Stan Soocher

Stan Soocher is Professor Emeritus of Music & Entertainment Industry Studies at the University of Colorado's Denver Campus. In addition, Stan is an entertainment attorney and the long-time Editor-in-Chief of the monthly Entertainment Law & Finance, an ALM Media publication. He has authored the books Baby You're a Rich Man: Suing the Beatles for Fun & Profit and They Fought the Law: Rock Music Goes to Court. Stan authored the chapter "Twenty-First-Century Patronage: The Road to Billy Joel's Madison Square Garden Concert Residency" in the book We Didn't Start the Fire: Billy Joel and Popular Music Studies, edited by Joshua S. Duchan and Ryan Raul Baņagale/Lexington Books. Billy Joel wrote the book's Foreword.

Stan is a recipient of the State Bar of Texas Entertainment & Sports Law Section's "Texas Star Award." The award is given to an individual "who has made a major and noteworthy contribution to the practice of entertainment law." Also during his career, Stan has received ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for excellence in music journalism, including for his music law articles in Rolling Stone, The National Law Journal and Musician Magazine. For many years, Stan covered the federal appeals courts in a weekly section for The National Law Journal. Early in his career, he was an Associate Editor of the rock music magazine Circus. He also is a drummer.