PHIL CORWIN
Partner, Butera & Andrews /
Chief Lobbyist, Sharman Networks (owner of Kazaa)
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Philip S. Corwin is a Partner at Butera & Andrews, a Washington, DC law and lobbying firm. With more than twenty-five years of federal legislative experience, his practice is focused on the dynamically evolving law of electronic commerce and intellectual property. His clients have included the Information Technology Association of America, First Virtual Holdings, PenOp, MP3.com, CenterSpan Communications, and Sharman Networks Limited. Prior to joining Butera & Andrews, Mr. Corwin was a government relations Director at the American Bankers Association and a member of the United States Senate professional staff. 

 Mr. Corwin has been a guest on numerous television and radio public affairs and business programs.  He has also addressed and debated copyright and other legal issues affecting digital media delivery at law and technology conferences, and has discussed technology-related legislative and regulatory initiatives at such forums as Glasser Legalworks’ E-Commerce Law School and the Practicing Law Institute’s Internet Law Institute, as well as at programs of the American Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar.

Mr. Corwin is an active member of several American Bar Association Committees. He serves as the Washington Liaison for the Science and Technology Section and was Legislative Reporter for the Business Law Section's Cyberspace Law Committee.

 Mr. Corwin received his B.A. in Government from Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and his JD from Boston College Law School. He is a member of the Bar in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.