Kevin J. Greene

Southwestern Law School (USA)

Kevin J. Greene is the John J. Schumacher Chair/Professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California, where he teaches Copyright Law, Music Law, Entertainment Law, and International Entertainment Law in London at the University of London.

Professor Greene is an internationally recognized and award-winning scholar in the areas of intellectual property and copyright and entertainment law.

Greene is a graduate of Yale Law School and a United States Marine Corps veteran. 

Before joining the legal academy, Greene practiced IP and entertainment law at two of New York’s most prestigious firms, representing iconic clients including  film director Spike Lee, R&B legend Bobby Brown, singer Harry Connick Jr., the rap group Public Enemy and Warner Brothers/HBO among other clients.

Greene also serves an IP/entertainment expert witness and consultant in high-states IP litigation in case involving Kanye West, Warner Brothers Pictures, funk music legend George Clinton, Sly Stone, and Coca-Cola.

Professor Greene is also a producer and has served as consulting producer and cast member for television series about entertainment and IP topics broadcast on Netflix and the British Broadcasting Corporation (the “BBC”). 

Professor Greene has been quoted in the Washington Post, the Daily Beast, Fortune Magazine, the Hollywood Reporter, the Observer, Wired Magazine, Blomberg, Law 360, and other media outlets, and was honored with a featured article exploring his work in Rolling Stone Magazine in 2022.

Professor Greene is the 2016 recipient of the Vanguard Award for Innovation in Intellectual Property, the highest award of the State Bar of California.