Stan Soocher is Associate Professor of Music & Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) at the University of Colorado Denver, where he has served as MEIS Chair. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Entertainment Law & Finance, an American Lawyer Media publication he has helmed since its start in 1985. In addition, Stan is an entertainment attorney and author of the critically acclaimed book "They Fought the Law: Rock Music Goes to Court," which he is currently revising for an updated edition.

Stan has given speeches on entertainment law in Austin, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Miami, Orlando, North Carolina, Atlanta and Washington State, among other locations. He has received ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for excellence in music journalism, including for music law articles in Rolling Stone and The National Law Journal. Stan's articles have also appeared in The New York Law Journal, The Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Billboard Magazine, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, Writer's Digest and The Miami Herald, among other publications. For many years, he covered the federal appeals courts in a weekly section for The National Law Journal. Early in his career, Stan worked as an associate editor for the rock magazine Circus.

Among the many media outlets who have interviewed Stan about entertainment industry issues are the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Variety, London Times, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, New York Daily News, The New York Post, Miami Herald, Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Salt Lake Tribune, National Public Radio, CNN, BBC-TV, Court TV, Fox News Channel and Entertainment Weekly.

Stan holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the University of Florida and a J.D. from New York Law School. He also is a drummer and writes songs.