Jason Boyarski

Jason Ryan Boyarski was born in 1974 to New York city natives, Ellie and Joel Boyarski.[10] He began attending Emory University in Atlanta in 1992. While attending Emory University, Boyarski was a student representative and worked as an intern at Sony Music Entertainment's Atlanta office.[11] Boyarski graduated from Emory University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Business Administration.[12] Following his graduation, Boyarski began employment at NBC where he worked as a production assistant for NBC's Today Show. Shortly thereafter, Boyarski joined Sony Music's 550 Music label where he served in the Promotions Department and worked on projects including artists Celine Dion, Ben Folds Five, and Ginuwine.[12]

Boyarski began attending Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York in 1997, graduating cum laude in 2000 with a focus on intellectual property law. Boyarski was also honored as a member of the Order of the Coif for finishing in the top 10% of his law school graduating class.[11] Additionally, Boyarski was the Administrative Editor of the Cardozo Law Review where he published a law review note "The Heist of Feist: Protection for Collections of Information and the Possible Federalization of 'Hot News'".[13][14] During law school, Boyarski worked as a law clerk at Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein, LLP and also served as a Summer Associate for the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.[15]

Boyarski was employed at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as an Associate in the Trade Practices & Regulatory Law Department.[11] Boyarski left in 2002 and began working at BMG Music Publishing in New York as an associate director for legal and business affairs. Between 2002 and 2006, Boyarski was promoted to senior director for legal and business affairs by BMG Music Publishing before being promoted to vice president for legal and business affairs in 2006.[16]

Following UMG's acquisition of BMG in late 2006,[17][18] Boyarski remained as the vice president for legal and business affairs for Universal Music Publishing Group[19] until 2008 where Boyarski was hired by Warner/Chappell Music as Senior Vice President and GM.[20][21] In 2008, Boyarski also separately co-founded the marketing agency HeadOverHeels Collective.[22] Boyarski left Warner/Chappell in 2011, soon co-founding the New York-based law firm Boyarski Fritz LLP with entertainment attorney David Fritz in November 2011.[23] The firm specializes in deal-making and transactions.[24][25]

Shortly after he began employment at BMG Music Publishing, Boyarski married his fiancée, Robin Alissa Katz at the Essex House in New York City.[35] He lives in Brookville, New York and has two children.[36][37]