Stephen Weizenecker Receives Georgia Highlight Award

ATLANTA – Barnes & Thornburg has announced that Stephen Weizenecker, a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and Entertainment, Music and Media Practice Group, received the Georgia Highlight Award at the 3rd Annual Georgia Entertainment Gala on January 10. The gala honors the top professionals in Georgia’s film, television and music industries. 

Weizenecker focuses his practice on entertainment-related business including tax incentives, financing, mergers, acquisitions and intellectual property matters for film/television and technology industry clients around the world.

A member of numerous professional organizations, Weizenecker serves as chair of the Entertainment, Sports and Entertainment Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. In 2014, he was elected to serve on the Governing Committee of the Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries, a section of the American Bar Association (ABA). He is also the former Editor-in-Chief of the ABA’s Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, and a former member of Communication and Nominations committees. 

A frequent author and speaker on entertainment law topics, Weizenecker’s perspective is often featured in leading business and entertainment trade media, including The Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Wrap and Atlanta Business Chronicle, among others. 

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