Renowned music attorney DinaLaPolt shares her frenetic schedule, the myriad of challenges she’s faced in her career, and why she fights for artists
had just hit two weeks before, and many artists had trepidation about attending or being on the show, so it was calls and texts 24/7. In addition to all that chaos, my firm had to attend the Recording Academy’s Entertainment Lawyer’s Initiative Luncheon in Santa Monica, where I received the Service Award last year. And then I had to get home right afterwards to do a quick wardrobe change, so I could get to MusiCares’ [gala and tribute show] downtown, where Aerosmith was being honored.
“The amount of times that I’ve been gaslighted at work… I mean, that’s just the reality. I’d usually be the only woman, the only female lawyer, in the room, and if I was upset about something, someone would say, ‘Why are you getting emotional about this issue?'”Yes, yes! Oh my god, yes! The amount of times that I’ve been gaslighted at work… I mean, that’s just the reality.
I think so — especially now. I think women who open their own firms in the music business or in entertainment have a chance now. When I did it, I was dismissed. It was like, “Okay, there’s this low-level girl, who seems to be very outspoken and unique. I’ll have lunch with her, help her, refer her some things. Poor thing’s not really going anywhere.”
As a manager, you have to deal with all of that. You have to deal with everything in the artist’s career. And the expectations that an artist has of a manager are just really, really high. When I was managing groups, I could do nothing right. God forbid I was five minutes late to a show or something fell through; it was always my fault. But the lawyer could go to a show every six months, they walk in the door and you’d think Jesus was coming in.
Yes. Lawyers in the music business that represent artists are really businesspeople. “Lawyer” is my skillset, but what I do all day long is run clients’ businesses. If I had to practice law all day, I’d shoot myself.
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