Power Attorney Joel Katz Exits Greenberg Traurig
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJoel Katz, one of the music industry’s most powerful attorneys and founding chairman of the Greenberg Traurig’s entertainment and media wing, has resigned “by mutual understanding” from the firm.A rep for the firm declined requests for further information; sources tell Variety the move has been in the works for some time and Katz is likely to launch his own firm, bringing many of his clients with him.Katz, who is also an officer at the Recording Academy, was accused of sexual harassment by ousted president-CEO in a blockbuster legal complaint against the organization early last year.