Alan S. Clarke has joined Taylor English Duma LLP as a partner in the Entertainment Practice Group.

Clarke previously served as managing partner of the Entertainment Law Group / Alan S. Clarke & Associates, LLC. “As the entertainment industry continues to boom in Georgia, we are thrilled to welcome Alan to the firm to better serve our clients and expand services to his clients,” says Marc Taylor, a founding partner of Taylor English. “Alan has an outstanding reputation not only in the Southeast, but around the country, for his distinguished career in entertainment law.”

Clarke has experience representing recording artists, writers, performers, athletes, record labels, producers, managers, authors and others in the entertainment industry. Prior to starting his own firm, Clarke served as assistant district attorney and assistant solicitor at Rockdale Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

Outside of work, Clarke is heavi ly involved in serving the entertainment community. He has previously served as chair of the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, the North American Entertainment, Sports & IP Law Summit, and the Entertainment Law Institute. He is currently a member of the Recording Academy and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), and also lectures frequently on entertainment industry and intellectual property issues before legal associations and universities. Additionally, he has spoken to attorney groups with Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol Hunstein on legal professionalism and ethics.

Clarke earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his law degree from Emory University School of Law.