The legal practice of sports law is different than other practice areas. It takes a specific level of knowledge and experience to avoid making common legal mistakes. Hire sports attorneys with experience to bolster your legal efforts and understanding your rights.
Our legal professionals are used to representing athletes, industry boards, teams, leagues, and other sports organizations. We handle numerous issues that cover a wide range of practice areas in Sports Law.
Our Sports lawyers meet specific formal and ongoing education requirements. They also possess a strong command of contracts, IP, and civil procedure.
In addition to training, our sports lawyers typically spend their knowledge performing the following tasks for our client’s benefit ensuring that they do not make any legal mistakes:
- Provide legal advice and guidance to clients
- Offer dual representation as an agent
- Execute and negotiate player and team contracts
- Help clients understand broadcast rights, trademarks, and endorsements
- Represent clients in civil or criminal court matters
- Resolve labor and contract disputes
- Negotiate sponsorship deals
- Establish business entities, like charitable organizations
- Speak with media on behalf of clients
- Other legal matters as needed and agreed to
Our approach is the most practical when managing our client’s career, athlete, team, or organization.
Understanding Sports Law
Sports law being an umbrella term that refers to athletes, athletics, and sports organizations’ legal issues, while there are not necessarily legal sections that address sports specifically, our sports laws department have an extensive training and experience to understand.
Intellectual property (IP), Contract law, Personal injury, Criminal defense, Torts, Business law, Insurance law, Labor law, Antitrust law, Real estate law, Other areas of law.
Examples of sports law we use to handle:
Signing a lease on a new building, Suing someone for a breach of contract, Disputing terms of employment or violations, Filing insurance claims after an injury, Advise and negotiate players and teams on finalizing a contract deal, Draft legal documents related to athletes and sports organizations, Negotiating naming rights and percentage distributions, Establishing business entities, such as LLCs or non-profits, Removing shareholders, Someone is suing you or your team in civil court, You are facing criminal charges as a player, coach, or executive, Drafting league bylaws, Dividing financial interests lawfully and fairly, Handle creditor and debtor legal issues, Additional legal matters as needed, Other legal issues as they arise.
It is therefore imperative to hire a sports lawyer with vast experience in this area when making impactful legal decisions, and critical to hire a sports lawyer when you need legal advice. Our sports lawyers know the industry’s ins and outs. Their insight and guidance are tremendously helpful and time-efficient.
