| Paul is an entertainment attorney
in private practice in New York. Prior to his career in law, he worked
professionally in the music business for many years. He started his
career as Showcase Manager for the College Music Journal,
and was responsible for booking bands for its annual convention, as
well as writing and editing
for its weekly trade magazine. After two conventions, he worked as
a publicist at Nasty Little Man, an independent firm in New York whose
clients at the time included the Beastie Boys, Helmet, Smashing Pumpkins,
Dinosaur Jr., Luscious Jackson, Sleep, Tortoise, Kyuss, New Bomb Turks,
Sick of It All, Shudder To Think and Candy Machine. While at Nasty
Little Man, he became an assistant editor for Ego Trip magazine
(which has gone on to release two books, and is currently producing
shows for VH1). |
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After Nasty Little Man, he was briefly
an A&R scout for American Recordings. Finally, he was a
publicist at Matador Records working with artists such as Pavement,
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cat Power, Come, Chavez, Silkworm
and Guitar Wolf before attending Brooklyn Law School. While at
law school, he interned in the legal department of Polygram Records.
In his teenage years and extended adolescence, Paul was a tour
manager, driver and merch seller for Skunk, New Bomb Turks, Corrosion
of Conformity and published the New Jersey fanzine, No
Name Press.
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