We specialize in transactions at the nexus of the traditional music industry, content based technology and public policy.

Chris Castle is Managing Partner of Christian L. Castle, Attorneys, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.  The firm represents artists, producers, songwriters, record labels, music publishers, film studios and technology companies. He is also Managing Member of the Digital Media Policy Group, a private consulting company.

Chris serves on the boards of several academic and industry organizations, and lectures at business schools and law schools in the US from time to time.  He is a regular speaker at professional meetings, industry conferences and public policy meetings. 

He is an MBA/JD of the Anderson Graduate School of Management and the UCLA School of Law where he was an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics, a member of the UCLA Law Review and National Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.  Chris is a magna cum laude graduate of UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science.  Before founding the firm, he was of counsel to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs and General Counsel of SNOCAP, Inc. in San Francisco and held senior business affairs positions in the music industry.  Before college he attended Gordonstoun School, Admiral Farragut Academy (South) and Palo Alto Military Academy.  

Chris is a Fellow of the World Technology Network, and is a contributing editor of Entertainment Law & Finance.  He has spoken on public policy matters at the UK Parliament, Congressional seminars at the U.S. Congress and at conferences of the Organization for Economic Opportunity and Development.  

Before law school, Chris was a professional musician working with artists such as Long John Baldry, Yvonne Elliman and Jesse Winchester, and has played with many notable musicians from Jack Bruce, Paul Kossoff and Rick Derringer to John Mayall and Johnny and Edgar Winter.

Associate: Amy E. Mitchell: Based in Austin, Texas, Amy E. Mitchell joined the firm in May 2007 to focus on music industry talent representation, online retailers, as well as digital distribution and content licensing.  Amy earned her B.A. in Spanish and Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999 and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2004.  During law school, she attended the University College London in London, England to study international and comparative law.  Amy served as a staff editor of the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal and the Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law.  Amy served as President of Women's Law Caucus, Vice President of the Intellectual Property Law Society, and a Teaching Quizmaster.

Prior to attending law school, Amy served as Office Manager of the Texas Music Office, a state agency within the Texas Governor's Office.

Amy was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2004.  She is a member of the Austin Young Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the Entertainment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.  Amy volunteers for the Austin Music Foundation.

When she is not practicing law, Amy performs as a vocalist and keyboardist in several Austin ensembles, including Conspirare, Will Taylor's Strings Attached and the Bar & Grill Singers.

Co-Counsel:

Pamela Klein: Pamela previously was a business affairs executive at Atlantic Records in New York and of counsel to a leading New York talent firm. 

Christian L. Castle, Attorneys is a sole proprietorship; as such, it does not have partners. Because of the prevalence in the industry to refer to responsible attorneys as "partners", we have referred to them as such throughout this website.