Brian R. Godshall is a paralegal in both the firm’s film and music groups. Mr. Godshall provides a variety of legal services, focusing primarily on reviewing and issuing synchronization and master use licenses for music used in clients’ independent films. Most recently, he has also cleared the music for the Bill Condon film, “Kinsey”, and has assisted in clearance issues for the upcoming OutKast movie currently entitled “Idlewild”. In addition to his other responsibilities, Mr. Godshall has issued licenses for Subliminal Records, and handled the artist contracts for the Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Celebration as well as the video of “What’s Goin’ On” for the African AIDS Charity Project.
Prior to joining Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz, and Weinstein as a paralegal in 1999, Mr. Godshall was an agent in the Film Synchronization Department at the Harry Fox Agency. He spent eight years there handling both theatrical and non-theatrical licensing on behalf of many of Harry Fox’s publishing clients.