John Seay
The Seay Group LLC, Entertainment Lawyer
The Seay Firm is a boutique entertainment law firm located in Atlanta at the Goat Farm Arts Center. They are artist advocates, dedicated to advising and protecting all manner of artists and arts-related businesses. Founder, John Seay, is a former artist himself with over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry as a musician, tour manager, and writer. John is also Of Counsel in the entertainment practice group in the Nashville office of Loeb & Loeb, one of the largest and most comprehensive such practice groups in the world.
John has spoken about entertainment law at SXSW, the Americana Festival, and the AJC Decatur Book Festival, among many others, and has published extensively in the field as well. He is on the Board of Directors of #weloveatl and is “Member at Large” for the State Bar of Georgia Entertainment & Sports Law Section. Before founding The Seay Firm, John worked for Turner Broadcasting. He is also a member of the Recording Academy, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and Georgia Lawyers for the Arts.
John is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and President of The Sports & Entertainment Law Society. He’s also a husband and father, and lives in Decatur with his wife and two daughters. Follow John on Twitter: @TheSeayFirmLLC.