Sports Law Guest Speakers 2011-2012 Academic Year

Individual Speakers Dell Demps, General Manager, New Orleans Hornets Ari Nissim, Director of Football Administration, New York Jets Tandy O'Donoghue, Senior Vice President, World Wrestling Entertainment; Darren Heitner, Founder/CEO, Dynasty Athlete Representation DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director NFLPA Steven Fehr, Outside Counsel to the MLBPA and NHLPA Jeff Orleans, Senior Associate, Alden & Associates; former Commissioner of the Ivy League Mary Fitzgerald, Chief Operating Officer, Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. Alicia Jessop, founder, RulingSports.com; author, BusinessofCollegeSports.com Brad Mayne, Chief Operating Officer, American Airlines Center

Panelists National Baseball Arbitration Competition Nona Lee, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jon Fetterolf, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington D.C. Larry Silverman, former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pittsburgh Pirates. Darren Heitner, Attorney, Wolfe Law Miami P.A.; Chief Editor, SportsAgentBlog.com. Jorge Arangure Jr., Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine. Marc Kligman, Baseball Agent, Total Care Sports Management. Bryan Minniti, Assistant GM of the Washington Nationals. Steven Fehr, Outside Counsel to the MLBPA. Scott Shapiro, Agent at Praver Shapiro Sports Management. Jay Reisinger, Partner at Farrell & Reisinger, LL Clark Griffith, Attorney; AAA Arbitrator; former Owner and Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Twins and former Chairman of Major League Baseball Properties. Hot Topics in NCAA Athletics: Time for Change Greg Byrne, Director of Athletics, University of Arizona Renee Gomila, Associate Director of Enforcement, NCAA Timothy Epstein, Partner, SmithAmundsen Mike Alden, Director of Athletics, University of Missouri John Long, Director of Compliance, Southeastern Louisiana University