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L. Lee Phillips

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Senior Partner

Manatt Entertainment
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  • Phone: 310.312.4111
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    Washington, D.C.

Education
  • Cornell Law School, J.D.,1959, with distinction
    Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi
    Editor, Cornell Law Quarterly

    Cornell University, A.B., 1957

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A leader in the music industry for over 40 years, Lee Phillips has earned a reputation for intelligence, creativity and integrity in representing major musicians, recording artists, composers, record companies and publishing companies. Lee focuses primarily on contract negotiations within the music industry and acts as the general legal advisor to a multitude of artists and companies in this field.

His clients have included and include a variety of internationally renowned performers and celebrities including Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins, Randy Jackson, Steve Perry, Tracy Chapman, Barbra Streisand, Prince, Michael Jackson and many others. Lee’s broad base of knowledge enables him to provide his clients with strategic and tactical guidance, as well as the gamut of legal advice ranging from litigation, licensing and corporate issues to copyright, privacy, tax issues and the sale of publishing catalogs, among other matters.

Lee began his career as a tax trial attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He started in private practice in California in 1963 and steadily developed his entertainment clientele. In 1977, he joined the firm that was eventually named Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.

Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

Named by Variety to the “Legal Impact Report,” 2020–2021

Named one of the “Top Music Lawyers” by Billboard, 2016–2022

Named one of "Music's Most Powerful Attorneys" by Billboard, 2015

Named by The Hollywood Reporter to the “Power Lawyers: Top 100 Attorneys in Entertainment,” 2007 through 2018

Named 2014 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Beverly Hills Bar Association

Spirit of Life Award, City of Hope Music Division

The Helen King Award for Philanthropy, National Academy of Songwriters, in appreciation of his contribution of pro bono legal services to the Academy since 1995

Recommended in Who's Who Legal: Sports & Entertainment, 2019

Listed in “Who’s Who in Law,” Los Angeles Business Journal, 2007

Named as one of the Top-Ranked Attorneys, Chambers USA, 2006-2007 and 2010-2021

Named as one of the “Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America,” 2006

Named as one of the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America,” 2005

Included in The Best Lawyers in America for more than thirty years

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Memberships

Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and California

Member, Board of Directors, Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (AARC)

Member, Board of Directors, Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)

Former President and Chairman, City of Hope Music Division

Lecturer on the subject of legal practice in the music industry for The Practicing Law Institute in New York and California, various bar associations, and Harvard and UCLA law schools

Lee in the News

  • 03.26.22

    Six Manatt Attorneys Recognized Among Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers

    Leader of Manatt Entertainment Jordan Bromley, the Firm’s Entertainment Litigation practice Leader Robert Jacobs, Manatt Entertainment Senior ...

  • 08.19.21

    77 Manatt Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers 2022 Guide

    Seventy-seven Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading lawyers ...

  • 05.20.21

    Manatt Receives Top Band Rankings in Chambers USA 2021

    Manatt has once again been ranked among the nation’s leading law firms in Chambers’ 2021 USA Guide.

  • 04.08.21

    Nine Manatt Attorneys Recognized on Variety’s 2021 Legal Impact Report

    Leader of Manatt Entertainment Lindsay Conner, leader of the firm’s entertainment transactions and finance practice Jordan Bromley, ...

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Lee's Newsletters

  • 04.24.14

    FTC Checks-In a Victory in Dispute with Wyndham Over Power to ...

    In a closely watched dispute over the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) power to regulate data security, a New Jersey federal court ...

  • 05.31.13

    A Friendly Reminder from the FTC: You May Be in Trouble

    Continuing the countdown to the effective date of the amended Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule, the Federal Trade Commission sent ...

  • 07.22.11

    Manatt Senior Partner Honored as a Hollywood Power Lawyer

    Manatt’s L. Lee Phillips, a senior partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, has been named to The Hollywood Reporter ’s ...

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