Clinton Global Initiative in Haiti) Jelly Roll Morton, "Jelly Roll Morton - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax" (2005) (Winner "Best Historical Album," "Best Liner Notes", 2005 Grammy Awards; 2006 Prix Charles Cros for historical and editorial work from l'Acadamie Charles Cros, Paris) Various Artists, "Alan Lomax: Popular Songbook" (2003) |
| Producer/Notes: |
John Phillips, "Many Mamas, Many Papas" (2010) Andy Warhol Presents "Man On The Moon" by John Phillips (2009) John Phillips, "Pussycat" (2008) John Phillips, "Jack of Diamonds" (2007) Terrance Simien, "There's Room For Us All" (1993) |
| Album Series Producer/Notes: |
Papa John Phillips Presents |
