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11th ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAW SYMPOSIUM


Saturday, February 23, 2008

 


Schedule of Events and Speakers

 

8:15am – 8:45am Registration, Breakfast, Meet & Greet

8:45am – 8:55am Opening Remarks

9:00am – 10:00am PANEL I:
The Role of the Entertainment and Sports Lawyer

10:15am – 11:15am

PANEL II (split):

  • (Sports)  Balancing Justice within Anti-Doping Regulation: Equality of Competition v. Protection of Individual Rights
  • (Entertainment)  360 DEALS: The Band Becoming a Brand and the Expansion of Artists’ Rights

11:30am –12:30pm

PANEL III (split):

  • (Sports)  Professional Equality: Is the Rooney Rule an Effective Model for Professional and Collegiate Sports?
  • (Entertainment)  Intellectual Property Rights: What’s New in the Litigation Arena

12:30pm – 2:00pm Luncheon
Kenneth L. Shropshire, Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative, Keynote Address

2:15pm – 3:30pm PANEL IV:
Ethics in Sports and Entertainment Law: The Situations That Arise, How They are Handled, and How They Should be Handled  
                              
3:45pm – 4:45pm

PANEL V (split):

  • (Sports)  Lawyer Agent v. Non-Lawyer Agent
  • (Entertainment)  Toxic: How the Paparazzi, Drugs, and DUI's are Affecting the Entertainment Industry

5:00pm – 6:00pm Cocktail Reception and Closing Remarks

 


Speakers*:

  • Anthony J. Agnone, Eastern Athletic Services
  • Matthew S. Barnett, Partner, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP and Outside Counsel to United States Anti-Doping Agency
  • 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
  • Serona Elton, Associate Professor, Department of Music and Media Industry, University of Miami
  • Alan K. Fertel, Partner, Ferrell Law, P.A.
  • Anthony Hernandez, Senior Associate Athletic Director, University of Miami
  • Derek Jackson, General Counsel, Florida Marlins
  • Charles Jones, Vice President of Client Services, Wragg & Casas
  • D. Marvin Jones, Professor, University of Miami School of Law
  • Steven Robert Kozlowski, Kozlowski Law Firm, P.A.
  • Joshua Kusnick, Director of Player Personnel, Double Diamond Sports Management 
  • Ernesto Luciano, yahoo! inc.
  • Jeffrey S. Miller, Foster Pepper PLLC
  • Ivan J. Parron, Law Offices of Parron & Associates, PL
  • Oswaldo Rossi, Director, Legal & Business Affairs, EMI Televisa Music
  • James Sammataro, Partner, Silverman Cosgrove & Sammataro
  • David B. Schwartz, Vice-President, Business Affairs, DISNEY*ABC Domestic Television
  • Jason A. Setchen, Law Offices of Jason A. Setchen, P.A.
  • Kenneth L. Shropshire, Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative
  • David Andrew Slutsker, Partner, Adorno & Yoss
  • Louis Tertocha, General Counsel, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
  • Donald L. West, Jr., Of Counsel, Pittman Law Group; Director of Football Operations, Revolution Sports Management
  • Richard C. Wolfe, Partner, Wolfe & Goldstein, P.A.

 

*Subject to Change.

 

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