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Heartbeat Productions Presents
A Music Industry Round Table Event

Featuring Mr. Paul Quin, Attorney

Date: Monday, July 26th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm (sharp) until 9:00pm
Contact: Joe Yazbeck – 1 (727) 329-0056 - RSVP by email reply by July 24, 2010
Location: Heartbeat Productions- Datex Business Center 10300 49th St N. (3rd Floor) - Clearwater, FL 33762

Paul Quin is a partner at Saxon Gilmore. Mr. Quin represents musicians in a number of civil, legal arenas and is also a professional drummer who remains active in the music industry.

During this Round Table event, Mr. Quin will show you how to protect your music properties, safeguard your intellectual properties, and will share some vital information on your legal rights that every musician absolutely needs to know.

The event will also feature a question and answer session with Mr. Quin to ensure that all your legal questions are answered to your satisfaction. Networking will follow the presentation.

Admission is Complimentary

Driving Directions:

Go South on US 19 from Gulf to Bay Blvd (Rt 60). Exit to the right at the 2nd 49th Street exit (northbound exit).

Travel North on 49th Street. The Datex building is on the left just behind Quaker Steak & Lube.


ABOUT PAUL QUIN

(MUSIC EXPERIENCE)

Paul Quin has been playing the drums with everyone from female vocalists to heavy rock bands to blues bands to funk/pop bands for nearly 30 years. He started his drumming career in the United Kingdom playing and recording in the Manchester and Liverpool area and played on many jingles and even played for the animation company Cosgrove Hall. Paul played in the English rock band Tora Tora for several years and went on to tour Europe and play in the US before he was 20 years old. Paul moved to the US in 1990 and started playing with Blues bands based out of Louisiana and played gigs from Austin to Miami. Now a practicing entertainment lawyer who specializes in representing drummers, Paul still plays in and around the Tampa area and can be seen playing with his band SumX6, playing with the band 10th Concession and sitting in with friends and clients across the Tampa Bay area. Paul has performed legal work and provided legal advice to drummers including John Blackwell, Derek Roddy, Stanton Moore, Jonathon Moffit, Casey Grillo, Terry Bozzio, Nick Rich and many others and has also provided legal advice and counsel to Cathy Rich and Steve Arnold, Drumplates, Future Percussion Concepts, Ronn Dunnett, J.R. Baker and many others. Paul has worked as a producer since the early 1980’s. Following multiple sessions and an enormous amount of time in the studio in the UK, he started by producing the singles and demos put out by Tora Tora. That turned into invitations to work with many artists on demos. Paul’s most recent production work has been as the executive producer and co-producer of the John Blackwell Project’s first CD featuring John, Will Lee, Corey Bernhard, Paul Pesco, Esperanza Spalding, Terry Bozzio, Davis Mann, Charlie Singleton and many others. Paul is currently working on new projects involving a singer from the UK and with virtuoso guitarist Shaun Hopper.

(LEGAL EXPERIENCE)

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

Environmental Law and General Litigation
Toxic Torts, Products Liability, and General Tort Law
Medical Malpractice
Freedom of Speech
FELA Litigation
Railroad Law
Civil Practice (Music Industry)
EXPERIENCE

Paul Quin is a partner at Saxon, Gilmore, Carraway & Gibbons, P.A., and concentrates his practice on environmental law, toxic torts, products liability, medical malpractice, freedom of speech and general tort law. Mr. Quin has also focused his practice on FELA litigation and railroad law, and is a past member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. He has spent many years as a professional drummer and remains active in the music industry. Mr. Quin represents musicians, and particularly drummers, in a number of civil, legal arenas. Mr. Quin received his B.A. degree, with honors, from Manchester University, England in 1990, his M.A. degree in American History from Louisiana State University in 1992, and his J.D. degree, High Distinction, from the University of Iowa, College of Law in 1998 where he also received the Antonia D.J. Miller Award for Contributions to Human Rights. In 1998, he was admitted to the Missouri Bar, the Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas. Mr. Quin was admitted to the Florida Bar and to the Middle District of Florida in 2001. He is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the Florida Bar and the Missouri Bar, as well as a member of the American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Defense Research Institute.

PROFESSIONAL, TRADE AND CIVIC ACTIVITY

American Bar Association (Litigation Section)
The Florida Bar (Trial Lawyers Section)
The Missouri Bar
Hillsborough County Bar Association
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (past)
American Civil Liberties Union
Defense Research Institute
STATE/COURT ADMISSIONS

Florida (all state courts)
U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
U.S. District Court (Western District of Missouri)
Missouri (all state courts)
U.S. District Court of Kansas
EDUCATION

University of Iowa, College of Law (J.D., Highest Distinction, 1998)
Louisiana State University (M.A., 1992)
Manchester University, England (B.A., with honors, 1990)

HI STEVE, PAUL QUIN GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION AND BESIDES ALL THAT PROFESSIONAL STUFF YOU SAID ABOUT HIM, HE'S A REALLY NICE GUY. HE OFFERED A COMPLIMENTARY FIRST TIME CONSULTATION SO JPFOLKS MEMBERS SHOULD PAY HIM A VISIT IF THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THE MUSIC BIZ. OH, MY BOOKS DONE. HOPE YOU COME TO THE MEETING SO YOU CAN TAKE A PEEK. IT'S AT LA HANGOUT ON THE 8TH. SEE AL'S POST. TAKE CARE, BJ.

Thanks, Bobbi. I hope some of our JPF members will take advantage of Paul Quin's offer that you mentioned.

Well done on finishing your book. Sounds like it should be a big help.