Julie Smith is an Emmy award-winning television personality and radio host.  She began her time in Atlanta as an anchor/reporter at CBS46 in June 2016.

In addition to her presence on local, weekday newscasts, Julie hosted a daily live talk show called Atlanta Plugged In, showcasing local businesses, non-profits, public figures, politicians, and more.  Julie spent four years as a fill-in host on local Atlanta foodie show, Atlanta Eats.

Some of her favorite interviews include Snoop Dogg, HLN’s Robin Meade, and Fawn Weaver, CEO of Uncle Nearest Whisky. 

A graduate of the University of Louisville in KY, Julie began her television career there, hosting a live talk show called Louisville Live This Morning.  In 2011, she set her sights on Los Angeles, CA where she was a freelance on camera and event host/emcee interviewing locals and celebrities like Bryan McNight, Evander Holifield, Hilary Duff, and more. 

Julie has been the celebrity red carpet host for Churchill Downs at the Kentucky Derby which draws crowds of over 150,000 each year interviewing celebrities such as Ice T and Coco, Josh Groban, Nick and Vanessa Lachey and she was the host of the first Law Rocks Atlanta, in 2019.

Former Board of Governors of the Recording Academy member, Heather Beverly is an entertainment attorney, speaker, consultant and author. As founder and CEO of the Law Office of Heather Beverly, P.C. she is  recognized for being a veteran powerbroker and with an expansive and impressive roster of clients.  Her firm represents film and tv producers, writers and production companies; radio personalities; executives, entrepreneurs, influencers; and some of the music industry’s legends as well as top pop, hip-hop, R&B and gospel artists, producers and entertainers.  Ms. Beverly is also the founder and CEO of Soul Reciprocity, LLC (lifestyle brand providing tools for one’s quest for SOUL-FULL relationships of all kinds). In 2024, Ms. Beverly will release her first book “Soul Reciprocity” in conjunction with the Soul Reciprocity online store. 

In her words, “Entertainment clientele come with a myriad of unprecedented and challenging issues which require individualized creative solutions. My commitment to excellence ensures that my firm makes each client a priority and that we utilize our collective experience to serve effectively and creatively while staying true to their brands and goals. The ultimate objective…to support the creation and monetization of art and the preservation of LEGACY”.

D’Laney joined the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) back in 2021. Originally from Hartford, Connecticut, D’Laney started her musical journey at 3 years old and followed her passion for music to Ithaca College where, in 2018, she received a Bachelor of Music with an Outside Field in Musical Theatre and a Dance minor. With music always being a huge staple in her life, D’Laney is a firm believer in the benefits music has on a person, mentally, spiritually, academically and emotionally. At AMP, she thrives off helping to ensure that the next generation of students experience these benefits as well.

Atlanta native Gabriella “Guitar Gabby” Logan is a Strategy Lawyer and proud Spelman College and Vermont Law School graduate. Her passion for perspective fueled her desire to establish TxLips Band, LLC., a global entity that triples as a TxLips Academy, TxLips Consulting Group, and an international female and gender-expansive rock collective. Logan believes it is vital for people to be well-rounded and strategic in creating careers based on passion and built off longevity.

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John E. Seay is an Atlanta-based entertainment lawyer who founded The Seay Firm LLC in 2011. Before law school, he spent a decade as a touring musician, tour manager, and writer, and his experiences in the industry inform the way he practices law. John also spent time as Of Counsel in the entertainment practice group in the Nashville office of Loeb & Loeb and worked in the legal department at Turner Broadcasting. John has been named a Top Music Lawyer by Billboard on three separate occasions and has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer and a Georgia Trend Legal Elite many times, both in the field of entertainment law. He has spoken about entertainment law at SXSW, Americana Festival, among many others, and is Immediate Past Chair of the State Bar of Georgia Entertainment & Sports Law Section. John is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and President of The Sports & Entertainment Law Society. He’s a father to two lovely daughters, and lives in Decatur, Georgia.

Follow John on Instagram: @TheSeayFirmLLC.

IMA “Vox Pop” winner and Atlanta native Nadia Vaeh is turning heads worldwide for trailblazing what is now coined “poptimistic-rock.” 

 With her conscious, narrative-flipping songs, Nadia embraces your inner villain, addressing the lows of mental health, the highs of toxic relationships, and the giant roller-coaster that we call life.

Her lifelong love of poetry and music was inherited from her mother, who, in a tragic turn of events, she lost to suicide at the age of 17. This devastating loss is what fuels Nadia’s endless drive to create music that brings awareness to the importance of mental health. 

Featuring legal talent from DCBLOX
Rocking for Atlanta Bar Foundation

Fantomen is the beloved project of Alan Poole, formerly a partner at Troutman Pepper and now General Counsel of DCBLOX. Formerly an all original music project based on horror and comic books that played in Midtown, East Atlanta, and the West End, Fantomen is in the midst of a total creative reset with Poole taking over vocal duties for the first time. For this one time cover show, Fantomen curated a set of songs that they hope will connect with both the legal community and their fans in surprising ways.

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Featuring legal talent from Campbell and Brannon, LLC
Rocking for City of Refuge

Comprised of residential real estate closing attorney (and one-time lawyerpalooza champion) Zach McElveen (rhythm guitar), residential real estate mogul Ted Morris (vocals), medical device salesman Todd Mackintosh (drums), contractor Matt Miller (bass) and fresh-out-of-early-retirement consultant Chris Miller (face-melting lead guitar), Ghost Water has been driving audiences wild for years with their keep-'em-guessing setlist of rock-n-roll favorites - priding themselves on song choices that'll make you say "wow, I LOVE that song, and I've never heard a band cover it before!" R.E.M? Check. Foo Fighters? Got it. Weezer? Why not? Metallica?!?!?! Buckle up! Come see a Ghost Water show and prepare to be rocked!!!

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Featuring legal talent from Drew, Eckl & Farnham; The Rhine Law Firm; Perry & Walters
Rocking for Atlanta Community Food Bank

Random Baldwin is the premier faux-Icelandic, power-pop/necro-metal band in North Georgia. Selling tens of albums worldwide, the band is known for its energetic live shows and copious amphetamine consumption. Support live music!

Featuring legal talent from Secretariat
Rocking for Catalyst Sports

Made up of legal professionals from Secretariat Advisors, “Tremendous Machine” is a 7-piece country/rock/bluegrass band that pays homage to the 1973 Belmont Stakes, where the eventual Triple Crown winner, Secretariat, was famously said to be “moving like a tremendous machine” around the final corner. Law Rocks 2024 will be the band’s inaugural show and they cannot wait to take the stage and rock out for their local Atlanta community!

Featuring Legal Talent from King & Spalding
Rocking for Georgia Innocence Project

The Weight of Authority is comprised of Peter Starr on drums, Charlie Spalding on keyboard, Seth Euster on guitar, Peter Diaz on bass, David Wellen on saxophone, and Celita Hudson (lead), Caroline Wendt, Jennifer Blake and Ben Torres as vocalists. King & Spalding is excited for the Return of Law Rocks Atlanta and can’t wait to take the stage!

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Featuring legal talent from General Dynamics Mission Systems; Midtown Alliance; Starr, Gern, Davison and Rubin
Rocking for League of American Bicyclists

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 mostly lawyers and a doctor 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.  The band releases a new original song the first Friday of most months to keep Nick’s memory and spirit alive and to raise money for cycling safety advocacy through the Several Dudes/Nick Stevens Cycling Safety Advocacy Fund with the League of American Bicyclists in Washington, DC.  You can check the tunes out on your favorite streaming service or the band’s website: www.severaldudes.com.  Like back in the day, Several Dudes' new music will move your body and soul.