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Tonya Butler
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Professor Tonya Butler, J.D., LL.M., is chair of the Music Business/Management Department at Berklee College of Music. She is the first woman and the first person of color to lead the department in its 30-year history.
A seasoned veteran of the music business, Butler has more than 14 years of expertise as an entertainment attorney and record label executive, as well as 16 years of undergraduate- and graduate-level teaching experience. She has a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law and a Master of Laws in Entertainment and Media from Southwestern University School of Law/Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England.
Butler is an award-winning motivational speaker, Toastmaster, and author of the self-published career guide The Music Business Is Corrupt, or Maybe You Just Can’t Sing? She also hosts a weekly podcast on the business and legal aspects of the music industry, entitled the B.O.M.B. (Business of Music Bootcamp) Podcast.
- Author of the career guide The Music Business Is Corrupt, or Maybe You Just Can't Sing?
- Third Place, Toastmasters International Speech Contest, District 6, 2017
- First Place, Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest, District 6, 2015
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School NameSouthwestern Law SchoolState or ProvinceCaliforniaDate Degree Received
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School NameCalifornia Western School of LawState or ProvinceCaliforniaDegreeJuris Doctor (JD)Date Degree Received