Hillel Frankel is a partner at Leavens, Strand & Glover, LLC (LSG) and helped open LSG’s Nashville office on Music Row. Frankel has more than 20 years of experience representing musical artists, writers, producers, production companies, record labels, visual artists and filmmakers in their transactional, corporate and intellectual property matters. He also provides counsel in business affairs and business development for start-up production companies, record labels, music tech companies and publishers. Frankel’s clients range from Chicago Soul legends to current R&B and Rap artists to Nashville recording artists, songwriters, production companies, labels and producers. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at DePaul University College of Law, and was elected to two terms as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Chicago Chapter or the Recording Academy (2010-2014). He is currently Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for Chicago International Movies and Music Festival. In his not-so-former life as musician “Frankie Hill,” Hillel recorded and toured internationally on keyboards and saxophone for numerous bands including GRAMMY-nominated Liquid Soul, LA’s Bonedaddys, the UK's General Public, and Chicago’s P-1 and Heavy Manners.