Meitus Strohm Team
Robert S. Meitus, Partner
Phone: (317) 464-5311
Email: rmeitus@meitusstrohm.com
Partner Robert Meitus is responsible for entertainment, media, and intellectual property law matters for many clients, including musicians, record labels, filmmakers, and authors. Meitus has authored several copyright articles and is an adjunct professor of law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Meitus is a Grammy voting member and has been named a top music lawyer by Billboard. He was the original founder of the livestreaming company Mandolin in 2020, is producer of the Kennedy documentary series on the History Channel, manages singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, and has been a lifelong musician in various groups. Meitus is also founder of Bloomington Roots Foundation, which presents live concerts and educational events and co-founded the Soup Bowl Benefit, which has raised over $4 million for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank.
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Bar Admissions: Indiana, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana.
Education: Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, J.D.; Columbia University, Masters of International Affairs; Wabash College, B.A.
Published Works:
Memberships: GRAMMY voting member; Americana Music Association; Folk Alliance International (board member); American Bar Association; Indiana Bar Association; IU Maurer School of Law IP Alumni Advisory Board.
John P. Strohm, Partner
Phone: (615) 519-5850
Email: jstrohm@meitusstrohm.com
Partner John P. Strohm specializes in transactional entertainment and intellectual property law with a primary focus on representation of music industry clients. After a decade-long career as a performing and recording musician, he began his law practice in 2004 as a corporate and financial services lawyer in Birmingham, Alabama. He developed a roster of music industry clients before becoming Senior Counsel in the Music Row office of Loeb & Loeb, LLP, in 2011. He left law practice from 2017 until 2022 to become President of Rounder Records, an iconic independent label owned by Concord, one of the largest independent entertainment companies in the world. Currently his practice focuses on representing artists, songwriters, producers, music publishers, independent record labels, technology companies, and entrepreneurs.
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Bar Admissions: Tennessee
Education: Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, J.D. (magna cum laude, Editor-in-Chief of the Cumberland Law Review, 2003-04); University of Alabama Birmingham, B.A. (cum laude, 2001); Berklee College of Music.
Memberships: State Bar of Tennessee, Americana Music Association (former Board member), Leadership Music (Class of 2014, former Board member).
Kenan Farrell, Of Counsel
Fax: (317) 464-5111
Email: kfarrell@meitusstrohm.com
Kenan L. Farrell advises clients on intellectual property law, including trademark, copyright, trade dress, trade secret, patent, and privacy issues. Kenan’s practice focuses on managing client’s intellectual property portfolios, including trademark and copyright registration, opposition and cancellation proceedings, copyright and trademark licensing, enforcement and infringement matters, and other disputes.
Kenan received his B.S. in Biology from Indiana University and his J.D. from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2003. Kenan previously taught Art & Museum Law as an adjunct professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Kenan, his wife, and baby boy live in Indianapolis, Indiana and enjoy music, hiking, camping, and visiting craft breweries.
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Education:
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law – J.D.
Indiana University – B.S. (Biology)
Teaching:
Adjunct Professor, Art & Museum Law, University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Extensive CLE seminars on intellectual property and technology law
Bar Admissions:
Indiana, Oregon, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Northern District of Indiana, Southern District of Indiana, District of Oregon, Central District of Illinois
Keltie A. Haley, Associate Attorney
Phone: (317) 361-4829
Email: khaley@meitusstrohm.com
Associate Keltie Haley is responsible for entertainment, trademark, and other intellectual property law matters for a variety of clients, including musicians, record labels, and other business clients. She received her J.D. from Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law and her B.S.P.A. in Law & Public Policy and B.A. in Art History from Indiana University. Keltie is an active member of the intellectual property legal community, serving as the Vice Chair of the Indiana State Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Council, group leader for the S. Jay Plager Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, and Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Coach for Maurer School of Law.
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Bar Admissions: Indiana, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana.
Education: Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, J.D. (2020); Indiana University, B.S.P.A. & B.A. (2017)
Published Works: Sharenting and the (Potential) Right to Be Forgotten, Indiana Law Journal, 2020.
Memberships: Indiana State Bar Association (Intellectual Property Council Vice Chair), S. Jay Plager Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
Megan Wheeler, Associate Attorney
Phone: (317) 464-5313
Email: mwheeler@meitusstrohm.com
Megan Wheeler works on entertainment, media, and intellectual property law matters for many clients, including musicians, filmmakers, theatrical productions, and authors. Wheeler has authored a law journal note featured in Volume 12, Issue 3, of Indiana University’s law journal IP Theory and is occasionally a guest speaker in the entertainment courses taught by Robert Meitus at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Prior to law school, Wheeler worked in the arbitration department at National Futures Association, which is a regulating body for the sale and trade on options, swap, and commodities. She received her J.D. from Maurer, and her B.M from University of Michigan.
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Bar Admissions: Indiana and Tennessee.
Education: Indiana University School of Law, Juris Doctorate—Bloomington, IN; University of Michigan, Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance – Ann Arbor, MI. Published Works: Fair Use Failing the First Amendment? How the Parody and Satire Dichotomy May Be Stunting Political Discourse
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Memberships: Americana Music Association
Tim Gaskins, BUSINESS Manager
Phone: (317) 464-5366
Email: tgaskins@meitusstrohm.com
Fax: (317) 464-5111
Tim Gaskins joined Meitus Gelbert Rose in 2012.
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Education: Butler University, B.A. Recording Industry Studies and Business Administration with Honors
Elle Hodge, Manager / Creative Design
Email: ehodge@meitusstrohm.com
Phone: (317) 464-5321
Elle Hodge is responsible for creative design and assisting in business operations at Meitus Strohm as well as the Bloomington Roots Foundation, which presents live concerts and educational events. She also assists on the management team of singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer.
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Education: Indiana University, B.A. Studio Art (2023)
BROOKLYNN SHIVELY,
LAW Clerk
Email: bshively@meitusstrohm.com
Brooklynn Shively is a legal clerk at Meitus Strohm, focusing on film and music copyright law as well as related transactional matters. Outside of law school, Brooklynn enjoys yoga, hiking, seeing new movies in theaters, and going to concerts.
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Education: Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, J.D. (Expected 2027)
Memberships: Associate Editor of IP Theory, Entertainment Chair of the Sports & Entertainment Law Society, and Secretary of the Labor & Employment Law Society.