Orville Almon, Jr. has practiced entertainment and music law for 28 years. A partner in the entertainment law firm of Zumwalt, Almon & Hayes, PLLC, he represents prominent recording artists, producers and songwriters. He also works closely with record company executives, publishers, television production companies, managers and other entertainment related clients. His practice includes negotiating existing agreements and new technology issues. Mr. Almon has extensive experience in drafting language for difficult-to-define issues, negotiations and drafting “issue-specific” agreements.

Mr. Almon has attained the highest rating, “A/V,” by renown LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. In January 2002 he was selected one of the “Best Lawyers In Nashville” by Nashville Post and will be listed in the 2007 edition of “The Best Lawyers In America” and “Super Lawyers of the Mid-South.” He is also listed in several “Who's Who” editions (e.g., Continental, Madison, Strathmore and Chambers USA). He has given presentations at civic organizations and universities as well as presided over CLE presentations and appeared on numerous CLE panels. He is a member of the American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations, the Country Music Association and Leadership Music Alumni, currently serving as Co-Chairman of the Artist Program for the 2009 Leadership Music Class.

Mr. Almon received his B.S. degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from University of Missouri at Columbia. While there he was inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, a national fraternity honoring academic achievement during the freshman year and into Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting fraternity honoring academic achievement in accounting. A Distinguished Military Graduate from the Army ROTC program, he served 4 years in the Army until resigning his commission as a Captain to enter law school at University of Memphis in 1979, where he graduated from Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. While at law school he was selected to the Memphis State University Law Review for his academic achievement and elected to the Editorial Board of the Law Review as Administrative Editor for the 1978-79 school year. Upon graduation he was selected as a member of The Order of Barristers for exhibiting excellence and attaining high honor through the art of courtroom advocacy.

Mr. Almon is married and has 3 children -- twin boys who are seniors at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and a daughter who is a freshman at Auburn University.