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For over 45 years, Ross has dedicated his practice to the music industry. He supports composers, songwriters, recording artists, and independent music publishers with their transactional, licensing, and litigation requirements. Previously serving as in-house counsel at ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), Ross worked with many of the legendary songwriters who wrote the Great American Songbook.

He represents the families of many famous songwriters of that era, including seven members of the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame: Harold Arlen and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg who wrote “Over The Rainbow” and many other great songs; Mitchell Parish who wrote “Stardust” and “Moonlight Serenade” among many others; Leroy Anderson, composer of “Sleigh Ride;” Rube Bloom who wrote “Fools Rush In” and “Give Me The Simple Life;” Sam Lewis who wrote classics like “My Mammy” and “ Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue (“Has Anybody Seen My Gal?”) and Sylvia Moy of Motown fame who wrote “Uptight” and “My Cherie Amour” for and with Stevie Wonder, among other big hits.

Ross was named to Billboard's 2023 Top Music Lawyer list, as well as recognized by Chambers, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, and the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal.

Ross served as former char for the American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section, Broadcasting, Sound Recordings, and Performing Artists Committee, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association - Copyright Law Committee, and the former trustee and officer of the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA).

Cornell Law School, JD Columbia University, BA

Ross was an actor and director in and of many theatrical productions, appeared in movies and commercials, and did voiceovers for Japanese anime’.