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ROBERT ROSS

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Educational Background

• Fisk University| B.A Finance • George Washington University| B.A. Marketing • Georgetown Law Center |LLM Program • Master’s in Public Policy • Juris Doctorate in Law

Bar Affiliation

• Maryland State Bar Admitted 1996 to Present • American Bar Association Entertainment and Sports Law Section 1996-Present • Member of BESLA (Black Entertainment Sports Law Association) Positions Held

• Senior Fellow: One Hundred Concerned Black Men Advisory Council • Appointed: Board of Director H.O.O.P.S. (Help Our Playgrounds) • Appointed: Special legal Advisor to WEA • Appointed: Served as Co-Counsel to Washington DC Grammy Chapter

Faculty, Speaking and Authorships

• 1995 – 1997 Panelist “How can I be Down”, Music Conference Miami, Florida • 1996 “Jack The Rapper”, Conference Corporate Sponsor and Panelist Atlanta, Georgia •

Georgia • 2000- 2003 “World Music and Entertainment Music”, Conference Tokyo Japan Attendee • 2004 “Kiss FM Copyright and Publishing Seminar and Luncheon”,

London UK Moderator and Panelist Corporate Sponsor • 2010- 2011 “Australian World Music”, Conference Sydney Australia Attendee

Positions Held

• Senior Fellow: One Hundred Concerned Black Men Advisory Council • Appointed: Board of Director H.O.O.P.S. (Help Our Playgrounds) • Appointed: Special legal Advisor to WEA • Appointed: Served as Co-Counsel to Was• hington DC Grammy Chapter

Faculty, Speaking and Authorships

• Distinctions

• Recipient ” Pro Bono of The Year ” Award WAMA • Cited among Who’s Who of Young Executives under 30 • Recipient ” Super Lawyers of the Decade Lexus Nexus Corp • Recipient Pro Bono of the Year BMI • Elected Kappa Alpha Psi Executive Of The Year Mid-Atlantic Region

• Voting Member of NARAS (National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences)2004 “Kiss FM Copyright and Publishing Seminar and Luncheon”, London UK Moderator and Panelist Corporate Sponsor • 2010- 2011 “Australian World Music”, Conference Sydney Australia Attendee