Brad Cohen is SVP, Associate General Counsel & Head of Litigation at Warner Music Group (“WMG”) where he oversees litigation and provides day-to-day legal advice to WMG’s record labels and publishing companies, including Atlantic Records, Warner Records, Elektra Records, and Warner Chappell, on issues related to copyright, AI, licensing, trademark, defamation, contractual matters, and name, image and likeness.
Prior to WMG, Brad worked at Universal Music Group, EMI Music, and Quinn Emanuel. As in-house counsel, Brad has managed some of the music industry’s most prominent cases, including the copyright infringement lawsuits involving "Blurred Lines", "Stairway To Heaven", and "Thinking Out Loud", as well as the generative AI lawsuits against Suno and Udio.
In 2026, Brad was recognized on Billboard’s “Top Music Lawyers” list, as well as on Variety's list of "Music's Legal Elite".