Jason Boyarski

Jason Ryan Boyarski was born in 1974 to New York city natives, Ellie and Joel Boyarski.[1] He began attending Emory University in Atlanta in 1992. He was a student representative and worked as an intern at Sony Music Entertainment's Atlanta office.[2] Boyarski graduated from Emory in 1996 with a Bachelor of Business Administration.[3] Boyarski then began employment at NBC where he worked as a production assistant for Today Show. Shortly thereafter, Boyarski joined Sony Music's 550 Music label where he served in the Promotions Department and worked on projects including artists Celine Dion, Ben Folds Five, and Ginuwine.[3]

Boyarski began attending Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York in 1997, graduating in 2000 with a focus on intellectual property law. Boyarski was the Administrative Editor of the Cardozo Law Review where he published a law review note "The Heist of Feist: Protection for Collections of Information and the Possible Federalization of 'Hot News'".[4][5] During law school, Boyarski worked as a law clerk at Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein, LLP and also served as a summer associate for the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges.[6]

Boyarski was employed at Weil, Gotshal & Manges as an Associate in the Trade Practices & Regulatory Law Department.[2] He left in 2002 and began working at BMG Music Publishing in New York as an associate director for legal and business affairs. Between 2002 and 2006, Boyarski was promoted to senior director for legal and business affairs by BMG Music Publishing before being promoted to vice president for legal and business affairs in 2006.[7]

Following UMG's acquisition of BMG in late 2006,[8][9] Boyarski remained as the vice president for legal and business affairs for Universal Music Publishing Group[10] until 2008 when he was hired by Warner/Chappell Music as Senior Vice President and GM.[11][12] In 2008, Boyarski also co-founded the marketing agency HeadOverHeels Collective.[13] Boyarski left Warner/Chappell in 2011, soon co-founding the New York-based law firm Boyarski Fritz LLP with entertainment attorney David Fritz in November 2011.[14] The firm specializes in deal-making and transactions.[15][16]

Boyarski has represented songwriters and producers on Bruno Mars' "24K Magic", Miley Cyrus’ "Party in the U.S.A.", Camila Cabello's "Havana", Post Malone's "Sunflower", Halsey’s “Without Me”, BTS' “Butter” and Luis Fonsi's "Despacito". His clients include songwriter Louis Bell[17] and Tainy.[18] He has represented BMG, Disney Music, AEG, Facebook, ASICS, Alice + Olivia and Hyatt Hotels, as well as Electric Feel Music, NEON16 & NTERTAIN, Audio Up, and Create Music Group.[17][19][20]

Boyarski was named one of Billboard's Top Music Lawyers for six consecutive years from 2018,[29][31][30][32][33][34] a "Power Lawyer" and one of Music's Top 15 Dealmakers by The Hollywood Reporter[35] a Top Entertainment Attorney by Variety magazine multiple times,[36][37] and a top lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine.[38]

Shortly after he began employment at BMG Music Publishing, Boyarski married his fiancée, Robin Alissa Katz at the Essex House in New York City.[39] He lives in Brookville, New York and has two children.[40][41]