Whom You Know: 2025 Entertainment Law Initiative GRAMMY Week Luncheon To Honor Warner Music Group’s Paul Robinson As Service Award Champion

Friday, January 17, 2025

2025 Entertainment Law Initiative GRAMMY Week Luncheon To Honor Warner Music Group’s Paul Robinson As Service Award Champion

EXCLUSIVE EVENT UNITES TOP ENTERTAINMENT LAWYERS TO CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE AND AWARD $15K IN SCHOLARSHIPS

On Fri, Jan. 31, 2025, the Recording Academy® Entertainment Law Initiative® (ELI) will host its annual GRAMMY® Week luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, bringing together the nation’s leading entertainment lawyers and honoring Paul Robinson, Warner Music Group’s Executive Vice President & General Counsel. He will be recognized with the 2025 Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award, presented each year to an attorney who demonstrates dedication to supporting and advancing the music community through their service.

“As a part of its mission, the Recording Academy works to advocate for creators, and the Entertainment Law Initiative advances this through legal representation, celebrating the achievements of entertainment law practitioners, and providing year-round educational opportunities to cultivate future leaders in the field,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “Paul exemplifies these values, and we are proud to honor him with the ELI Service Award at the 2025 ELI GRAMMY Week Luncheon for his three decades at Warner Music Group, where he has championed fair practices and guided the industry through transformative changes.”

The Entertainment Law Initiative was established by the Recording Academy to foster discussion and debate on legal issues shaping the ever-evolving music industry and their effects on creators and the broader music community. Each year, the recipient of the Service Award is selected by the ELI’s Executive Committee, which supports the program by recognizing deserving leaders within the entertainment law community and mentoring aspiring professionals in the field.

The ELI GRAMMY Week Luncheon also recognizes the winner and runners-up of the Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition, celebrating their performance in the challenge. The competition, a flagship initiative within the ELI’s year-round efforts to support the emerging entertainment law community, invites Juris Doctor and Master of Laws students from U.S. law schools to tackle a pressing legal issue in the music industry. Participants are challenged to craft a 3,000-word essay that presents a thoroughly researched analysis and a proposed solution. The following awards are then presented:A $10,000 scholarship for the author of the winning paper

A $2,500 scholarship for each of the two runners-up

Publication of the winning paper in the ABA’s journal Entertainment & Sports Lawyer

Travel and tickets to Los Angeles for the winner to attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards®, MusiCares® Person of the Year event and the ELI GRAMMY Week Event.

Individual tickets, along with a limited number of discounted student tickets, will be available for purchase on Wed, Dec. 11, 2025, for the ELI GRAMMY Week Event. For more information, please visit https://www.recordingacademy.com/entertainment-law-initiative.

Media RSVP for the ELI GRAMMY Week Event is mandatory, and space is limited. Please email communications@grammy.com to RSVP.

GRAMMY Week culminates with the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, broadcasting live on the CBS Television Network and streaming live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT. Prior to the telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® will be held at the Peacock Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on live.GRAMMY.com and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel. GRAMMY season media assets are available here. Follow “Recording Academy/GRAMMYs” on X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn, and use #GRAMMYs to join the conversation.

ABOUT PAUL ROBINSON

Paul Robinson joined Warner Music Group’s legal department in January 1995 as Associate General Counsel and, after a series of more senior roles at WMG, was appointed Executive Vice President & General Counsel in December 2006. He is responsible for WMG’s worldwide legal, business affairs, public policy, compliance and corporate governance functions. Before joining WMG, Mr. Robinson was first an associate and later a partner at the New York City law firm of Mayer, Katz, Baker, Leibowitz & Roberts where he represented corporate clients, artists, songwriters and executives. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Recording Industry Association of America and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Mr. Robinson has a B.A. in English from Williams College and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

ABOUT THE RECORDING ACADEMY

The Recording Academy represents the voices of performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, and all music professionals. Dedicated to ensuring the recording arts remain a thriving part of our shared cultural heritage, the Academy honors music's history while investing in its future through the GRAMMY Museum®, advocates on behalf of music creators, supports music people in times of need through MusiCares®, and celebrates artistic excellence through the GRAMMY Awards® — music's only peer-recognized accolade and highest achievement. As the world's leading society of music professionals, we work year-round to foster a more inspiring world for creators.

For more information about the Recording Academy and its Producers & Engineers Wing, please visit RecordingAcademy.com or @ProdEngWing on Instagram. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @RecordingAcad on X (Twitter)

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