to the practice of entertainment law.
The first recipient was William Krasilovsky, author of This Business of Music.
The book was publishedin 1963 and is considered the first significant book for lawyers about the music business.
The second recipient, receiving the 2006 Texas Star Award, was Jay Cooper, an entertainment law pioneer who represents many major artistsas well as industry organizations.
In 2007, the ELI honored Marybeth Peters, the U.S. Register of Copyrights.
The 2008 Texas Star Award was presented to Donald Passman, a University of Texas and Harvard Law Schoolgraduate whose Los Angeles-based career has included many years of representing major recording artists.
His book, All You Need To Know About the Music Business, is one of the most useful and popular books
for anyone in the music industry today.
Passman Jones law firm. Attorney Jerry Alexander, a lifelong friend and business partner of Shannon Jones,
accepted the Texas Star Award on his behalf. The 2010 Texas Star Award will be presented to ...... Mike Tolleson at the Annual Entertainment Law Institute in October 2010.