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Fordham Sports Law Symposium

What: Fordham Law’s 13th Annual Symposium on Current Legal Issues in Sports

Where: James B.M. McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham Law School. 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY.

When: Friday, April 17, 2009

Program Agenda

9:00 AM- Welcome and Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks by Tanner Rouse
Co-Editor, Fordham Sports Law Symposium

9:30 AM – Panel I
Pharmaceutical Liability and Sports

Moderator:

JOHN M. VORPERIAN, ESQ.
Professor of Sports Law/Sports Management,
Concordia College;
Host, “Beyond the Game”

Panelists:

EUGENE ROGER EGDORF, ESQ.
Pharmaceutical Litigator, The Lanier Law Firm;
Certified Contract Advisor, NFL Players Association

EUGENE LEE, ESQ.
President and Founder, ETL Associates;
Certified Contract Advisor, NFL Players Association

CAMERON A. MYLER, ESQ.
Associate, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, P.C.
Four-time Olympic Luger;
Associate Counsel, World Olympians Association

5 Minute Break

11:15 AM – Panel II
Sports Journalism Ethics

Moderator:

ABNER GREENE, ESQ.
Leonard F. Manning Chair,
Professor, Fordham University Law School

Panelists:

ARI FLEISCHER
President, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications
Former White House Press Secretary

MIKE FLORIO, ESQ.
Correspondent, Profootballtalk.com

JACK MARSHALL, ESQ.
President and Founder, ProEthics;
Primary Writer and Editor, The Ethics Scoreboard

MARK CONRAD, ESQ.
Professor of Legal and Ethical Studies,
Fordham University School of Business

DAVID SUSSMAN, ESQ.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
Former Counsel and acting COO of the New York Yankees

1:00 – Lunch

1:45 PM – Keynote Address

Introduction by PAT F.X. FITZPATRICK, JR.
Co-Editor Fordham Sports Law Symposium

JOHN D. FEERICK, ESQ.
Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law in Public Service,
Director /Founder of the Feerick Center for Federal Justice,
Fordham University Law School

2:45 PM – Panel III
Gambling in Sports

Moderator:

MATTHEW J. MITTEN, ESQ.
Director, National Sports Law Institute;
Director of LL.M in Sports Law for Foreign Lawyers,
Marquette University Law School

Panelists:

JEFFREY STANDEN, ESQ.
Professor of Sports Law,
Willamette University;
Author of Upcoming Publication:
The Beauty of Bets: Prediction Markets, Wagers and Compensation for Professional Athletes

JAY MOYER, ESQ.
Adjunct Professor,
Fordham University Law School;
Special Counsel, National Football League

MARC EDELMAN, ESQ.
Visiting Professor,
Rutgers School of Law- Camden;
Founder and CEO, www.SportsJudge.com

SENATOR RAYMOND LESNIAK
State Senator of New Jersey
Plaintiff: Interactive Entertainment & Gaming Association, Inc., et al. v. Holder, et al.

CLE Credits and Registration Fees: Free and open to the public | 6 NYS CLE (non-transitional, professional practice) credits and lunch available for $100 ($85 for Fordham Law alumni & public interest attorneys). Lunch without CLE credit is available for $10. Fordham Law School has a financial hardship policy.

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.