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2025 Brooklyn Law School Sports Law Symposium

Published: October 16, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

Please join the Brooklyn Entertainment & Sports Law Society (BESLS) on Friday, October 24th, for our fifth annual Sports Law Symposium. The symposium theme is “Athlete Inc.: Athlete as Entrepreneur” and will feature three panels and a keynote conversation.

8:45 AM CLE Sign-in and Complimentary Breakfast

9:00 AM Welcome and Introductory Remarks

The subsequent three panels will focus on the following topics:

9:30-10:30 AM

(1) Leveling the Playing Field: Empowering Women Athletes

Panelists:

• Michael Goldsholl, Senior Vice President for Business & Legal Affairs, Women’s National Basketball Players Association
• Sascha Malas, Head of Overtime Select & Director of Content Operations, Overtime
• Tia Thevenin, Associate, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Former Canadian National Team Member
• Hillary Wyse, Associate Director, Wasserman Team Sports

Moderator: Ben Stockman, Co-Chair — Venable Sports Law Group, Venable

10:45-11:45 AM

(2) Locker Room Talk: The Attorney Athlete Relationship

Panelists:

• Jim Ivler, Partner/Agent/Attorney, Sportstars, Inc.
• Jason Lampert, Founding Partner, Salzano Ettinger & Lampert
• AJ Rudowitz, Senior Associate, Duane Morris
• Khalil Wilkes, Business and Legal Affairs Executive, WME Sports

Moderator: Brendan Duggan, Associate, Freeman Mathis & Gary

12:00-1:00 PM

(3) School Days: The Professionalization of the College Athlete

Panelists:

• Adam Dale, Sports Law Attorney, Winston & Strawn
• Larry Fox, President, Shark Sports
• Tim Nevius, Founder & CEO, Nevius Legal and FAIR Sports
• Tara Sakraida Parker, Founder & CEO, Prime 1 Sports

Moderator: Dan Lust, Sports & Entertainment Attorney, Morrit Hock & Hamroff

Following the three panels, we will break for lunch, followed by a Keynote Conversation.

1:00-1:50 PM Complimentary Lunch

2:00-3:00 PM

Keynote Speaker:

• Stephanie Hightower, 4x USA Track & Field Champion and Former President of US Track and Field, in conversation with Professor Jodi Balsam.

This is a CLE Accredited Event

Transportation:

The symposium will take place in the Subotnick Center at Brooklyn Law School, 1 or 2 stops from Manhattan on the A/C/F/N/W/R/2/3/4/5 lines.

Admission Tickets:

All attendees are free.

Questions:

Please email christian.leddell@brooklaw.edu

Free!

Registration

Detailed information and discussion of the event.