Bertis Downs IV
Biography
Bertis Edwin Downs IV (born July 13, 1956) is an American entertainment lawyer. He provides legal counsel (particularly for initial contracts) for the rock band R.E.M., later also assuming management duties after the departure of original manager Jefferson Holt. He is usually credited simply as the band's "Advisor".
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Automatic For The People
1992

Monster
1994

Out Of Time
1991

Green
1988

Document
1987

Lifes Rich Pageant
1986

Murmur
1983

New Adventures In Hi-Fi
1996

Fables Of The Reconstruction / Reconstruction Of The Fables
1985

Reckoning
1984

In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003
2003

Reveal
2001

Up
1998

Around The Sun
2004

Accelerate
2008

Collapse Into Now
2011

Unplugged 1991
2014

Radio Free Europe
1981

Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage 1982 - 2011
2011

Live At The Olympia In Dublin 39 Songs
2009

Live
2007

And I Feel Fine...The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (Collectors' Edition)
2006

The Best Of R.E.M. At The BBC
2018

Losing My Religion
1991
Credited work
651 releases · 30 albums · active 1983–2026
- Other credits · 620
- Performance · 37
- Production · 3
Studios: John Keane Studios · Bearsville Studios · Criteria Recording Studios · Kingsway Studios, New Orleans
