Texas license and practice

Tamera H. Bennett is admitted to practice law in Texas and is Eligible to Practice in Texas (State Bar of Texas #24006832). Verify the current individual Bar record at State Bar of Texas record before hiring an attorney.

Tamera H. Bennett is a partner at Harper & Bates LLP in Dallas, where she practices entertainment law and intellectual property law. She joined the firm in January 2025 after 23 years as a solo practitioner. She has more than 25 years of experience helping content creators, rights holders, businesses, and high-net-worth individuals protect and monetize intellectual property, including trademark prosecution, music and content licensing, and inherited music copyrights and legacy song and sound recording catalogs. She earned her law degree magna cum laude from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and was admitted to practice in Texas in 1998. She is also licensed in Tennessee. She co-hosts the Entertainment Law Update Podcast, previously chaired the State Bar of Texas Entertainment and Sports Law Section, and serves on the Board of Governors of the Texas Chapter of the Recording Academy.

Matters this legal field covers

Entertainment legal work may cover music and content licensing, trademark prosecution, copyright matters, entertainment contracts and intellectual property protection.

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