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DALLAS AUSTIN AND ALAN S. CLARKE HONORED: Producer & attorney feted by Georgia Lawyers for the Arts.
*Nashville, TN - At its 33rd annual gala, held on November 7 at the Mason-Murer Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA) presented prominent entertainment attorney Alan S. Clarke with the Ben White Distinguished Service Award.
According to GLA, the award represents the very best in the legal profession: professionalism, integrity and an unwavering commitment to providing legal services to worthy individual artists and nonprofit arts organizations who cannot otherwise afford assistance.
GRAMMY-winning music and film producer Dallas Austin ("Drumline," Gwen Stefani, Janet Jackson, Blu Cantrell, Pink), who served as honorary chairman for the gala evening, was honored with the GLA Artist's Advocate Award for bringing music and film education to thousands of young people through his foundation.
The Dallas Austin Foundation, started in 2003, has built recording studios in 10 public schools, hosted a conference for college students to learn about the entertainment industry and provided scholarships to students majoring in music.
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Pictured (L to R): GRAMMY winner Dallas Austin and entertainment attorney Alan S. Clarke were honored at the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts 33rd annual gala in Atlanta.
Alan S. Clarke is an entertainment attorney and litigator representing recording artists, writers, performers, athletes, record labels, producers, managers, authors and others in the entertainment industry. Clarke has represented clients ranging from artists such as India.Arie, The Soul Stirrers, Gospel Gangstas, Decemberadio and Caedmon's Call to companies such as Chrysalis Music Group USA (Gnarls Barkley, Outkast, My Morning Jacket), Southern Music Distribution (Ludacris, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz) and legendary Tennessee recording studio, The Sound Kitchen.
"Alan was a natural choice for us," says GLA Executive Director Lisa Moore. "Not only because of his lengthy service, but also because he is a tremendous asset to our organization. He is a great example to us all and we are thrilled to honor Alan for the significant difference he has made handling cases for artists, speaking to groups on our behalf, and much, much more."
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts is a nonprofit organization that provides legal assistance and educational programming to artists and arts organizations in Georgia. GLA has presented the Ben White Distinguished Service Award, named in honor of one of the organization's founders, fewer than five times over the past 33 years. Each year, through its network of over 500 volunteer attorneys, GLA provides more than $1 million in free legal services to artists and arts organizations in Georgia.
Of Clarke, GLA's Moore adds, "he has taken challenging cases that involve highly sensitive ethical issues, handling those cases with the utmost integrity and professionalism."
A former Assistant District Attorney, Clarke is a Cum Laude graduate of Duke University and holds a law degree from Emory University. He is past Chair of the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, past chair of the Southern Regional Entertainment and Sports Law Seminar and has served as Chair of the Entertainment Law Institute which GLA sponsors with Emory University School of Law. Clarke is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a former member of the Tennessee Bar, and a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia, an organization of attorneys selected from 3% of the Georgia State Bar membership "whose public and private careers demonstrate outstanding legal abilities and a devotion to their communities."
Clarke lectures frequently on entertainment industry and intellectual property issues before groups such as the National Association for Legal Professionals, Mercer University School of Law, the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, Georgia State University College of Law, Emory University School of Law, the Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, the Gospel Music Association and Atlanta Fest. He frequently speaks to attorney groups on legal professionalism and ethics, along with Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice Carol Hunstein. In addition, Clarke serves on the boards of several Georgia arts organizations. The Law Offices of Alan S. Clarke, LLC is located in Buckhead, the business, financial, retail and restaurant hub of Atlanta.
For further information on Alan S. Clarke and the Law Offices of Alan S. Clarke, LLC, please visit www.alansclarke.com.
For further information on Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, please visit www.glarts.org, call 404-873-3911, or email gla@glarts.org.
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