Bernard Cahill is an American

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, entertainment lawyer. Previously co-founder of the talent and brand-management company ROAR, he became a founding partner of Activist Artists Management, a full-service talent management, integrated media and advisory firm based in

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, in 2018.

Career

In 1994, Bernie Cahill co-founded Last Unicorn Games with

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and

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, and Greg Ormand. Cahill served as the company's CEO. Cahill secured a license derived from

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's 1984 ''

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'' film; this led Brian Herbert to grant Last Unicorn Games a license to the ''

'' novels in 1996. In 2000, Cahill sold Last Unicorn Games to hobby games publisher Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro. In 2004, Cahill and his partners, Greg Suess, Jay Froberg, and Will Ward, founded the integrated management company ROAR, LLC. Since then, ROAR has grown to forty two employees and has offices in New York, Atlanta, and Nashville, with its headquarters in

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. Cahill established ROAR's music division, and managed artists such as three-time

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-winning

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-winning musician and actor Dwight Yoakam, legendary rock band

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, singer-songwriter

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, actor and recording artist Clare Bowen,

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-nominated electronic music producer Morgan Page, and renowned world artist Gaelic Storm. Cahill and ROAR partner Will Ward worked closely with JAM and Outback Concerts to produce

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’s Southern Ground Music and Food Festivals. In 2009, ROAR acquired Jennie Smythe's Nashville-based

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firm, Girlilla Marketing. Cahill also served as a key member of the company’s talent management team, co-managing a talent roster that includes Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth,

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, Aisha Tyler,

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, and

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, among others. Formerly an Intellectual Property attorney, prior to co-founding ROAR Cahill ran a law office on

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's Music Row specializing in artist representation, licensing, and

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. Cahill is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,

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International Voting Panel, and is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association. Cahill currently serves as a board member of Genius Brands International. He is also actively involved in a number of philanthropic causes, including

’s Camp Southern Ground and the USO Entertainment Advisory Council, as well as serving on the board of InsideOUT Writers. In April 2018, Bernie Cahill and Greg Suess left the company, along with Head of Roar’s Nashville Office, Matt Maher, and Head of Media & Brand Strategy, Liz Norris, to launch Activist Artist Management. Activist Artist Management is a full-service talent management, integrated media and advisory firm with 23 associates across offices in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville and Atlanta. Cahill now runs Activist’s music and talent divisions, having brought many clients with him to the new company. In 2017 Cahill landed on Billboard's "Power 100" list, namely for the launch of Dead & Company, breaking stadium attendance records with Zac Brown Band, and completing a catalog and intellectual property deal for the Grateful Dead, among much more. He has also been featured on the Billboard “Nashville/ Country Power Players” list.

Personal life

Cahill previously dated Sharon Stone. Cahill married actress Jaime Murray in

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in May 2014.

References

External links

Bernie Cahill :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive
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