JUDITH FINELL MUSICSERVICES INC.
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Judith Finell is a musicologist and the president of Judith Finell MusicServices Inc., a consulting firm in Bronxville, New York. She has served as an expert witness and consultant in various disputes regarding intellectual property, including copyright litigation involving the Beastie Boys, Julio Iglesias, Sony/CBS, Igor Stravinsky, and many others. She regularly advises film and television companies; advertising agencies; entertainment and copyright attorneys; media, publishing, and recording companies; and musicians. In this regard, Ms. Finell has opened a new division of her firm to offer music supervision services for film, television, and commercials.
Ms. Finell was engaged as a music consultant by Sony Pictures for Memoirs of a Geisha. She has also consulted on several HBO specials. In addition, she recently appeared as a guest on television’s Celebrity Justice, discussing a pending copyright case involving Madonna.
In June, 2005, Ms. Finell was honored to be co-chairman of the annual conference of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. in New York. In March, 2007, she was the guest speaker before the Los Angeles Copyright Society, and in December, 2006 before the Beverly Hills Bar Assn. on music licensing and copyright issues in film and television. In February, 2006, Ms. Finell was also a guest speaker at the New York State Bar Assn. committee on Entertainment and Sports Law on musical licensing issues in motion pictures. She also presents seminars and lectures to intellectual property and creative departments of various law firms and advertising agencies throughout the country, including frequent appearances in Chicago, San Francisco, L.A., and New York. She has been a trustee of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., and has appeared as a guest lecturer at law schools including Columbia University, Vanderbilt University, UCLA, and NYU, as well as before the Michigan Patent Law Association; the Mid-Western, Southern, and New York chapters of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. (for CLE credit); and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Ms. Finell’s work outside the copyright area has included advising such clients as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and MIT’s Media Lab. She has also consulted with individual artists such as Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, and artists of the Metropolitan Opera.
Judith Finell holds an M.A. degree in musicology from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. from UCLA in piano performance. She has written numerous articles and a book in the area of contemporary music and copyright infringement, and has appeared in many trials, including those broadcast on Court TV.
Judith Finell may be reached either by e-mail at judi@jfmusicservices.com or judifinell@aol.com or by telephone at 914 - 779 - 8881.