Finalist voting is now open for Billboard‘s Top Music Lawyers Power Players’ Choice Award, honoring the attorney whose industry peers believe had the most impact across in the past year.
Billboard Pro members, both existing and new, each get one vote per member per round.
For the first time, Billboard is expanding its peer-voted Power Players’ Choice Award to cover music’s top lawyers, asking industry members from all sectors to honor the attorney they believe had the most impact across the business in the past year.
Following an open call for nominations and a top-15 semifinalists round, five finalists will now compete in the third round of voting for the Top Music Lawyers Power Players’ Choice Award. The current, final round of voting concludes March 17 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
The five finalists are:
- Jeff Harleston, general counsel/exec vp of business & legal affairs at Universal Music Group
- Danielle Aguirre, executive vp/general counsel at the National Music Publishers’ Association
- Donald Passman, partner at Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown
- Dina LaPolt, founder/owner of LaPolt Law
- Gillian Bar, partner at Carroll Guido Groffman Cohen Bar & Karalian
The Top Music Lawyers Power Players’ Choice Award will run alongside Billboard’s annual Top Music Lawyers ranking of the industry’s most influential attorneys, which will be announced in March.
Billboard launched its Power Players Choice awards in 2023 with the Players’ Choice Award, the Country Power Players’ Choice Award, the R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players’ Choice Award and the Latin Power Players’ Choice Award. Earlier this month, the peer-voted award honored Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Jody Gerson with the 2024 Power Power Players’ Choice Award. This year, the award expands to also cover Top Music Lawyers and International Power Players.
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