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Through nineteen year of practice, Leon has built a robust reputation locally and nationally for his legal counsel in trademark, copyright, trade secret, entertainment, sponsorship and sweepstakes law, as well as litigation in those arenas. Leon Bass has also served as Adjunct Professor at Otterbein University, teaching a law class that focuses on copyright, trademark, and business law in the context of the music and entertainment industries. He regularly practices in the United States Patent and Trademark office.
Leon has built a unique practice that blends a traditional corporate intellectual property law practice with an entertainment practice that serves the needs of fortune 500 companies to small local entities, as well as the unique needs of entertainment entities, concert promoters, festivals, film producers, authors, artists, record labels, and musicians. Leon has a proven track record of managing and counseling on copyright, trademark and other IP issues, litigating IP and entertainment law disputes, and drafting and negotiating contracts in the IP and entertainment space, including licensing, recording and publishing, music venue, festival and concert, and manager and agent agreements.
Lee Bass, formerly Of Counsel to Chester Willcox & Saxbe and chair of the firm’s IP, Entertainment & Sports Law practice, is now Of Counsel to the successor firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, a large law firm of over 400 attorneys focusing the Midwest.
A musician himself, Leon is a member of the Columbus band, Grassinine, who regularly performs at local charity functions. He is also the co-founder of the annual “Music in the Round” event which benefits the Marafiki Aids Orphanage in Kenya as well as other charities.
BAR ADMISSIONS
৩ Ohio (1998)
৩ US Virgin Islands (2009)
AWARDS, SPEECHES and PUBLICATIONS
৩ Super Lawyer, Rising Star, 2010, 2011 (Cincinnati Magazine)
৩ Ranked as "Excellent" by AVVO
৩ Editor, “Making It” by Matthew Crumpton, Esq. and Tristan Kinsley (book on music industry)
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Acquired: 2009
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State: Ohio
Acquired: 1998
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65 E. State St., Ste 1000, Columbus, OH, 43215
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425 Walnut Street, Suite 1800, Cincinnati, OH, 45202
200 Public Square, Suite 3500, Cleveland, OH, 44114
One Indiana Square, Suite 3500, Indianapolis, IN, 46204
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2011
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2010
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2010
Entertainment Law Firm of the Year, Corporate INTL Magazine
2010
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year, Corporate INTL Magazine
2012 - Present
Attorney, Of Counsel, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP
2011 - 2015
Adjunct Professor, Otterbein University
2009 - 2012
Of Counsel, Chester Willcox & Saxbe, LLP
2005 - 2009
Attorney, Of Counsel, Rich Crites & Dittmer, LLP
1997 - 1997
Law Clerk, Rhino Records, Legal and Business Affairs
1997 - 1997
Law Clerk, Famous Music Publishing Company, Legal Affairs
1996 - 1997
Law Clerk, Ohio Attorney General
2015 - Present
Virgin Islands Supreme CourtProfesional Ethics Committee
2009 - Present
Virgin Islands Bar AssociationAttorney Member
2004 - Present
Music in the Roundco-founder
1998 - Present
Columbus Community FestivalEntertainment Selection Committee
Member
Member
2010 - 2014
Columbus Bar Association, Professional Ethics CommitteeMember
2010 - 2013
Virgin Islands Bar Association, Unauthorized Practice of Law commiteeMember
2002 - 2011
Capital Square RotaryPresident
1998
JD - Juris Doctor
1995
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2011
Copyright and Trademark
2011
Copyright and Trademark
2009
Entertainment Law
2008
Entertainment Law
2008
Music Law
2008
Music Law
2011
2010