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Attorney By Attorney Career Profiles of the Profession Who? Griff Morris Vice President griff@grammy.com What? Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields: Entertainment Law When? Years in Practice Area: Since 1991 Years in the Legal Profession: Since 1991 Where? Employer: GRAMMY Foundation & MusiCares www.grammy.com/foundation/ Size/Sector: Large Nonprofit City, State: Santa Monica, CA Law School: Emory School of Law Other Postgraduate Education: MBA, Emory University Goizueta Business School Undergraduate School/Degree: B.A. in Economics, Hampden-Sydney College Why? Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area: Working for a mission-based nonprofit means we balance our business development and growth goals with a focus on achieving the mission of our organization. Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area: Ability to manage several projects simultaneously, creative approach to new business possibilities/ models, and a passion for arts/music. Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area: Become knowledgeable and conversational at least - an expert at most in the industry in which you are practicing. How? Career Path to Current Position: Former Executive Director of Atlanta Lawyers for the Arts, an organization that provides legal assistance to artists and arts organizations. Previously, he worked with Lawyers for the Creative Arts in Chicago and California Lawyers for the Arts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento. Mr. Morris has been a part-time faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, Roosevelt University, and The School of the Art Institute Chicago. He has lectured on art and music legal issues at a variety of universities and law schools including, Stanford Law, Duke Law, Emory Law, Notre Dame School of Fine Arts, Howard University, Cardozo Law, DePaul Law, and University of Chicago Kent Law. Bar Affiliations and Activities: Serves as the Governing Committee as Membership Chair for the ABA's Forum on Sports and Entertainment Law Industries. Member of the Georgia, Illinois and American Bar Associations (ABA),. Additionally, he has served as Board President and authored a monthly column for New Art Examiner, a contemporary art criticism magazine.