Faculty Profile: Chris Vlahos

Chris L. Vlahos focuses his practice on entertainment, copyright and commercial litigation as well as other intellectual property matters. Mr. Vlahos has represented recording artists, songwriters, record companies, music publishers, book publishers, telecommunications companies and other corporate and individual clients in various litigation matters, including the joint defense of hundreds of rap-sampling copyright infringement lawsuits brought simultaneously against major record and music publishing companies.

Mr. Vlahos received his J.D. degree in 1999 from the University of Tennessee, where he graduated cum laude. He graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee in 1995, where he was Phi Beta Kappa, Whittle Scholar and National Merit Scholar, with a B.A. degree in English and a minor in German. Mr. Vlahos currently serves as Vice-Chair for the 2008-2009 Tennessee Bar Association Entertainment and Sports Law Section.