Bio:  Mr. Barry Neil Shrum, is a highly experienced entertainment lawyer who has been practicing law in the intellectual property, music, entertainment & business industries for over 25 years and is a frequent mentor and advisor at the EC.  In addition to his transactional work, Mr. Shrum is also an experienced litigator, having practiced law in Philadelphia as both a litigator with a large Center City firm and as in-house counsel to a large Fortune 50 company.   After returning to Nashville, he has represented some of the country's most prominent celebrities and has been lead counsel on major copyright infringement cases winning significant verdicts for his clients.  He has negotiated and closed hundreds of deals exploiting and monetizing the rights of his clients and have helped protect countless individuals and entrepreneurs through the structuring and management of intellectual property rights.