Bradley Attorneys Receive NBA Awards and Appointed to Leadership Positions
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that Jeff Allen, a senior attorney, and Casey L. Miller, an associate, both in the firm’s Nashville office, have received awards from the Nashville Bar Association (NBA) and were appointed to new NBA leadership positions.
Allen received the CLE Excellence Award from the NBA for his work developing quality CLE programming as co-chair of the NBA’s Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Committee. The CLE Excellence Award recognizes NBA members who have provided exceptional service to the NBA’s Continuing Legal Education program.
Allen also was appointed treasurer of the NBA for 2020.
Miller received the Enterprise Award from the NBA Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for her efforts in 2019 as co-chair of the YLD’s Carbolic Smoke Ball Committee, which raises money for CASA Nashville and Nashville Children’s Alliance. The organizations provide services to abused and neglected children.
In 2020, Miller will serve as a member of the executive board and director of professional development for the YLD. She will also serve as co-chair of the NBA’s Chancery and Circuit Court Committee, which monitors activity of the Chancery and Circuit Courts of Davidson County and makes recommendations regarding improvements in these courts.
A member of Bradley’s Media and Entertainment Practice Group, Allen focuses his practice on entertainment and intellectual property litigation, as well as entertainment transactional matters. In a release, the firm said he has handled cases involving personal management and songwriting contract disputes, complex royalty disputes, copyright termination, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and right of publicity. In addition, he has negotiated personal management agreements, talent agreements, copyright transfer and assignment agreements, domestic and foreign licensing agreements, master recording agreements, production agreements, distribution agreements, and joint venture record label and publishing company agreements for entertainment industry clients. Allen also regularly prepares and completes copyright and trademark registration applications for music and entertainment clients.
Allen serves on the Executive Council of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Entertainment and Sports Law Section.
A member of Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group, Miller represents clients in a variety of commercial litigation and dispute resolution matters. She focuses her practice on business tort litigation, contract disputes, fiduciary-duty claims involving corporate directors and officers, intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, disputes over non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and real estate litigation. She also represents organizations and individuals in government and internal investigations, advises clients in regulatory compliance matters, and handles related litigation and white-collar defense matters.
