Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill

Name

Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill

Legal name

Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill LLP

Website

https://serlingrooks.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill LLP was an entertainment law firm offering contract, intellectual property, licensing, and litigation counsel to musicians, artists, and entertainment companies. Based in New York and Nashville, the firm dissolved effective January 1, 2026.

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Product category

Entertainment Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), Music Publishers (512230), Music Publishers (51223)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Legal Services (Artist/Label/Publishing) (MPAIAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Contracting, Licensing & Rights Management (Music/Performance Releases) (HSACAHAM), Sync Clearance & Rights Management (One-Stop, Negotiation, Documentation) (MPAIALAF), Music Rights Administration & Royalty Processing (Admin, Accounting, Statements) (MPAIAKAD), Royalty, Reporting & Revenue Share Administration (MPADALAJ)

Keywords

• Entertainment law services
• Music law firm
• Intellectual property law
• Contract negotiation law
• Media licensing law

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Provides specialized legal representation and counsel to entertainment industry professionals and entities, covering contract negotiation, intellectual property protection, rights management, licensing agreements, and dispute resolution across music, film, television, and digital media. Operated from offices in New York City and Nashville, Tennessee before dissolving effective January 1, 2026.

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Products and services

• Entertainment Law Legal Services Legal representation and counsel for entertainment industry clients, covering matters related to music, film, television, and other entertainment sectors including contract negotiation, intellectual property protection, rights management, licensing, and dispute resolution.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• McKoy Worob Averill Scott & Koenig LLPcoreOthers · 1 January 2026Successor firm formed effective January 1, 2026, absorbing multiple attorneys from the original Serling Rooks firm including Mike McKoy, Jeff Worob, Craig Averill, Margo Scott, Jeff Koenig, and others. Former attorneys can be reached at mwasklaw.com.
• Hunter Cottingham LLPcoreOthers · 1 January 2026Successor firm formed effective January 1, 2026, absorbing attorneys Joseph Lloyd Serling, J. Reid Hunter, Greg W. Brooks, David Gold, and others from the original firm. Attorneys can be reached at huntercottingham.com.

Broad incumbents

• Greenberg Traurig LLP: Global law firm with a substantial entertainment and media practice including music licensing, IP, and litigation. Overlaps with Serling Rooks' practice areas but offers a vastly broader portfolio and international footprint.
• Loeb & Loeb LLP: Large full-service law firm with one of the leading entertainment, media, and music-law practices in the US. Directly comparable to Serling Rooks in transactional and litigation entertainment work, but materially larger and geographically broader.
• Latham & Watkins LLP: Global law firm with an entertainment, sports, and media practice serving major entertainment companies. Comparable at the high-end of entertainment deal work, though firm scale and breadth far exceed Serling Rooks.
• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP: National professional services firm with a recognized entertainment and music practice spanning transactional, litigation, and IP work. Comparable in practice areas but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic reach than Serling Rooks.
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP: National law firm with a well-known entertainment and media practice covering music, film/TV, and digital media licensing. Comparable practice mix but materially larger and broader than Serling Rooks.

Direct peers

• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP: Los Angeles-based law firm long associated with entertainment, music, and IP law. Directly comparable boutique-style entertainment practice serving artists, labels, publishers, and studios.
• Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC: New York-based law firm with a strong entertainment, advertising, and media-law practice serving creatives, talent, and content companies. Closely aligned with Serling Rooks in client type (artists, talent, entertainment companies) and service mix.
• Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP: Boutique entertainment and media law firm with significant music industry clients. Comparable in scope of entertainment practice, deal work, and litigation support for artists and entertainment entities.
• Carroll Guido & Groffman LLP: Entertainment-focused boutique law firm representing talent, songwriters, producers, and independent music companies. Closely comparable in size, vertical specialization, and NYC-based client base.
• King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP (King Holmes Standish): Entertainment-focused boutique law firm in Los Angeles with longstanding music, film, and TV clients. Comparable in boutique scale and entertainment-vertical specialization to Serling Rooks.

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