10th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium
If you would like more information about the ESLS Symposium, please email: UM.ESLS@gmail.com.
Speakers Included
- Scott Becher, President, Sports & Sponsorships
- Carl D. Berry, President, Adversary Sports & Entertainment Co.
- John F. Bradley, Managing Member, Bradley & Robinson, P.L.
- Michael L. Buckner, President, Proactive Collegiate Solutions
- Darryl B. Cohen, Partner, Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Whiteman, LLC
- Dennis Curran, General Counsel, National Football League
- Joel Dovico, Manager, Business & Legal Affairs, Universal Music Latin America
- Michael Dugan, President, Thrill Street Entertainment
- Serona Elton, Associate Professor, Department of Music and Media Industry, University of Miami
- Donald Fehr, Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players Association
- Corey Field, Associate, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
- Matthew Kilgo, Regional Counsel, Anti-Piracy Legal Affairs, Recording Industry Assoc. of America
- Kimberly D. Kolback, Attorney at Law
- Sylvia A. Krainin, Partner, Adorno & Yoss
- Joshua A. Kusnick, Director of Player Personnel, Double Diamond Sports Management
- Brian Levy, NFL Agent, Goal Line Football Management, LLC
- Matthew J. Mitten, Director, National Sports Law Institute
- Ivan J. Parron, Manager, Business & Legal Affairs, Universal Music Latin America
- Jeffrey T. Reel, Senior Attorney, ATP Tour, Inc.
- James G. Sammataro, Shareholder, Akerman Senterfitt
- Brian F. Spector, Shareholder, Kenny Nachwalter, P.A.
- Adam J. Steinberg, Associate, Carlton Fields
- Marc Stollman, Stollman Law PA
- Louis Tertocha, General Counsel, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
- Richard C. Wolfe, Partner, Wolfe & Goldstein, P.A.
- Leslie José Zigel, Attorney, ZIGLAW
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Morning Session
9:00 – 9:45 Registration, Continental Breakfast, Meet and Greet at the Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge
9:45 – 9:55 Opening Remarks Jan Brown, ESLS President
10:00 – 11:00 Panel I Managing the Relationship and structuring the deal; Contract negotiation, Endorsement, and licensing agreements: Common Ground in the Sports and Entertainment Industries
11:15 – 12:15 Panel II (sports) Arbitration in Sports: Finding the Middle Ground (Entertainment) Changing the Landscape: The Effect of New Digital Distribution Platforms on the Entertainment Industry
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch with Keynote Address Donald Fehr: Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players Assosiaction
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Afternoon Session
2:15 – 3:15 Panel III (sports) Limits of Representation: Conflicts of the Lawyer-Agent (TV/film) there is no business like show business: understand the Acquisition, Licensing, Negotiation, and Process Necessary to Make a Motion picture or TV Show (Music) The art of the Record Deal: how the Record Companies Make Money and Hose the Artists Retain Control
3:30 – 4:30 Panel IV (Sports) Tackling the Collective Bargaining Agreement: How Professional Sports Leagues operate (Entertainment) Courtroom Drama Litigating Copyright, Trademark, and Breach of Contract Disputes
4:45 – 6:15 Panel V (Ethics) When Ethics and Tactics Collide: where do we draw the Line?
6:30 – 8:00 Cocktail Reception and Closing Remarks
