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2013 Loyola (Los Angeles) Sports Law Symposium

What: Loyola Sports Law Symposium – Current Developments in Player Health and Safety

When: Saturday, April 6, 2013

Where: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 919 Albany Street, Los Angeles, California 90015

Schedule

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast, The Girardi Advocacy Center

9:00 – 9:05 a.m.: Welcome, Robinson Courtroom, The Girardi Advocacy Center

  • Daniel E. Lazaroff, Leonard Cohen Professor of Law and Economics and Director of Loyola Sports Law Institute at Loyola Law School

9:05 – 11:05 a.m. PANEL I: DRUGS, DOPING AND DRUG TESTING

  • Adolpho A. Birch III, Senior Vice President of Law & Labor Policy, National Football League
  • Anthony Butch, Ph.D., Director, UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Matthew Fedoruk, Ph.D., Science Director, United States Anti-Doping Agency
  • Onye Ikwuakor, Legal Affairs Director, United States Anti-Doping Agency
  • Maidie E. Oliveau, Counsel, Arent Fox LLP and Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport

MODERATOR: Professor Daniel E. Lazaroff

BREAK: 11:05 – 11:15 a.m.

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. PANEL II: CONCUSSIONS AND HEAD TRAUMA

  • Modesto (“Doc”) Diaz, Managing Partner, Leviton Diaz and Ginocchio, Workers’ Compensation Attorney
  • Thomas V. Girardi ‘64, Founding Partner, Girardi |Keese and Member, Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame
  • Joseph M. Miller, Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Former Chair, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
  • Tony L. Strickland, M.S., Ph.D., FNAN, FACPN, Chairman & CEO, Sports Concussion Institute and Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

MODERATOR: Professor Daniel E. Lazaroff

LUNCH: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Burns Lounge, Fritz B. Burns Academic Center

Keynote Speaker: Ryan Nece, B.A., former UCLA and National Football League Linebacker and Pac-12 Network Analyst

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. PANEL III: 3…2…1—LOOKING INTO THE LAUNCH OF FOX SPORTS 1, Hosted by UCLA Sports Law FederationRobinson Courtroom, The Girardi Advocacy Center

  • Robert Hacker, VP of Business and Legal Affairs, Fox Sports
  • Tina M. Pompey, VP of Intellectual Property, Fox Legal

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.