Jacqueline C. Charlesworth is an Of Counsel in the litigation department in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Ms. Charlesworth was senior vice president and general counsel of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), the leading trade association for music publishers in the United States, where she oversaw legal initiatives including NMPA's groundbreaking litigation efforts on behalf of music copyright owners. At NMPA, she was also responsible for developing and promoting legislation to benefit the music community. Ms. Charlesworth has been a frequent speaker on issues relating to the intersection of copyright law and technology in the music industry.

Before assuming her position with NMPA, Ms. Charlesworth was senior vice president and general counsel of The Harry Fox Agency, the premier agency for the licensing of copyrighted musical works in the U.S. In that capacity, Charlesworth supervised litigation matters and created and implemented innovative digital licensing programs for online music services and ringtone companies. 

Prior to her in-house roles, Ms. Charlesworth was a litigation associate at a prominent New York City-based law firm, where her practice focused on intellectual property matters.

Ms. Charlesworth earned her B.A. in American Civilization, magna cum laude with departmental honors, from Brown University. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was Executive Committee Editor of The Yale Law Journal. Prior to entering private practice, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, as well as for the Honorable Betty B. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.