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Arizona State’s 3rd Annual Conference On Sports & Entertainment Law

What: Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s 3rd Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law

When: Saturday, October 27, 2012 (9 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Where: Armstrong Hall

Panel: Amateurism

  • Chuck Schmidt (Associate Executive Director, Arizona Interscholastic Association) (Moderator)
  • Timothy Epstein (Partner, SmithAmundsen)
  • Darren Heitner (Attorney, Wolfe Law Miami P.A + Writer at Forbes)
  • Marc Isenberg (Founder, MoneyPlayersBlog.com; Writer, The Student Athlete Survival Guide )
  • Mark Mignella (Partner, Law Office of Mark R. Mignella)
  • Stephen Webb (Executive Director of Athletic Compliance, Arizona State University)

Panel: Business of Sports & Entertainment

  • Jason Belzer (Founder, Global Athlete Management Enterprises, Inc.) (Moderator)
  • Jeffery Benz (Arbitrator, Benz ADR)
  • Woodie Dixon (General Counsel and Vice President of Business Affairs, PAC12 Conference)
  • Don Gibson (Founder, Kavi Sports & Entertainment)
  • Debbie Spander (Former VP of Business Affairs, MTV Entertainment; Fox Cable Networks)

Panel: Collective Bargaining Agreements

  • Caleb Jay (Associate General Counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks) (Moderator)
  • Gregg Clifton (Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP)
  • Timothy Epstein (Partner, SmithAmundsen)
  • Travis Leach (Member, Jennings Strouss)

Panel: Concussions & Sports Litigation

  • Jason Belzer (Founder, Global Athlete Management Enterprises, Inc.) (Moderator)
  • Paul Anderson (Founder, NFLConcussionLitigation.com)
  • David Dodick, MD (Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Phoenix)
  • Travis Leach (Member, Jennings Strouss)
  • Scott Peters (Former ASU + NFL Offensive Lineman)

Panel: Entertainment & Right of Publicity

  • Caleb Jay (Associate General Counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks) (Moderator)
  • Leonard Aragon (Partner, Hagens Berman LLP)
  • Mark Conrad (Professor, Forham University)
  • Connie Mableson (Partner, Mableson Law Group)
  • James Marovich (Partner, Marovich Law Firm, P.L.C.)

Panel: Future of Gambling & Gaming

  • Dana Hooper (Associate, Greenberg Traurig LLP) (Moderator)
  • Mark Brnovich (Director of the Arizona Department of Gaming)
  • Marc Isenberg (Founder, MoneyPlayersBlog.com; Writer, The Student Athlete Survival Guide )
  • Bill Squadron (President at Bloomberg Sports, Co-founder of Sportvision)

Panel: Town Hall: Current Topics in Sports Law (Lance Armstrong, Penn State Sandusky penalties, etc)

  • Sam Renaut (Attorney, NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor) (Moderator)
  • Timothy Epstein (Partner, SmithAmundsen)
  • Darren Heitner (Attorney, Wolfe Law Miami P.A + Writer at Forbes)
  • Lester Munson (Analyst at ESPN, Adjunct Professor at Northwestern)

Presentation: Ethics (CLE Credit Available!)

  • Steven Adelman (Founder, Adelman Law Group, PLLC)

Cost: Attorneys ($160), General Public ($15), Students & Professors ($10). Register here.

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.