The journey to success in music publishing began in the courtrooms of Los Angeles for Stephen Finfer. He headed west after graduation from law school to take a position as an entertainment litigator at the prestigious law firm of Shea & Gould. Finfer left the world of a litigator behind to open his own law office and talent management company. The path to success in music publishing next took him to positions with Capitol/EMI Music, MCA Music Publishing, Paramount Pictures, and TVT Music, to become its GM in charge of all worldwide operations. Creating Arthouse Entertainment was the next stop on the journey.