FRED KOENIGSBERG
Education
B.A., Cornell University
M.A., (Communications), Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Columbia Law School
Professional Profile
Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia University Law School (teaching Law and the Music Industry), Graduate Program in Arts Administration (teaching Law and the Arts)
Formerly Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace Law School (1979-1988) (teaching Copyright Law)
Past Chair, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law
Past President, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Former Member (28 years), Board of Directors, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Outstanding Volunteer, 2008
Former Member (2 terms), Board of Trustees, Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
Former Chairman: New York State Bar Association Committee on Copyright Law; New York County Lawyers Association
Committee on Communications and Entertainment Law; Copyright Committee, American Intellectual Property Law
Association; Copyright Division, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law (2 terms)
Member, U.S. State Department Ad Hoc Committee on Adherence to the Berne Convention
Member, Library of Congress Advisory Committee on Copyright Registration and Deposit
Private Sector Representative, U.S. Delegation to Diplomatic Conference on World Intellectual Property Organization
Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Counsel to Board of Directors, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Chairman, annual PLI program: Understanding Basic Copyright Law and speaker on many other CLE programs
Cited by Chambers USA 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 (Tier 1) as one of America's leading business lawyers specializing in intellectual property.