BACKGROUND
- Florida Coastal School of Law, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law and sports (2004 - 2012)
- Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP - Detroit, MI, Partner (1997 – 2002) and Of Counsel (2003)
- Michigan State University College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Sports Law (2003)
- Atlanta Braves, Professional Baseball Player (1990 – 1993)
EXPERTISE
- Torts
- Business Law
- Sports Law
EDUCATION
- J.D., magna cum laude, Michigan State University College of Law (May 1997)
- B.A. in Health Policy Studies, with High Distinction, University of Michigan-Dearborn (December 1994)
TEACHING
- International: Taught international sports law in Clermont-Ferrand, France (2008)
- 2005 Favorite Professor Award (voted by 2L students)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- State Bar of Michigan, Member (1997 – present)
- Comerica Bank (Florida) Advisory Board, Member (2006 – 2008)
- Association of Professional Ball Players of America, Lifetime Member
- Sports Lawyers Association, Member
- Continuing Legal Education Committee for The Florida Bar, Member (Aug. 2006 – July 2007)
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
- Rethinking Damages for Lost Earning Capacity in a Professional Sports Career: How to Translate Today’s Athletic Potential into Tomorrow’s Dollars, 14 CHAPMAN L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2010)
- The Coaching Carousel in Big-Time Intercollegiate Athletics: Economic Implications and Legal Considerations, 20 FORDHAM INTELL. PROP. MEDIA & ENT. L.J. 1 (2009)
- Tort Law and Journalism Ethics 40 LOY. U. CHI. L. J. 781 (2009).
- Fundamental Fairness in Union Regulation of Sports Agents, 40 CONN. L. REV. 355 (2007).
- The Use of Players’ Identities in Fantasy Sports Leagues: Developing Workable Standards for Right of Publicity Claims, 111 PENN ST. L. REV. 557 (Winter 2007).
- Solving Problems in the Player Representation Business: Unions Should Be the “Exclusive” Representative of the Players, 42 WILLAMETTE L. REV. 737 (Symposium 2006).
- The NCAA’s Regulations Related to the Use of Agents in the Sport of Baseball: Are the Rules Detrimental to the Best Interest of the Amateur Athlete?, 7 VAND. J.ENT. &TECH.L. 215 (Spring 2005).
- Legal Issues Facing Non-Profit Hospitals Converting to For-Profit Status, 1 MICH.ST.J.MED. &L. 153 153 (Spring 1997).
- Workers’ Compensation and the Collegiate Scholarship Athlete: An Analysis of Coleman v. Western Michigan University, 2 MICH. ST. ENT. &SPORTSL.J.21 (Fall 1995)
BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
UNDERSTANDING SPORTS LAW (co-authored with C. Peter Goplerud), LexisNexis Understanding Series (anticipated Fall 2011)
United States chapter, SIEKMANN, PARRISH, MARTINS & SOEK, PLAYERS’ AGENTS WORLDWIDE: LEGAL ASPECTS (2007)
Alabama Jury Sends Message to NCAA, Sports Litigation Alert, Vol. 4, Issue 23; Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics, Vol. 9, Issue 2 (Hackney Publications) (Dec. 2007)
Florida Coastal Makes A Connection to the Sports Industry, Jacksonville Lawyer Magazine, Dec. 2005, at 40-41.
To Cure Agent Misdeeds, Cut Their Fees (op. ed.), Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 15, Aug. 8-14, 2005, at 20.
EXPERT TESTIMONY AND CONSULTANTSHIPS
Tennessee Football, Inc. v. Lane Monte Kiffin and University of Southern California (Nashville, TN).
Marist College v. Matthew Brady and James Madison University (Poughkeepsie, NY).
Clemson University Athletic Department.
Hambric Sports Management, LLC v. Anthony Kim (Dallas, TX).
James Paxton v. University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY).
Andrew Oliver v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (Erie County, OH).
Arbitration Process of the National Football League Players Association: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Commercial and Administrative Law of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 109th Cong. (2006).
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
Speaker, D1A Athletic Directors Association Town Hall Meeting at the NACDA Annual Convention (June 17, 2011).
Speaker, Sports Lawyers Association 37th Annual Conference (May 20, 2011).
Speaker, 15th Annual Fordham Sports Law Symposium (April 1, 2011).
Speaker, Harvard Law School sports law symposium (March 25, 2011).
Speaker, Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2010 Annual Meeting (Aug. 1, 2010).
Speaker, Sports Lawyers Association 36th Annual Conference (May 21, 2010).
Speaker, West LegalEdcenter CLE program (online) (Jan. 27, 2010).
Speaker, Lawyer 2 Lawyer program (podcast) (Dec. 2, 2009).
Speaker, Sports Lawyers Association 35th Annual Conference (May 14-16, 2009).
Moderator, Florida Coastal School of Law Sports Law Symposium 2009 (April 17, 2009).
Speaker, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center symposium, co-sponsored by the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar (March 28, 2009).
Moderator, Harvard Law School symposium (March 14, 2009).
Speaker, Vanderbilt University Law School symposium, sponsored by the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law (March 13, 2009).
Speaker, ABA Section of Antitrust Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education teleconference (February 19, 2009).
Speaker, Street & Smith’s 7th Annual Intercollegiate Athletics Forum (December 10-11, 2008).
Speaker, Seton Hall Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium (November 7, 2008) [Transcript published in 19 SETON HALL J. SPORTS & ENT. L. 479 (2009)].
Speaker, T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague, The Netherlands (June 5, 2008).
Moderator and Speaker, Sports Lawyers Association 34th Annual Conference (May 15-17, 2008).
Presenter, law review article, Marquette University Law School’s Sports Law Scholarship and Teaching Colloquium (September 27, 2007).
Moderator, Sports Lawyers Association 33rd Annual Conference (May 17-19, 2007).
Speaker, DePaul University College of Law symposium [Transcript published in 4 DEPAUL J. SPORTS L. & CONTEMP. PROBS. 107 (Summer 2007)].
Speaker, Western Michigan University (February 27, 2007).
Speaker, University of Virginia Law School symposium, sponsored by the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal (February 2, 2007).
Presenter, law review article, Willamette University College of Law sports law symposium, sponsored by the Willamette Law Review (March 17, 2006).
Moderator, Florida Coastal School of Law sports law symposium (March 10, 2006).
Moderator, Florida Coastal School of Law sports law symposium at the PGA Tour Media Center (Feb. 3, 2005).
