Featuring legal talent from Latham & Watkins LLP
Rocking for Belong Kitchen

The Contract Killers were formed in the midst of the Covid-19 global pandemic in 2019. Brought together by a love of music, lack of talent and their WAGs' collective desire to get them out of the house at least one night each week during lockdown, they began practicing and forged a common goal to become the most recognizable band in the world. Or at least in Latham & Watkins' Houston office. The Contract Killers are Tim Fenn (guitar, mandolin, keyboards, vocals, hair), Craig Kornreich (drums, wardrobe), Bryan Ryan (guitar, bass, vocals, swag), Jordan Hudson (bass, guitar, purveyor of fine instruments) and Michael King (guitar, vocals, left-handed scissors). TCK will be joined for Law Rocks by special guests Austin Sheehy and Ben Marek.

Featuring legal talent from Beck Redden
Rocking for The Woods Project

A bunch of family men with too many projects, this band got started as a way to relax and have fun with our own favorite songs. None of us are pros but we all play, and when we get together it just fits. Rock to our collection of classics that don’t bend to a genre but which you’ll know and love. Help us support The Woods Project, a unique and fantastic endeavor that gets kids out of the computer and into nature! We look forward to rocking the house at White Oak and to sharing our fun with you at Law Rocks 2022!

Featuring legal talent from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Enterprise Products Partners, L.P., The Friedkin Group, The Law Office of Travis W. Earp PLLC, and Locke Lord LLP
Rocking for the Chance for Hope Foundation

Winners of the inaugural Law Rocks Houston event and Judge’s Choice Award in 2019, Pro Hac Vice is reuniting to bring the hits from the most totally awesome era of music. It’s gonna be rad! For this year’s event, the band will once again be raising money for the Chance for Hope Foundation, a local charity providing support services for children with cancer and their families, and grant funding for pediatric cancer research. Featuring attorneys from five separate organizations, Pro Hac Vice is: Mario Barrientos (bass, vocals), Scott Davidson (lead vocals, synth, guitar), Travis Earp (guitar, vocals), John Goodgame (guitar, vocals), Charlie San Miguel (drums/percussion), and special guest Kurt Krolikowski (vocals).

Check out the band’s YouTube channel here!

Featuring legal talent from Greenberg Traurig; Rodgers Selvera PLLC
Rocking for Houston Food Bank

Indie rock.

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Featuring legal talent from Godzina Law Firm, PLLC
Rocking for Baker Ripley Houston

Roots Rock and Americana at its finest.

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Starring legal talent from Hanson Bridgett; Kessenick, Gamma and Free; Peter Logan Law Offices
Rocking for Blue Bear School of Music and St. Anthony’s

Back for its 8th appearance at Law Rocks, 12th Root of Two plays tunes from the Rolling Stones, the Who and other classic rock bands. Band members give back to the community, through Bar service, community volunteer activities, and playing for numerous charitable events in Northern California.

Featuring legal talent from Covington & Burling LLP
Rocking for TBD

Cov'R Band is the house band of Covington & Burling LLP, and is comprised of attorneys located in the firm's San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. The band was formed in 2018 and plays an eclectic mix of rock, pop, and R&B songs, spanning across the past six decades.

Starring legal talent from Baker Botts LLP
Rocking for Neal Casal Music Foundation

Formed in the Bay Area during 2020, Flight Risk is Baker Botts’ new house band.  With bandmates from a wide variety of musical backgrounds, you can expected the unexpected with a broad range of tunes to keep you in the groove.  Flight Risk is proud to support the Neal Casal Music Foundation to provide instruments and lessons to youth musicians and mental health services to musicians in need.

Featuring legal talent from Baker Botts; Greenberg Traurig; K&L Gates; Perkins Coie
Rocking for Family Violence Appellate Project

Formed in 2017, The Latent Defects (f.k.a. Attractive Nuisance) are proud to return at Law Rocks for the third time! The band, which managed to win “Judges Choice” in two of their last three performances, was formed as Greenberg Traurig’s house band and now includes a Verein of weekend warriors from five different law firms all flying a united banner of rock. This band goes to 11 and they are psyched to be with the people again.

Featuring legal talent from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Rocking for Child Advocates of Silicon Valley 

Morgan, Lewis & ROCKius brings together musical talent from Morgan Lewis’s Northern California offices, with amazing vocals, guitar, keys, and rhythm with a wicked horn section to lay down a '70s R&B/Motown/funk vibe, with current hits and classic chart-toppers in the mix. At Law Rocks, we’re honored to be rocking for Child Advocates of Silicon Valley to support children in the foster care system. We love playing together, and believe that music makes the world a better place. Join us for a great show—for an even greater cause! #morganlewisrocks

Featuring legal talent from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Rocking for East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC)

Named the “Best Lawyer Band in the Bay” the last three years running at the Family Violence Appellate Project's annual “Battle of the Bands,” Lieff Cabraser’s R-23s play songs by The Clash, Otis Redding, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Withers, and more as modern-day inheritors of the spirit of classic rock and roll. This spring's incarnation of the R-23s features Anthony McDaniel and Liana Harris on vocals, Djuna Gray on bass, Elizabeth Cabraser on drums, Mark Chalos on piano/organ, John Gersten on vocals and quite possibly guitar, and Jordan Elias on saxophone.

Helen B Jenkins is Executive Vice President Emeritus and Professor of Law in Wills, Trusts, Estates and Guardianships at South Texas College of Law Houston, where she has also served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She received her JD from University of Houston Law Center, a Masters in Music Education from Howard University and a Bachelor of Music from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins Institute. She is the author of the textbook, Administration of Estates and Guardianships in Texas. Dean Jenkins has been the recipient of many community-based awards for her dedication to teaching and her commitment to increasing the numbers of attorneys seeking positions in law teaching throughout the nation. Jenkins is a founding member and has been a principal performer in 14 shows by Night Court, an all-lawyer musical theater group, which has raised over a million dollars for local legal service organizations addressing the under-served. Jenkins is a founding member of the Downtown Group, an organization of African American female attorneys in Houston. She is the National Anthem soloist for all South Texas graduations and has performed at Minute Maid park.

Shakeatha Davis is an attorney, speaker, and multi-passionate entrepreneur. She currently serves as Owner and Principal Attorney for the minority woman owned law firm, the S. Davis Law Group PLLC and Owner of ICreate Coworking Business Hub™.

Her practice areas include Business Law, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Ms. Davis is an expert at assisting small business owners with business advisement and development which she is extremely passionate about. In addition to running a full time law practice, Attorney Davis hosts workshops and classes where she teaches business law.

Shakeatha recently partnered with the WBEA-Women’s Business Center (WBC) as a mastermind legal counselor. Her philanthropic efforts include being a mentor with Station Houston and volunteer attorney for the Texas CBAR.

Prior to opening her legal practice, Ms. Davis worked for the legal department of BP America, and Judicial Intern for both Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm and Judge Kenneth Hoyt. She also was selected for the Presidential Management Fellow Finalist Class of 2013. Ms. Davis earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude from Thurgood Marshall School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and English from Xavier University of Louisiana.

Ms. Davis has been a member of in the Top 40 Under 40 for National Black Lawyers and Top 40 Under 40 in Business for the Women’s Association of Attorneys in Business Law for the past two years. She also was recently appointed Vice Chair of the Copyright and Social Media Committee for the American Bar Association.

As she is a multi-passionate entrepreneur, she also enjoys being a co-owner of the Davis Artist Development Center which is an artist development center located in Houston, TX for entertainment artists.

Lastly, Attorney Davis is a member of the Texas State Bar, American Bar Association, Houston Bar Association, Houston Intellectual Property Lawyers Association and the Houston Lawyers Association.

Learn more at at S. Davis Law Group’s website and follow Shakeatha on Facebook, LinkedIn, or her Instagram handles @sdavislawgroup, @sdavisstudio, and @shae_entrepreneur.

Engineer, producer, and studio owner, Michael Mikulka has been fortunate to be able to do what he loves as his career, and do it successfully for over 36 years. Michael is a 30-year Grammy member/voter, has had his songs recorded by major label artists, and has earned 1 platinum and 3 gold records.

He ran his own successful music studio complex (recording, mastering, rehearsal, live sound) in the highly competitive Southern California music scene for over 20 years before relocating to Houston.

He is currently the owner of LUCKY RUN STUDIO, arguably the busiest and one of most prestigious recording studio facilities in the Houston area, where they have produced recordings for more than a dozen Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated artists, as well as countless unsigned acts, in and around Houston.

Michael has been fortunate to work with such artists (in California and Texas) as Ambrosia, Beck, Berlin, BB King Band, Bill Medley, Clark Sisters, Lady Gaga (Super Bowl Show), Leon Russell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting, Tiffany, Tito Jackson (Jackson 5), Toby Keith, and Willie Nelson.

Learn more at Lucky Run Studio’s website.

Al Staehely is an entertainment lawyer based in Houston, Texas. He has specialized in legal matters pertaining to the music and film industries since 1979.His clients include musicians, record labels, music publishing companies, and distribution companies. He handles various matters related to recording, publishing, sub-publishing, and licensing both domestically and internationally.

Al is also a musician whose roots in the Austin music scene combined with his experience writing and collaborating with artists in Los Angeles (most notably as front man in the psychedelic rock band Spirit) have allowed him to create a sound all his own. Seamlessly blending classic rock, soulful blues with a commanding stage presence, Al is just at home playing intimate solo shows with an acoustic guitar on his knee as he is taking center stage at a rock show. Al's engaging lyrics and creative melodies have peaked the interest of other artists who have recorded his songs- Keith Moon (The Who), Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane), Peter Cox (Go West), The Nick Gravenites/John Cipollina Band, as well as performers from his own back yard, most recently Houston R&B vocalist Annika Chambers.

Learn more about Al at alstaehely.com and music-lawyer.com.

With legal talent from Latham & Watkins; Doll Amir
Rocking Friday for Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Formed in late 2012 in anticipation of the 2nd Annual Law Rocks LA, Diversion is a band comprised entirely of Latham & Watkins personnel that has played consistently for the past four years since that first show at the Whisky.  Throughout the year, the band performs regularly at a variety of clubs throughout Southern California such as the Troubadour, House of Blues, the Viper Room, and Molly Malones, as well as internal Latham events and other gatherings, often raising money for charities. More information about Diversion can be found at www.facebook.com/diversiontheband.

Featuring legal talent from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Rocking Friday for In-N-Out Burger’s Slave to Nothing foundation

Don’t let the name fool you. The Doughboys rock it hard. Covering popular songs and mixing original lyrics to familiar beats and riffs, they are as deft with a mic as they are with a memo. The Doughboys are 10 strong, and they will rock for The In-N-Out Burger’s Slave to Nothing Foundation this year, and they’re ready to rock the mic.

Featuring legal talent from Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP
Rocking Friday for United Friends of the Children

Starring legal professionals from Perkins Coie
Rocking Friday for City of Hope

Privileged Communications comprises partner Michael Wise on lead vocals, partner Joe Hamilton on guitar, partner Lara Dueppen on keyboard and partner Oliver Gold on drums, with firm friends Niall Fordyce on bass and Steve Smith on guitar. While Privileged Communications does not have any available recordings currently, the group is in contract discussions with several large record labels and expects to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show within the next few years.

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Featuring legal talent from Michael Sullivan & Associates
Rocking Friday for Olive Crest

Born in a garage in the grueling pandemic times of 2020, Whisky Kick features legal pros and friends of Michael Sullivan & associates. They are pleased to be reliving their rock star dreams under mentally favorable and financially stable conditions.

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Featuring legal talent from Grindr; Fisher Phillips; Law Offices of John Given
Rocking Saturday for Transgender Law Center

The Grind is committed to the full expression of our most authentic selves, including all sexual orientations, gender identities, and genres of music. The Grind is Bill Shafton (General Counsel, Grindr), Zack Domb (Partner, Domb & Rauchwerger Employment Law Group), and John Given (environmental law solo practitioner), Gary Binford (Grindr's VP of Finance), Sean Henry (Grindr's Director of Product) and AJ Balance (Grindr's Chief Product Officer) and featuring special guests The Trans Chorus of Los Angeles. The Grind proudly supports the Trans Law Center, the national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all peoples.

Featuring legal talent from Winston & Strawn; Farella, Braun + Martel; The Trade Desk Inc.
Rocking Saturday for American Red Cross/International Committee for humanitarian aid to Ukraine

JIMMY'S BROTHER is an LA-based rock n’ roll band. No gimmicks, no nonsense. Just vocals, guitars, and attitude. Formed in 2009 after a chance meeting around an old hotel piano in downtown LA, the band is known for its high energy mix of originals and cover songs, late night impromptu concerts at the Omni, and their legendary 2019 show at the Viper Room. Some boldly claim that Jimmy's Brother is one of the best acts to emerge from Winston & Strawn's Los Angeles office in recent years.

Featuring legal talent from General Dynamics Mission Systems, Midtown Alliance, Starr, Gern, Davison and Rubin
Rocking Saturday for League of American Bicyclists: Nick Stevens Cycling Safety Advocacy Fund and Sentinels of Freedom

Several Dudes got together in the late 80's to write and play groovin' music for a loyal following in Atlanta while most of the dudes were in law school and medical school. Now lawyers, doctors, and musicians on the back ends of productive careers, the band has reformed to honor founding lead guitarist Nick Stevens after his tragic death in a cycling accident. Like back in the day, Several Dudes' new music will move your body and soul. The band will be releasing a tribute album - Our Brother Nick - and playing charity events to raise money for worthy causes including cycling safety. Saddle up!

Learn more at severaldudes.com.

Featuring legal talent from Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Rocking for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 

The JDRF Troubadours have been raising money with Law Rocks for over 8 years and have amassed over 10 Law Rocks appearances in New York City and Los Angeles since 2014.  This year, the band is proud to be again raising money for JDRF at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip on April 30, 2022.  The group has evolved over its years with the Law Rocks organization, with many friends and colleagues joining the group over time and playing under the names of Doc McCool and the Fools, the Rocke Lords, the Wolfpack, and CellarSonic.  The JDRF Troubadours bands together friends and family from Connecticut and Oklahoma to try make a difference for JDRF!  Founding band members CT-based Gabe McCool (bass, supporting vocals) and Ted Bednarczyk (drums) team up this year with NYC Law Rocks alumnus Eric Litchfield (guitar) and Gabe’s twin brother, Jesse McCool (guitar, supporting vocals) and friends, Kevin Pollard (lead vocals) and Lance Johnson (backing vocals), each from Oklahoma City.  

With T1D, a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy. The daily life of someone with T1D brings a multitude of challenges, including insulin injections  that need to be carefully balanced with eating and activity, disruptive glucose monitoring, sleepless nights—and wishing for a tomorrow where this struggle doesn’t exist.  Living with T1D means there are no days off and there is no cure. But there is hope. Your generosity will help JDRF fund life-changing breakthroughs to remove the incredible daily burden of this disease—until it no longer exists.  Please support The JDRF Troubadours’ fundraiser by making a donation today!  The band wishes to thank our generous sponsors this year, which are: Wolf Greenfield, Wheeler Bio, NextWave Electrical Contractors, Alloy Therapeutics, Synthace, Project Farma, GableGotwals, That's Nice, and Robinson Park.

Featuring legal talent from Baker & McKenzie; Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete; Glancy Prongay & Murray; and SEADE Coaching & Consulting
Rocking Saturday for LA Family Housing

Run BMc has more than two decades of collective Law Rockin’ experience, including members of two different past champions. They are back to rock, roll, rap, dance, and funkify your minds. Not to be mistaken for your typical law-firm-charity-classic-rock-cover band, it discovered its musical destiny by covering artists like Run DMC, Tina Turner, Coldplay, Janis Joplin, Adele, Def Leppard, and Justin Timberlake. The band is known to bring sexy back, roll in the deep, and pour some sugar on you, while curing fevers with the only prescription – more cowbell.

With legal talent from Reed Smith; Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete; Seals Phillips LLP
Rocking Saturday for LACBA Counsel for Justice

Inspired by the Rainbow Road setting on their Teslas (More Cowbell!!!), Down By Law has been rockin’ since 2016. Formed out of a desperation to convince their kids that they are cool, and inspired (in equal parts) by Jim Jarmusch, the Starlight Vocal Band, and Iggy Pop, DBL rocks to answer the eternal question: “Is she really going out with him?”

Tony Berman is the founder of Berman Entertainment and Technology Law, a law firm focusing on issues implicated by the convergence of technology and the entertainment industry. His primary practice areas involve negotiation of entertainment contracts and advising clients on legal issues involved in the formation of entertainment-related organizations and protection of copyrights and trademarks. His clients include record companies, multimedia companies, app developers, game companies, online content distribution companies, professional sport organizations, management companies, film and television production companies, presenters of live entertainment, music venues, publishers, producers, technologists and industry executives as well as writers, performers and artists.

Tony is the editor-in-chief of Multimedia & Entertainment Law Online News (MELON) and a contributing editor to Entertainment Industry Contracts, published by Matthew Bender. He is also an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law where he teaches Negotiating and Drafting Contracts in the Entertainment Business.

Tony has served on the board of governors of The Recording Academy San Francisco Chapter and the AFTRA Advisory Board of Managers and Attorneys. He was the chair of the Sports and Entertainment Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco from 1998 through 1999.

He frequently speaks at entertainment industry conferences including the South By Southwest Music & Media Conference, the SF MusicTech Summit, the NAB Conference, the Summer Music Conference, the Bandwidth Conference, the Global Entertainment and Media Summit, the Music Law Summit West, the Future of Music Policy Summit, California Lawyers for the Arts Music Business Seminar and the Streaming Media Conference. Tony has been interviewed by media including CNN, CNET, NBC, KGO Radio, Tech TV, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Wired, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times and The San Francisco Chronicle.

Prior to practicing law, Tony was involved in the entertainment industry as a manager, producer, performer and concert presenter.

Phoenix Song is a queer, nonbinary Korean American adoptee performer, teacher and sound healer featured in San Francisco Magazine's Best of the Bay for yoga music. Phoenix has performed and taught at SF Jazz, Esalen, Wanderlust, UC Santa Cruz, SF International Arts Festival, and more. They are a Tamalpa Associate Teacher of Expressive Arts and completed Level 3 of Somatic Voicework, the Lovetri Method. They delight in freeing people's voices and rhythms so that they can sing, sound, and speak their truths with confidence. Phoenix plays didgeridoo, djembe, Arabic tambourine, Native flute, esraj, harmonica, harmonium, and more. Phoenix is available for private and group voice & drumming classes, sound baths, performances, grief rituals, ancestral healing and theta drum journeys, and more. phoenixsongmusic.com

website: https://phoenixsongmusic.com
IG: @phoenixsongrises
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Andrew Thomases is an Intellectual Property lawyer by day, and an independent recording artist by night. In his day job, Andrew practices IP Litigation in the Silicon Valley office of Ropes & Gray, where he is chair of the IP Litigation practice group and co-chair of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecom group. Andrew counsels clients in all industries in areas involving patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark law. His clients run the gamut and include some of the biggest players in the semiconductor, networking, software, video streaming, and medical device fields. He has tried cases all over the United States and has represented clients from around the globe.

At night, he writes, performs, and records his own music. His genre is alternative rock with meaning, which he often refers to as “conscious rock.” His songs spur curiosity and his lyrics ask tough questions about such topics as climate change, division in our country, our impact on other species, and our unending yet harmful quest for perfection. But he also has a humorous side and recently released a song looking back on his antics as a teenager growing up in the New York suburbs. His music style ranges from classic rock, to 80s alternative, to chill rock, and some 90s vibes thrown in for good measure.

Thousands of listeners have enjoyed his tunes on Spotify and other platforms, and his music videos have tens of thousands of views. Check out his website at www.andrewthomases.com for links to all of his music and videos, and sign up for his newsletter while you are there. He is also on Instagram and Facebook at @AndrewThomasesMusic, and his YouTube channel is at Andrew Thomases Music - YouTube.

Amy Rupnow is a host with a background in the performing arts. Hosting events all over the U.S. for brands like Cisco, Coca Cola, Glenlivet and Budweiser, she spent the last six years pre-pandemic presenting for the Acura special events team at auto-show and race events.

Amy is currently the Manager of Marketing and Events at Law Rocks and has no intention of “quitting her day job” as she thoroughly enjoys working for the Law Rocks team.

Born and raised in the City of Angels, Stryker is currently hosting "Afternoons with Booker and Stryker," on iHeartRadio's Los Angeles’ ALT 98.7, LA’s New Alternative. Previous to that, Stryker spent 22 years on Los Angeles Alt-rock station KROQ. He has hosted red carpet shows for The Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards in addition to hosting shows on MTV and VH1. Stryker also stars in his own podcast "Tuna on Toast," where he interviews famous musical artists and entertainers about their careers and upcoming projects, as well as hosts the syndicated radio show "Out of Order with Stryker."

Carla Betz is an actress, musician and host. She can be seen on episodes of Criminal Minds, Beverly Hills 90210, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, multiple national commercials, and most notably playing bass for Law Rocks winners, Attractive Nuisance. She hosts "Deck Sessions" live music show and performs musical comedy with "Songs That Embarrass Our Families". She can be seen in the premiere of "All American" at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival at the McCadden Theatre.

Chuck Jarrell is a long-time supporter of, and participant in, Law Rocks. He helped form the inaugural board of directors for Law Rocks, and has emceed Law Rocks events nationwide. He is the guitarist for The Nuisance, which has performed in the LA show for many years, and has won both the Judges’ Choice and Overall Winner awards in prior events. Chuck is a partner at Allen Matkins in Los Angeles.

Trey is a survivor of 10 years in the Radio Industry during it final heyday. He was a music director and afternoon drive DJ at various stations throughout the midwest before being scooped up by MTV in the 90's because he kinda looked like Alan Hunter. It wasn't long after arriving in New York that Nirvana, ended Trey's MTV stint. Everyone was going grunge and he was unable to grow any facial hair. He moved on to other areas of the entertainment industry, but is proud of some of his past escapades, such as playing golf with Journey, drinking several gallons of beer with Brian Johnson of AC/DC, and being fired from "Friends" for saying something stupid to Jennifer Aniston. He is most proud of his former world record of Hot Tub Sitting (4 days at 105 degrees). He thanks his wife for being so patient when it came time to have children.

Shawn Dailey has been a professional touring and recording musician since the age of 17. Most recently he played bass for Courtney Love / Hole. He has also toured and recorded with several other critically acclaimed rock bands. He currently serves as Executive Director for the Take Me to The River Music Education Initiative, a charity that seeks to inspire a deeper understanding of civil rights, music history, and cross-generational collaboration.

Laura Ferreiro is a long-time music journalist and founder of M4G Media, a boutique marketing agency that connects brands, artists and nonprofits and helps tell their stories to inspire action. She also founded Story Harmony to helps artists, business leaders and entrepreneurs uncover and share their most authentic brand stories to magnetize their ideal audience.

Laura previously served as West Coast Editor of British music magazine NME and has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Yahoo, LA Weekly, Nylon and Rolling Stone. She's worked extensively in marketing, communications & PR, with brands including Red Bull and Gretsch Guitars, and nonprofits WaterAid, Easterseals, MALDEF and the Levitt Foundation. When she’s not scribbling away or attending shows, she enjoys hiking and making ceramics.

Andrew H. Radden currently works as Director of Corporate Partnerships for the LA Phil and its three iconic venues: Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and The Ford. Previously, he was an Account Executive for KROQ-FM 106.7 selling radio, podcasts, digital and live events. During his career, Andrew has worked with major brands including American Express, Rolex, Diageo, JP Morgan Chase, Red Bull, Activision, Home Depot, Pepsi, Postmates, and Toyota among others to integrate onsite at live music venues across Southern California. Andrew received his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont and MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Business at Claremont Graduate University. He is married to Patrice and has two sons - Davis (14) and Hudson (12).

Joe Trofino is the Deputy General Counsel and a senior executive in the Legal Affairs Department at ICM Partners, one of the world’s largest talent and literary agencies with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and London, where he focuses on general corporate legal matters including litigation, corporate contracts, regulatory compliance, insurance matters, real estate, employment, business development and legal policy matters. Joe currently lives in El Segundo with his wife, Melissa, 8 year old son/2032 NHL first round draft prospect, Crosby, and 3 year old daughter, Mila.

Matthew Umhofer is a former federal prosecutor and Skadden survivor who founded the intergalactic litigation phenomenon known as Spertus, Landes & Umhofer. Law Rocks has afforded him the opportunity to defile the stage of the Whisky with mediocre covers on several prior occasions. To everyone’s great relief, Matthew will not be taking the stage this year to fill fans’ ears with feedback, and instead will be getting his Simon Cowell on, which is the closest he’ll ever come to being a judge.

Lisa Whynot is a LA based entertainment executive from Canada. In her two decades in the entertainment industry, from being an inhouse lawyer at EMI records to working with several illustrious entertainment law firms in LA, industry she has worked with some of the biggest recording artists in the world.

Daniel Bauman is a native Washingtonian, a Maryland Terp, a community activist, a proud father and husband, and a music lover.

In the last decade, Daniel has served on numerous charitable Boards of organizations that provide housing to the underprivileged. He is a longtime Commissioner and former Chairman of the Board of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA), ensuring that thousands of low and moderate income households in Alexandria receive affordable housing, economic opportunities, and a living environment free from discrimination.

Professionally, Daniel has been in the real estate arena his entire career – leading the operations of multi-family assets from pre-development through disposition nationwide. Currently, Daniel serves as President of a real estate management company with offices in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Boston, Massachusetts and he is an advisor to two start-up companies serving the real estate industry. Previously, he was President of an Alexandria based property management company and a property management company that was a wholly owned subsidiary of a publicly traded company. He also served as Vice President of Asset Management for a national multi-family developer.

Personally, and most importantly, Daniel is a proud father and husband, as well as a music lover. He will happily share the videos of his 18-year old playing guitar in his band (Homesick Locations) during recent sell-out shows at DC9 Nightclub, The Pocket, and Union Stage, as he is the real talent in the family, having been performing since age 6. Daniel’s musical interests extend from Marley to Maroon 5, The Stones to Snoop Dogg, Eagles to Ed Sheeran, Pink Floyd to Pink, and U2 to YouTube. Mostly, he enjoys singing while his son plays guitar or during late night jams with his friends (and occasionally his son). It is said that what he lacks in skill, he makes up for with enthusiasm.

Featuring legal talent from Deltek, George Mason University/C-IP2, Humanity United, U.S. Government.

Buzzard Point Caucus (BPC) emerges from the shadows each year to please its constituents at Law Rocks DC. BPC joins this special event to support and raise funds for the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation.

Featuring legal talent from Berke Farah

The DePlorables are the worst band you’ve never heard and are back at it by unpopular demand. The DePlorables came together in January 2019 for a charity gig and have since demanded charity from their audience (which is sometimes singular). The DePlorables had to cut short their “One Night Only: One Night Too Many” world tour of Pearl Street Warehouse in 2020 due to the pandemic (which many pointed out was the one positive unintended consequence of COVID-19). The DePlorables specialty is 70s glam rock and punk, although their audiences rarely recognize what they are playing. The DePlorables are: Erik Huey (lead vocals); Chris Boesen (bass); Ken Sigmund (lead guitar); Joel “Thunderstix” Theros (drums); and Elliot Berke (rhythm guitar).

Featuring legal talent from the US Government.

The GOAT says: "MAAAM."

We are humbled to be a part of this effort. Support local music, but above all, support Ukraine!

For the cause,
Stacy, Demi, Genny, Rich, Reid, and Sarah.

Featuring legal talent from Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, & Walsh, PC

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh has a little known secret weapon at its disposal: the powerful sound of Larry and the Land Lawyers, a rollicking band led by three attorneys at the firm: the esteemed Mark Goetzman on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, the amazing Mike Kieffer on lead guitar, the super-cool John Rinaldi on the Bass Guitar. They are joined by the Larry Clark (of FDG) on Drums.

Featuring legal talent from Venable LLP; Gordon Rees; Buchanan Ingersoll

We are humbled to be back-to-back-to-back winners of Law Rocks DC, with nearly $100,000 in fundraising, and part of this great event for Ukraine. We are excited to once again ditch our power suits to dance, sing and bang our heads with the Law Rocks crowd. Featuring legal professionals from Venable, Gordon Rees and Buchanan Ingersoll, Noise in the Basement can be seen around the DC area playing its version of high-energy, alt-rock songs from the last four decades.

Featuring legal talent from Deltek, U.S. Government, Antonin Scalia Law School
Rocking for Central Union Mission

Buzzard Point Caucus - Featuring the guitar talent of Sean (a world-class musician and decent law prof in spite of his ivory tower), Corban on the bass, Hemi (U.S. Government) on keys, Jon (Deltek) on vocals and other random instruments, and this dude named Scott on drums, you never know what is going to happen but we apologize in advance for any Irish drinking songs.

Featuring legal talent from Berke Farah LLP, Library of Congress Law Library, Platinum Advisors
Rocking for Blue Check Ukraine

The DePlorables are the worst band you’ve never heard and are back at it by unpopular demand. The DePlorables came together in January 2019 for a charity gig and have since demanded charity from their audience (which is sometimes singular). The DePlorables had to cut short their “One Night Only: One Night Too Many” world tour of Pearl Street Warehouse in 2020 due to the pandemic (which many pointed out was the one positive unintended consequence of COVID-19). The DePlorables specialty is 70s glam rock and punk, although their audiences rarely recognize what they are playing. The DePlorables are: Erik “The Hitman” Huey (dynamic front man); Chris “The Dude” Boesen (bass); Ken Sigmund “the Sea Monster” (lead guitar); Joel “Thunderstix” Theros (drums); and “the Consigliere of Rockabilly” Elliot Berke (rhythm guitar).

Featuring legal talent from Shulman Rogers, The Law Offices of Alan Tilles
Rocking for DC Bar Pro Bono Center

The Fine Print is honored to have been voted the best band in three of its five Law Rocks appearances. But we're more proud of having raised so much money for several charities. With the encouragement of our friends, family and colleagues, we've decided to try to be entertaining once again. We also appreciate how supportive many of our law firm competitors have been. You make it fun for us, and look forward to challenging ourselves to up our game.

Featuring legal talent from the FCC; Meta; USTelecom; the Wireless Infrastructure Association; Verizon; and Somos
Rocking for Miriam's Kitchen

Harmful Interference is made up of telecom law and policy geeks who play in various original and cover bands around the city. While we don’t always agree with each other in our 9 to 5 jobs, we all agree that we are really excited to be back at the 9:30 Club, especially because we are rocking again for Miriam’s Kitchen, an organization dedicated to ending homelessness in Washington DC. It is almost as exciting as talking about Pole Attachments or Part 15 Waivers! Our set features an eclectic mix of rock covers and covers of covers. We may have to file an ex parte at the end of the show, but it will be worth it!

Featuring legal talent from Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, & Walsh, PC
Rocking for HomeAid National Capital Region

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh has a little known secret weapon at its disposal: the powerful sound of Larry and the Land Lawyers, a rollicking band led by three attorneys at the firm: the esteemed Mark Goetzman on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, the amazing Mike Kieffer on lead guitar, the super-cool John Rinaldi on the Bass Guitar. They are joined by the Larry Clark (of FDG) on Drums.

Featuring legal talent from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Rocking for Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia

The members of Night Work are from the DC office of Akin Gump and Georgetown University Law Center. The genesis of the band dates back to the 80s – trade partners Steve Kho and Tom McCarthy playing Genesis, among other rockers, in their high school band, which they think might have been named No Outlet. Steve and Tom went separate ways in college, and have toured the country with their own bands, and Tom continues to record and play with his bands No Second Troy and the Reserves (those names are included to encourage you to look for them on streaming services, along with J.R. Molm’s band, The Restatements). They reunited by fate at Akin primarily with the ambition of rising to the top of the DC legal rock scene, and selected the firm as their home because of the depth of musical talent at the firm. Drummer Scott Alberino, a leader in Akin’s Financial Restructuring practice, is routinely selected as one the greats by himself and his bandmates. Lead vocalists Jennifer Richter (Telecom), Esther Lander (Labor), and Matt Nicely (Trade) have been regularly compared to Fleetwood Mac by associates at the firm looking for bonuses. Summer associate J.R. Molm, a law student and lead vocalist/guitarist of fantastic local band The Restatements, rounds out the rhythm section. The band debated various names, including Law and Disorder and Habeas Porpoise, but settled on Night Work in honor of the firm’s founder, Bob Strauss. Mr. Strauss famously said to a client that “You’ve given us your night work; now can we have your day work?” The band also plays under that name with Akin attorneys from other offices, and is really just trying to live up to the Akin Houston band, which has won Law Rocks Houston several times -- at least that is what they told us. We are happy to be rocking for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.

Featuring legal talent from Venable; Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Rocking for Together We Bake

The only thing better than being able to play on the legendary 9:30 Club stage is raising a ton of money for an amazing nonprofit that rocks our community so much more than we could ever do. We are humbled to be back-to-back-to-back winners of Law Rocks DC, with nearly $100,000 in fundraising. We are excited to once again ditch our power suits to dance, sing and bang our heads with the Law Rocks crowd. Featuring legal professionals from Venable, Noise in the Basement can be seen around the DC area playing its version of high-energy, alt-rock songs from the last four decades.

Featuring legal talent from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Interactive Brokers, DOJ, McGuire Woods LLP
Rocking for Gifts for the Homeless

The Precedents have been together for 17 years. We are the band that all others must follow.

Featuring legal talent from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Euclid Transactional
Rocking for Music on the Inside

Featuring legal talent from Greenberg Traurig
Rocking for the Veteran Advocacy Project

The band is back in town! Global law firm Greenberg Traurig is excited to have its house band, The Meltones, back gracing the stage at Gramercy Theatre. The Meltones, named after a firm founder Mel Greenberg, have been rocking in various incarnations since the mid-1980s, and are proud to be six-time Law Rocks NYC Champions, with their sights set on number seven! The Meltones have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local non-profits and couldn’t be more thrilled to play for The Veteran Advocacy Project this year. The Meltones are comprised of 10 bandmembers: On guitar, Co-Chair of Global Real Estate Practice, Stephen Rabinowitz; Miami Real Estate Shareholder, Burt Bruton; and Philadelphia Health Care & FDA Shareholder, Mark Mattioli; On keyboard, Albany Government Law & Policy Shareholder, Christopher A. Cernik; On trombone, Amsterdam Corporate Shareholder, Thédoor Melchers; On vocals, New York Litigation, Of Counsel Ashley LeBlanc, Las Vegas Litigation Shareholder, Michael Hogue, and Director of Senior Attorney Talent Acquisition and Integration, Tracy Newirth, and the Atlanta office Business Director, Tony Hatchett; and on drums, New York IT Support Specialist, Jim Mussen.

Featuring legal talent from White & Case; Torys
Rocking for Hour Children

Mistrial has been rocking out together since 2014, and is so excited to return to Gramercy Theatre for Law Rocks 2022!

Featuring legal talent from Davis Polk
Rocking for Advocates for Children of New York

Featuring legal talent from Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard
Rocking for New York Stem Cell Foundation

Let's go back to the days of Doc Martens and flannel, baggy jeans and floppy hats, when MTV still played music and CDs were still high-tech. These rock 'n roll legal pros will bring you there. But we can't reveal their name. It's REDACTED.

Featuring legal talent from WilmerHale; Fried Frank
Rocking for The Scarlett Fund

Willy C. Picker cut his teeth playing country and blues in small clubs along the banks of the Potomac. He had a loyal following, but was never able to break into the big time until he joined up with a brash band of Boston rockers—the Hale Stormers. Together, Willy and the Hale Stormers deliver an energetic and eclectic mix of rock and R&B. They are excited to return to the Law Rocks stage, and equally excited to raise money for the Scarlett Fund, which helps fund groundbreaking pediatric cancer research.

Cathy Applefeld Olson is a live music fanatic who also happens to be a veteran music, entertainment and culture journalist, and event producer. Through her work for publications including Billboard, Forbes and The Hollywood Reporter, she’s interviewed some of the biggest and most influential names in music including Radiohead, Neil Young, Missy Elliott, Tom Petty, Ed Sheeran, Smokey Robinson, Bette Midler, Lionel Richie, Halsey, Finneas and Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds. Cathy is also the founder of Hollywood & Mind, a venture that evolved from her Forbes column of the same name and sits at the intersection of entertainment and mental health.

Devon Engel is Vice President and General Counsel of General Dynamics Mission Systems, which is headquartered in Fair Lakes, Virginia. With approximately 13,500 employees worldwide, Mission Systems develops and delivers mission critical life saving products and systems across land, sea, air, space and cyber domains.

Devon earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He earned his law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated with honors and was a member of the Law Review.

Devon started his legal career at Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in government contract law. In 1996, Devon moved to Scottsdale to go in-house with Motorola. That business was sold to General Dynamics in 2001 and is now part of General Dynamics Mission Systems. Devon has been active in the government contract legal community throughout his career and has published numerous articles and lectured frequently on government contract and other legal topics.

Devon is also very active in his community. He is a Law Rocks Board member and was a member of the Board of Directors for DrugFreeAZKids.org for ten years, serving as Chairman of the Board for three years. He has also been a long time supporter of the United Way, the American Diabetes Association, Sentinels of Freedom and numerous other charitable organizations. While in private practice in DC, Devon provided pro bono legal services on adoption matters, including the successful opposition of a high profile petition to the Supreme Court.

Devon splits his time between DC and Scottsdale, where he and his wife Carla have four kids between them. To unwind, Devon enjoys playing golf and tennis with his kids, cycling, hiking and reading. He is also a bass player and plays in a rock and roll cover band in Scottsdale called Retro-Active and an original band based in Atlanta called Several Dudes. Devon has played in Law Rocks events in DC, LA, and Phoenix.

Eric Liley, Executive Director and CEO for The Musicianship, is a seasoned Marketing and Communications executive with over 25 years of experience in the Entertainment and Media industries, including work in the for-profit and non–profit arenas. His breadth of expertise includes TV programming, music licensing, multicultural marketing, branding, event production, talent relations, business affairs, youth advocacy, social impact, and diversity & inclusion.

Over the years, Eric has held a variety of management positions in marketing at Fortune 500 media/broadcast companies as well as leading non-profit category leaders. His experience includes roles at Gannett/USA Today, Showtime Networks Inc, BMI Music, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 1995, he served as the President of the NY Chapter of The National Association of Minorities in Communications (NAMIC), the organization’s largest chapter at the time. His extensive media experience included time abroad when, in 1999, he assumed the role of Senior Vice President Global Sales & Marketing for Net4Music Inc., an award-winning digital music company. Net4Music, headquartered in Paris, France, was ultimately acquired by Minnesota-based Coda Music Technology in 2001, one of the industry’s leaders of innovative digital products songwriters, composers, and producers.

Evan is a trademark lawyer, the founder of the local community concert series "Live in Rose Park," and most notably, a four-time Law Rocks veteran and former Judge’s Choice award winner with his band Rock Creek Kings. Originally from Montreal, Canada, Evan is of-counsel to the Boutique IP and litigation law firm the Concept Law Group on trademark, patent and copyright prosecution and litigation matters and holds an LL.M. in intellectual property law from the George Washington University School of Law. His band’s single More of You recently passed the 100,000 streams mark and you may just recognize him from the cover of the Washington Post’s Weekend Section. A veteran frontman of over 100 shows at venues and music festivals across the east coast, Evan's a true double-threat.

Kevin de Souza is the songwriter behind the confusingly-named, grownup-staffed rock band Uptown Boys Choir, as well as a busy freelance bassist and bandleader. In addition to a lively schedule backing up some of the DMV's finest songwriters, Kevin also holds the bass chair in Celtic rock band Ceili Rain, under the leadership of award-winning songwriter Bob Halligan, Jr. (Judas Priest, KISS, Kix, Kathy Mattea, Michael Bolton).

When he isn't recording or performing, Kevin serves as the Theatre Technical Director at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, MD, where he is proud to be training the next generation of scenic carpenters, lighting designers, and sound engineers.

Zeke Roeser is 5'8" and 160lbs of diamond-hard rock 'n' roll.  He is a trial lawyer and the principal of Roeser Law Firm, a personal injury practice in Washington, DC.  He litigates primarily in DC and Maryland, and has successfully represented thousands of DC-area residents.

Mr. Roeser's interest in music and entertainment is hard-wired.  He was born to an acting teacher and the founder and lead guitarist of a venerable, white-shoe classic rock band from New York City.  He will not say which, but he will advise that he has attended 100+ Blue Öyster Cult concerts from the age of fetus through his present 40th year.  He believes that life begins at rock 'n' roll.

Mr. Roeser is a member of the Trial Lawyers Association of Washington DC, the Maryland Association for Justice, and the secretive Federalist Society.

Featuring legal talent from Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Hot Wip are Tim Hillier and James McCormack on guitar, Will Bethune on bass, Marcus Grainger on drums and Eddie Henley the charismatic front man on lead vocals. The band plays a mix of noughties rock and crowd pleasing rock belters from yesteryear. Prepare to be disintegrated by their pure rock energy and blasting tunes.

Featuring legal talent from Russell-Cooke LLP, Enterprise Chambers, Mercer & Hole

Antecedents are a collection of insolvency professionals (a barrister, a solicitor, and an IP) with a passion for rock music. Our musical tastes are as varied as our caseloads but we can promise a setlist of classic tunes which are guaranteed to get the crowd moving.

Taking middle-aged classic mashing to new depths, The Ruggs bring their unique brand of raucous entertainment to The 100 Club on 12th October. While West End traffic grinds to a standstill, Ruggs fans will be anything but, as some of the world’s greatest tunes are regurgitated as only this dynamic 7-strong outfit know how. Bring your size 13 dancing shoes and party like never before, all in a great cause. A night to remember, hopefully for all the right reasons.

Maria Milito has been heard on the New York radio and television airwaves for over 25 years. Whether you’re in the Tri-State area listening to Q104.3, New York’s Classic Rock Station or traveling nationwide, one might find it difficult to escape her signature voice as a host on iHeartMedia’s Classic Rock network—from Spokane WA to Allentown PA. Maria also adds author to her list of credits with the publishing of “Clarice and Friends...How They Helped Mend the Hole in My Heart,” a collection of emails from her listeners sent to her when her beloved dog Clarice passed away. A huge animal advocate, Maria can often be found at animal functions and charity events and has an animal/nature/environment podcast on the iHeartRadio app called “Maria’s Mutts & Stuff”; download the app and listen today!

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Eli Northrup has been working at the Bronx Defenders since 2015 where he handles both felony and misdemeanor cases and is a member of the Policy Team. In 2022, after working on the campaign for marijuana justice in New York State for a number of years, he helped to launch The Bronx Cannabis Hub, a resource for New Yorkers interested in applying for licenses with legal support and education to enable them to build generational wealth long denied by the failed War on Drugs. Prior to joining the Bronx Defenders, Eli served as an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow in the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic at Georgetown Law School, handling misdemeanor and felony cases in Washington D.C. Superior Court and supervising third-year law students. He attended Cornell University and graduated from New York University School of Law. Eli was a member of the NYC-based band “Pants Velour” (Tommy Boy Records) for over a decade. The group performed all over the east coast, was featured on the X-Factor, and are perhaps best known for their appearance in the Dial 7 Car Service commercials.

Sarah is a Brooklyn-based playwright, professor, jeweler, startup attorney (formerly Etsy and Vroom), investor, board member, speaker, and mom. She won The New York Law Journal’s 2018 General Counsel Impact Award and created America’s Ugliest Necklace. Sarah’s worlds collide in her hilarious new show, Dirty Legal Secrets.

Wendy LaManque is thrilled to be returning for her fourth year as a Law Rocks Judge!

Wendy is Director of Organizational Compliance & Eastern Counsel for the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), the labor union representing the workers who create professional ballet, opera and choral music across the country. Prior to serving as counsel to AGMA, Wendy spent six years in a law firm here in New York City representing major entertainment unions and other labor organizations.

Wendy is also a proud member of The Whistles, a quirky indie folk duo performing and recording music that spans the entire universe of genres with her husband, Terrence Brennan (formerly of Cousin Earth). In 2022, Wendy was promoted to Chief Party Officer at the Party Farm in Roscoe, NY, Wendy and Terry’s boutique recording studio in the Catskills. When not lawyering, playing music, hosting recording clients, or judging battles of bands, Wendy can be found in her garden, bowling at the Party Farm's on-site bowling alley, or attempting to train her delightfully unruly dog, Pepper.

Roaring from the king tides onto the shores of Miami Beach, comes The Sunset Four, the world’s youngest Beatles tribute show! The group is inspired by the Miami Beach 2nd performance of The Beatles on the famed Ed Sullivan show on February 16th 1964. The four members, Oliver Lieberman, Zoe & Evangeline Lyons, and Warren Bromley, all now 13 years old, are lifelong residents on Miami Beach. The group has been performing at local venues and schools for the past four years, and have mainly focused on charitable events. The unlikeliness of four youngsters becoming a Beatles tribute show has created a huge draw to their shows, which sometimes have had up to 1500 in live audience, and an astonishing 18,000 live streaming shows.

Featuring legal professionals from Locke Lord; Mathison Whittles; Slusher Rosenblum; Searcy Denney
Rocking for Greyed A Greyhound

Disbarred is a Palm Beach based band made up of mostly lawyers from different firms who have been playing together for many years. We are John Whittles of Mathison Whittles LLP on guitar, Daniel Fiorello of Locke Lord LLP on lead vocals, Jeremy Slusher of Slusher Rosenblum PA on the bass, Brian Denney of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA on drums, and Michael Fiorello of DeliverLean on guitar and vocals.

Disbarred plays mostly hard rock cover shows at various venues around Palm Beach County. Regardless of the venue or the music, the band is always playing for a good cause and donates proceeds to charity.

Featuring legal professionals from Jones Chase Employment Lawyers
Rocking for Miami Music Project

The band Hot Damn! representing Jones Chase Employment Lawyers, have been playing together now for 8 years - born out of friendship, music, a love of employment law and a thirst for that moment when the rhythm finally does get ya!

The band loves nothing more than a mash up and the songs can come at you from any genre or decade - they will be on stage, off the stage, on your mind, on the dance floor and with you in times of work-related challenges too.

Featuring legal professionals from Greenberg Traurig
Rocking for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig is excited to have its house band, The Meltones, gracing the stage at the Miami Beach Bandshell. The Meltones, named after firm co-founder Mel Greenberg, have been rocking in various incarnations since the mid-1980s, and are proud to be six-time Law Rocks NYC Champions. Now they have their sights set on winning the inaugural event in Miami, home of Greenberg Traurig’s founding office! The Meltones have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local non-profits and couldn’t be more thrilled to play for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami. The LawRocks-Miami edition of the Meltones includes three attorneys from GT’s Miami office (on guitar and vocals, Miami Real Estate Shareholder, Burt Bruton; on vocals, Miami Litigation Associate, Jessica Fishfeld; and on guitar, Miami Real Estate Associate, Daniel Thwaites), with able backing from Burt’s three good friends in local Miami band The Click (on bass and vocals, Larry Misrahi; on keyboards, Danny Howe; and on drums, Allen Lynch).

Featuring legal professionals from Dentons; Blank Rome; JJR Abogados
Rocking for The Rhythm Foundation

SEVEN SEAS is the band of the Maritime and Transportation Committee of the International Bar Association, and has been rocking together since the inaugural IBA Law Rocks in Boston in 2013.

Featuring legal talent from Meland Budwick; Clyde & Co.; Weiss Serota Helfman
Rocking for Young Musicians Unite

The Urge — A rock cover band playing throughout South Florida. The band has played together in various incarnations since 1996. With hundreds of songs in their repertoire, The Urge is now focused on more guitar oriented, heavier and edgier material, but will still break out the classic oldies. The band features Fred Fein, managing partner, Clyde & Coe, lead vocals/guitar; Mark Meland, partner, Meland Budwick, P.A., lead vocal/bass; Joe Hernandez, partner, Weiss Serota Helfman Coe & Bierman, lead guitar/vocals; and Frank Del Campillo, drums. The Urge is playing for Young Musicians Unite (“YMU”) which believes that every student deserves access to music education regardless of their socio-economic background. In fact, Mark Meland is currently on the Board of YMU and is an alum of the Miami Beach High School Rock Ensemble which is a YMU run organization. Notably, the stage at the North Beach Bandshell, the Law Rocks venue, is “The Clark Douglas Burris Stage” who was the original founder of the Rock Ensemble and taught music at Miami Beach Senior High School for 40 years while fighting MS.

Starring legal talent from Manolete Partners Plc
Rocking for Great Ormond Street Hospital

The Manolete Minstrel was recently unmasked as Manolete Plc CEO, Steven Cooklin. Steven has something of a death wish: he only started to learn to play guitar during lockdown and will perform a solo set. This will set the bar at an extremely low level for the talented musicians that are to follow.

Starring legal talent from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Rocking for Duchenne UK

Paul Smith - Paul honed his vocal skills shouting at the kids. He started out on keys but moved to guitar when he realised that sitting at the piano stool prevented him from dancing like a pig farmer. And then moved back to keys, with the odd bit of guitar, when he realised that his dancing was not an asset. The set list has improved since he was stopped from choosing songs. Paul proves two immutable truths: (1) coming from Liverpool does not make you a Beatle; but (2) it does make you think you're one.

Menna Haf - Menna started in the band as chief roadie, but quickly proved unsuited to the job, so switched to piano and then vocals. Mostly found sitting. And resting. And sending social media updates. Looks better in a frock than any of the other members of the band, although Marcus runs her a pretty close second. Stands at the front of the stage to shelter the audience from the hideously deformed Jon Dames.

Jonathan (“Johnny B Goode”) Dames - Jon grew up on the mean streets of Nottingham dodging small arms fire. Learnt to "play" guitar by twanging on a solitary line of barbed wire running along the wall at the back of his parents' council house. Usually sounds like he's still doing just that. He has a face for radio, which is a shame because it's extremely unlikely any station would want to spin any record he played on.

Marcus Barclay - Marcus invented the stereotype about drummers being people who hang around with musicians. Despite only having to remember to bring himself and his sticks, usually turns up at band practices and asks if anyone has sticks he can borrow. And whether anyone's seen the drummer. Not quick to the bar.

Jonathan (“Jon Bon Jovi”) Amory - Jon "completes" the band, but not in the Jerry Maguire sense. The only ringer. Acquired from the local agricultural college, he spends his days staring at sheep, and it has had a predictable toll on his social skills and sense of humour. Spends a lot of time talking about what he played and how he played it. When anyone (inside or outside the band) is quizzed on the point, they almost invariably say: "There's a bass player?"

It shouldn't work ... and most of the time it doesn't. They are "The Stragglers".

Starring legal talent from Keating Chambers
Rocking for TBD

KC Demolition - the Bar's standout choice of Rock Band. Two KC's, four Barristers and a Clerk. Yes we know it sounds like a hit US TV soap opera, but the only drama is getting this lot off the stage! Born to be in the front of the crowd, with a love for Judges by day and Judges by night! Rock at it's finest and at it's SILKiest best...well, until you hear them...!

Starring legal talent from TransPerfect, Kennedys, Wotton & Kearney

Coming in hot from a killer performance at their first Law Rocks in 2019 - the TransPerfections are coming back with a bang. Get excited for some more on stage antics and sing along anthems.

Starring legal talent from Gilbert + Tobin

Founded by G+T partner and Law Rocks veteran Phil Turner, Sounds Like Mixed Spirits upholds the Law Rocks Sydney tradition of an ageing guitar enthusiast convincing his younger, more talented colleagues to get up on stage with him to raise money for great charities. The name reflects Phil’s love of grunge music and puns. While the pun might be questionable, it is undoubtedly a more appropriate name than Danny’s Boys, particularly given the diversity within the band. Sounds Like Mixed Spirits comprises: singers Cat Chen, Stephanie Essey, Amy Huang, Emma Frederiksen and Kelly Cai; the dual saxophones of India Monaghan and Jason Yau; Phil, Nath Allen and Sefton Powrie on guitar; Jia Lee on keys; Darren Walters on bass and Louisa Sinclair on drums. Law Rocks Sydney 2022 will be the band’s debut performance.

Starring legal talent from Minter Ellison

MintEllica returns for another crack at the title, rocking out to its signature blend of high-energy headbangers and classic crowd favourites.

Featuring legal talent from May, Potenza, Baran & Gillespie

Fuelit is a six-piece classic rock band that’s been playing together in one form or another for more than 25 years, mostly at biker venues and charity gigs. In our day jobs we are an engineer, a couple of IT professionals, a piano restorer and a lawyer. Oh and then there's Slick, our bass player. He's just professionally cool.

Featuring legal talent from Fennemore; First Cup

The Hoodlums are a five-piece family band with four musically talented people and a momager relegated to the cow bell. Lailah, the drummer, is 7 years old and the heartbeat of the band. Henry, 11, is the lead singer and lead guitarist. Ellora, 12, is on keys and the band’s stylist. Nicolle, age not disclosed, is a business lawyer and co-founder of My First Nest Egg, a company dedicated to teaching children financial literacy. Sean, a litigator and water lawyer at Fennemore, Arizona’s oldest law firm, has passed his musical talent and love for 80’s rock to his children. Despite his skills of persuasion, Sean’s children vetoed his requests for self-indulgent guitar solos. The Hoodlums are thrilled to support Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers with the hope that every kid will have the opportunity to learn and play music.

Featuring legal talent from Evans Dukarich

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Unless you called Probustus. Then it would smell exactly like a group of dads from Tempe who like to jam on weekends. We want to be rockstars but, you know, we have lives. Michael practices law and plays lead guitar. Andy is a teacher who also happens to sing and play guitar. Paul is a renaissance man who has been credited as a pilot, teacher, and drummer. Little is known of Alex’s past. Maybe he’s the result of top-secret government experiments. Or maybe he’s just a good dude with a penchant for playing bass and gardening.

Featuring legal talent from Miller Kory Rowe; Evans Dukarich

Modern rock band psych 101 is composed of attorneys Jeff Miller (vocals, guitars) and Steve Evans (bass, vocals), architect George Catone (guitar, vocals), and Bob Bunger (drums). All of their songs are original compositions and can be found on the band’s CDs, “Attachment Disorder” and “Bipolar.” The band’s first CD was reviewed in The New Times and described as “danceable dirges” featuring “psychedelic burnout guitar, goth-bop beats [and] snaky bass.” The band was also asked to contribute its song “Wonderland” to The New Times’ annual “Best Of” issue.

Featuring legal talent from General Dynamics Mission Systems, Fennemore, Potomac Law Group

Devon Engel – bass

Sean Hood – guitar

Mike Rissman – keyboards

Chuck Leyva – drums

Christi Sartin – vocals

Dave Cass - vocals

Retro-Active is a high energy rock & roll cover band playing in the Valley since 2006. Featuring dynamic male and female vocals (and three Valley lawyers!) Retro-Active set lists are full of the songs that make you jump out of your seat to dance and sing along. From Adele to Zeppelin, Journey to Van Halen, Guns n Roses to Velvet Revolver, Boston to Kansas and Toto, Styx to Stones, the Black Crowes to the White Stripes, Aerosmith to Jet, Blue Oyster Cult to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Heart to Paramore, Alien Ant Farm to Michael Jackson, the Cult to Kravitz, Boston to Bon Jovi, Jefferson Starship to Foreigner, Elle King to Prince, Scandal to Dramarama, Petty to Mellencamp, AC/DC to U2, The Killers to The Knack, Florence + The Machine to No Doubt, Def Leppard to Foo Fighters, Rihanna to Rage Against the Machine, Grace Potter to Greta Van Fleet, Ratt to the Doobie Brothers…you get the picture…

Featuring legal talent from Allens

The Allen Keys are pumped and raring to go for the return of Law Rocks! We have cobbled together a ripper bunch from a diverse range of legal specialties and musical persuasions - there’s sure to be something for everyone. We’ve got cracking guitarists, a brilliant bassist, crafty keys, a tip-top drummer and some stunning singers who have found time between court dashes to put together a super exciting setlist. From classic Aussie rock to bluesy southern Americana, we’ve done our due diligence to ensure your feet are tappin' and hands are clappin'.

Featuring legal talent from Diriyah Gate Company Limited

A group of middle aged friends living a childhood dream is what got this band started… best mid-life crisis ever.

Featuring legal talent from Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Rocking for TBD

With more line-up changes than Fleetwood Mac, and (sadly) much less sex, drugs and rocknroll, The Weil’d Things represent the London office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Bringing together an eclectic mix of musical tastes and genres, The Weil’d Things play songs you know and will (hopefully) sing and dance to.

Featuring legal talent from PwC Legal Middle East LLP

The new kids on the block are ready to rock and roll!

Paul Lehr, involved in the arts since age six, trained as a classical pianist and worked as a musician. As former CEO of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Paul created programming with the Kennedy Center, Universal Music, Sony Music, and co-developed its Emmy Award Winning Masterclass Series on HBO. As GroundUP Music Foundation CEO, he develops partnerships and produces the annual GroundUP Music Festivals. Lehr also serves on the Board of University of Miami Frost School of Music.

Juan is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on commercial and corporate litigation. He has extensive experience handling a wide array of contractual disputes, business torts (including fraud, defamation, civil theft, civil RICO, etc.), shareholder and partnership disputes, judicial dissolution actions, and real estate disputes (including commercial foreclosures, title disputes, and commercial lease disputes). While his goal is always to assist clients in resolving their disputes in an amicable and cost-effective manner when possible, he is known in the community as a skilled and widely respected trial lawyer. Juan is also known for his meticulous attention to detail and his ability to develop innovative and effective pretrial and trial strategies.

Juan has been published in the area of enforcement of judgments rendered by tribunals in foreign countries. He is regularly selected as one of South Florida’s top attorneys in the South Florida Legal Guide and Florida Trend publications. As a native Miamian and fluent Spanish speaker, much of Juan’s work is centered around representing clients from Latin America.

In addition to his lawyering day job, Juan is also active in the music scene. Over the years, Juan has played with many of South Florida’s leading musicians. Since 2017, he has been the drummer for Wide Awake, a well-known U2 Tribute Band. Wide Awake regularly plays in South Florida. You can follow them on Facebook at and on Instagram.

Cancer nearly silenced the voice of national radio powerhouse Doc Reno.

It also led the dynamo media personality to launch the My Family Matters Foundation to fill a heart-breaking need he encountered during his treatment and recovery.

Originally from Cleveland, Doc Reno came to South Florida in 2002. Here, he built a coast-to-coast following for iHeartRadio with shows in major markets including New York, Washington, D.C., San Diego, Dallas, in addition to right here at BIG 105.9 in Miami.

At the same time, he pursued a healthy lifestyle, becoming an avid runner who has completed marathons and half-marathons. He serves the community through his association with many charities including Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital.

In the spring of 2018, Doc Reno was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. During 35 rounds of radiation and six rounds of rigorous chemo, he never missed one of his daily shows.

He was hospitalized twice.

“I met nurses and doctors and heard stories,” Doc Reno says. “I met people who were struggling financially. I learned there are programs that help you with medical bills, but they don’t pay your house payment or your car payment or buy groceries.”

Doc Reno was moved by the parents and family members who missed work to take their child or relative to the countless medical appointments required for successful cancer treatment. Often, the caregiver’s pay is docked.

Then, after a particularly difficult morning that sent Doc Reno to the hospital, the cold reality hit home.

His wife Erin stayed at his side until he was released that evening. The following week, her paycheck was missing one day’s salary.

“This really happens. I heard everyone’s story. Now it happened to us,” Doc Reno says. “This is happening, and people need help.”

He launched My Family Matters Foundation in the fall of 2018.

“I wanted to create my own foundation because nobody is going to be more passionate about it than I am,” he says.

Doc Reno’s longstanding work with Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital led to My Family Matters’ successful partnership with the hospital’s foundation.

Today, 3 1/2 years after his diagnosis, Doc Reno is cancer free.

He says, “My wife told me, ‘You are going to help people after you beat this.’ That’s exactly what I’m doing.”

- By Carolyn DiPaolo

VP, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Miami Jewish Health. Board Member Rhythm Foundation. Lover of live music.

Damian Hickman is the is the Managing Director of the International Dispute Resolution Centre, which he set up in 2000. Before this he was the Manager of The Fleet Arbitration Centre which he joined in 1994. Damian is been regularly consulted in the setting up of other dispute resolution centres around the world.

Damian is a member of the International Arbitration Charity Ball Committee and Trustee of the Law Rocks! Foundation, as well as a Governor of the Europa School, a bi-lingual free school in Oxfordshire. He comperes as many Law Rocks! gigs around the world as he can get to and is very much the 'face' of Law Rocks!

Aside from co-hosting 100.7 KSLX’s “Mark & NeanderPaul” show, Mark Devine is a husband of 35 years and a father of 2. Arizonans remember him as the host of the “Tim & Mark” show for 16 years on 93.3 KDKB. After KDKB, Mark started and ran a real estate business for a decade before deciding to return to radio. He’s still a licensed real estate sales person, a former realty office owner, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and guitarist.

Josh Kennedy is the guitarist and vocalist for THE BLACK MOODS, a Tempe-based trio who play raw, amplified rock & roll that's both contemporary and climactic. The group released their third album INTO THE NIGHT earlier this year produced by Grammy Award nominee Johnny "K" Karkazis (Disturbed, 3 Doors Down) and have been seen on touring across the country with the likes of The Doors’ Robby Krieger, Shinedown, Jane’s Addiction, Whitesnake, Collective Soul, The Dead Daisies, The Gin Blossoms, Candlebox and Royal Bliss in addition to appearing on festival stages including Aftershock.

THE BLACK MOODS have garnered strong hometown support including cover features from Entertainer! Magazine (February 2022) and Phoenix New Times (May 2020) in addition to appearances on local tv stations including AZFamily (CBS5) and Arizona PBS as well as recently performing the half-time show for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns semi-finals game. They have also been showcased in national outlets with live session performances, features and reviews from the likes of Guitar World, Spin, Paste Magazine, Loudwire, American Songwriter, All Access, Classic Rock, Substream, Metal Edge and many more.

Stream/download INTO THE NIGHT via: https://orcd.co/tbmintothenight.

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Ed Masley has been a professional music critic since 1989, initially based in Pittsburgh. He’s been covering the music scene in metro Phoenix for the Arizona Republic and its website, azcentral.com, since 2007. He’s also freelanced for several national publications, including Alternative Press and No Depression, as well as alternative weeklies such as Phoenix New Times and LA Weekly. Ed is also a musician with several well-regarded albums of original material by his bands the Breakup Society and the Frampton Brothers.

Orest has been a judge in the City of Scottsdale for the past 21 years. The Court handles primarily misdemeanor cases of every category. Prior to taking the bench, Orest had a criminal defense practice that took him all over the country. While criminal law was his primary area of practice , Orest’s real passion is the protection of International Human Rights and most recently assisting Ukraine in the defense of its country. He graduated from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York and attended law school at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.

The love of rock and roll came at an early age when Orest took up the guitar during the British invasion involving the Beatles, Rolling Stones , The Who and others. As the world of rock and roll developed, Orest’s interests in musical genre went from the southern rock of the Marshall Tucker Band, the Allman Brothers to the sounds of Crosby , Stills, Nash and Young and the Doobie Brothers. There isn’t a rock and roll sound or style that isn’t appreciated by Orest. The most gratifying part of music is playing it. Orest continues to play with setting up jam sessions with local musicians and lawyers who play in local bands. The best part of the sessions is playing whatever everyone is in the mood for without having to worry about an audience.