SIDNEY A. ROBBINS, ESQ.

Sidney A. Robbins, Esq., is a solo practitioner in Atlanta, GA. His law firm specializes in Intellectual Property law, Entertainment and Media areas, Sports Representation, Juvenile Law, and General Practice. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia. 

Mr. Robbins was born in Washington, D.C. and was raised in Tuskegee, AL. He is a member of several legal organizations, including the National Bar Association and the Gate City Bar Association. Mr. Robbins also is a lifetime member of the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA). 

As a transactional attorney, Mr. Robbins’s practice includes the drafting and negotiating of contracts, including various music agreements for gold and platinum albums, artists, and producers; major television agreements and film agreements; agreements for film directors, film composers, actors, and screenwriters; and agreements for book authors. He negotiated the first major video game license for HBCU collegiate sports with XBox 360®. Mr. Robbins also negotiated first major sports network television deal between the SIAC, the sports conference representing thirteen HBCU institutions, and ESPN®. Mr. Robbins was formerly the General Counsel for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and a licensed contract advisor with the National Football League. He has served as the Co-Director of the Harvard Law School Recording Artist Project and interned with So So Def Records in Atlanta prior to attending law school. He is a formally trained negotiator through the Harvard Negotiation Project.
 

His writing focus and personal interests include topics pertaining to public policy, juvenile justice, and education; the intersection of entertainment & sports and the law; and civil, economic, and social rights.

 

Mr. Robbins earned an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2000) and his law degree from Harvard Law School (2003).