Marc D. Ostrow is a Senior Counsel at Romano Law PLLC, focusing on copyright and entertainment law, with an on the music business. He represents composers, songwriters, recording artists, labels, music publishers as well other creators and licensors of intellectual property. From 2010-2016 he served as Adjunct Professor at Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University where he taught courses on the music business.

From 2006-2008, Ostrow was the General Manager of the New York office of classical music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes. Prior to joining Boosey in 2004 as Vice President, Business Affairs, he was a Senior Attorney at BMI and from 1995 until joining BMI in 1998, he was the General Counsel of Second Floor Music, a boutique music publisher specializing in jazz.

Ostrow’s article on transformative fair use was published in Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring 2016) of Copyright & New Media Law and his widely read article on musical arrangements and other derivative works was published in Vol. 35, No.9 (October 2015) of The Licensing Journal. His most recent blog posts are available at romanolaw.com. 

Ostrow is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago Law School. He has served on the board of the New York Chapter of the Association of Independent Music Publishers, as a Trustee of the Copyright Society of the USA and as a publisher member of the ASCAP Symphonic and Concert Music Committee. Ostrow frequently speaks at various industry forums and educational institutions and writes frequently on music and copyright issues. He has been recognized by his peers as a 2022 New York Super Lawyer for entertainment and sports law and has achieved the highest peer rating, AV Preeminent, with Martindale-Hubbell. Ostrow is also a performing songwriter and composer.