Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2027 
Jenny Pariser is a veteran intellectual property lawyer and partner at Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP in the New York office, where she handles complex litigation matters with particular emphasis on copyright, content protection, digital media, and entertainment. She joined O+Z in 2023 after more than three decades at the forefront of developing and shaping online copyright law, including senior litigation and policy roles at Sony Music, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Motion Picture Association. She has been involved in many of the most prominent copyright and internet matters of our time and is heavily involved in both Anthropic cases at O+Z.
Before joining O+Z, Jenny served as head of litigation at both the Recording Industry Association of America and Sony Music, where she oversaw significant matters involving online piracy, copyright, trademark, breach of contract, false advertising, and royalty issues, including major lawsuits against Napster, Grokster, LimeWire, and MP3.com. She also spent nine years at the Motion Picture Association, where she worked extensively on copyright policy and ran the DMCA notice-and-takedown program known as the Copyright Alert System. Earlier in her career, she was a senior litigator at two leading New York firms, representing Fortune 500 companies in state and federal courts nationwide.
Jennifer Pariser is recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Copyright Law. Based in New York, New York, this peer-review recognition reflects the esteem of lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jenny served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Charles Tenney in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She graduated from New York University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review, and from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She lectures frequently on copyright topics for the Copyright Society of the USA, the American and New York Bar Associations, the Practicing Law Institute, and law schools, and she also serves on several nonprofit boards and runs a toy-recycling program for underprivileged children.
