FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ivan Parron, Esq.
Entertainment & Sports Lawyer

Miami, March 17th, 2017 – Entertainment and sports attorney Ivan Parron has been invited to participate as a panelist at the annual Winter Music Music Conference, a global electronic music industry tent-pole.

The Winter Music Conference is one of the premiere electronic dance music (EDM) and DJ  conferences and gatherings in the world, attended by every major record label and also running parallel with the Ultra Music Festival, also held in Miami. The WMC will take place March 17-19, 2017 at the Royal Palms South Beach in Miami Beach.

The details of the Master Class that Mr. Parron will participate in are as follows:

Topic: “Fight For Your Rights: Music Law”

When: Wednesday March  22nd, 2017 12:30-2:00pm

Where: Royal Palm South Beach, Miami Beach

Official Winter Music Conference Website

“The List” WMC Events Schedule

About Winter Music Conference

Winter Music Conference, in its 32nd consecutive year, is a pivotal platform for the advancement of the industry. During WMC, music enthusiasts, artists, DJs and industry delegates from over 70 countries converge on Miami Beach for a concentrated schedule of more than 400 events, parties, seminars and workshops.

Established in 1985, WMC is the largest longstanding EDM and dance music industry gathering of its kind in the world. As one of the most publicized annual events in the industry, WMC generates over a billion unique viewer media impressions each year. Over 2,000,000+ visitors from 209 countries and territories logged on to the WMC web site during the 2016 season. Over 1,900 artists and DJs participated in 390+ performance events presented at 110 venues during the 31st Annual WMC Week in Miami Beach & Miami.

About Ivan Parron, Esq.

Attorney Ivan Parron, principal of the entertainment and sports law firm PARRON LAW, is frequently referred to as an “Entertainment Industry Entrepreneur.” With 20 plus years of entertainment business and legal experience, offices in Los Angeles, New York and Miami, and a unique blend of media technology expertise and market trend savvy, Ivan Parron is uniquely qualified as a leader to strategize in and counsel on the ongoing revolution of multi-platform media and television content distribution. His first contribution to the industry’s future has garnered him the title “inventor of the online music store” after the internet startup he founded in 1998 became an early predecessor to Apple’s iTunes. Negotiating the earliest digital music distribution deals with Universal, Sony and Warner solidified his reputation as a dealmaker. Parron was later recruited by Universal Music Group as in-house counsel, overseeing business and legal affairs and negotiating with Fox’s AMERICAN IDOL. Parron’s eventual departure from Universal to launch his law firm PARRON LAW was well timed with the rapid growth of reality television. He has represented top talent in shows including VH-1’s HOGAN KNOWS BEST, MTV’s JERSEY SHORE, NBC’s THE VOICE, Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES and many more. He is equally experienced on the TV production side, representing international companies such as Endemol and Freemantle Media and serving as production counsel on shows including The X FACTOR.

As a lawyer, Mr. Parron is retained as legal and business counsel by entertainment and sports industry clients including TV production companies, television networks, distribution companies, motion picture studios, actors, producers, writers and directors, athletes, artists, record labels, publishers. Mr. Parron has been selected five consecutive years as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in the areas of entertainment law by his attorney peers in both Florida and New York. He has been named one of the Top 50 Music Industry Attorneys by Billboard magazine,  is the past Chair of the Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law section and an appointed member of the Miami-Dade County Film and Entertainment Advisory Board. He is an active voting member of the Television Academy, a 2-term elected Grammy Governor with the Recording Academy and a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post on entertainment, media and sports law and his legal articles on protecting TV show ideas have been published by the American Bar Association. Parron is also an adjunct professor of sports law at FIU College of Law and a licensed NFL and NBA agent.