Board of Advisors

NATIONAL SPORTS LAW INSTITUTE

• DIRECTOR: Matthew J. Mitten, Professor of Law and Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland


• ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Paul M. Anderson, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law and Chair, Sports Law Alumni Association

BOARD OF ADVISORS

• CHAIR: Casey Shilts, Chief Operating Officer, Hicks Sports Group LLC, and Executive Vice President, Hicks Holdings LLC, Dallas, Texas


• VICE-CHAIR: Richard McLaren, Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Counsel to McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, and Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland

SPORTS INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

• Mary K. Braza, Partner and Chair, Sports Industry Team, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Jeff Benz, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Inc., Los Angeles, California


• Richard Berthelsen, General Counsel, National Football League Players' Association, Washington, D.C.


• John S. Black, General Counsel, National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis, Indiana


• Andrew Brandt, President, The National Football Post, Adjunct Professor, Wharton School of Business and Georgetown University Law Center, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania


• Doug Chickering, WIAA Director Emeritus, Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, Stevens Point, Wisconsin


• Elsa Kircher Cole, Vice President of Legal Affairs/General Counsel, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana


• John P. Collins, Partner, Collins & Collins, Chicago, Illinois


• Willie Derrick Crawford, Counsel for Policy & Litigation and Compliance Officer, National Football League, New York, New York


• Janis K. Doleschal, Sports Law Consultant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Jeff Gewirtz, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, NETS BASKETBALL/Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, East Rutherford, New Jersey


• Edward T. Goines, Principal, Sui Generis, PC, San Francisco, California


• Martin J. Greenberg, Managing Partner, Greenberg & Hoeschen, LLC, Chair of the Board, Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation, and Member, Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District,Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Clark Griffith, Attorney at Law, Clark C. Griffith, P.A., and Commissioner, Northern League of Professional Baseball, Minneapolis, Minnesota


• Charles Henderson, Attorney-at-Law, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Secretary and General Counsel of the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, and Chairman of the Board, Pettit National Ice Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Philip R. Hochberg, Principal, Law Offices of Phillip R. Hochberg, Rockville, Maryland


• Robert Kaler, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, United States Soccer Federation Foundation Inc., Washington, D.C.


• Gordon Kirke, Sports Lawyer and Sports Law Professor, Toronto, Canada


• Robert H. Lattinville, Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Saint Louis, Missouri


• Robert E. Leib, President and CEO, Leib Advisors, LLC, & THE LEIB GROUP, LLC, Mequon, Wisconsin


• Michael Marcil, Vice President of Development, Creighton Prep High School, Omaha, Nebraska


• Jim McKeown, Partner, Chair, Antitrust Practice Group, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Michael Megna, Sports Consultant, Mequon, Wisconsin


• A. J. (Jack) Mills, Jr., President, Ascent Sports Management, Boulder, Colorado


• Charles C. Mulcahy, Senior Advisor, McKinley Reserve, and President, Milwaukee Tennis Classic, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Maidie E. Oliveau, Counsel, Arent Fox, Los Angeles, California, and Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland


• Alan J. Ostfield, Chief Operating Officer, Palace Sports & Entertainment, Auburn Hills, Michigan


• Jill Pilgrim, General Counsel, Ladies Professional Golf Association, Inc., Daytona Beach, Florida


• Katie Pothier, Executive Vice President/General Counsel, San Diego Padres, San Diego, California


• Rick Schlesinger, Executive Vice President - Business Operations, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Allan (Bud) Selig, Commissioner, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Michael L. Slive, Commissioner, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama


• Deborah Spander, Vice President Business Affairs, MTV Entertainment, Los Angeles, California


• Craig Stoehr, Chairman, The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin


• Mark F. Vetter, Attorney & Shareholder, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Brookfield, Wisconsin


• Anne Wall, Owner, Marketing Navigators, Inc., Oconomowoc, Wisconsin


• Ronald L. Walter, Vice President and Alternate Governor, Milwaukee Bucks, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Kevin Warren, Vice President of Operations & Legal Counsel, Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC., Eden Prairie, Minnesota


• Gary Way, Managing Attorney, Sports Law Practice Group, NIKE Inc., Beaverton, Oregon

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES

Marquette University Law School

• Patricia A. Cervenka, Professor of Law and Director, Marquette University Law Library and Law School Technology


• Frank C. DeGuire, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law


• James Ghiardi, Professor of Law Emeritus


• John Kircher, Professor of Law


• J. Gordon Hylton, Professor of Law


• Phoebe Williams, Associate Professor of Law

Other Academic Institutions

• Michael Cramer, Clinical Assistant Professor, Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, New York University, New York, New marcilYork


• Timothy Davis, John W. & Ruth H. Turnage Professor of Law, School of Law, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina


• Lisa Masteralexis, Department Head & Associate Professor, Department of Sport Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts


• James Nafziger, Thomas B. Stoel Professor and Director, International Law Programs, Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon


• Hayden Opie, Director of Studies, Sports Law Program, Law School, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


• Kenneth L. Shropshire, David W. Hauck Professor and Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


• Rodney Smith, President, Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Virginia

SPORTS LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LIAISON

• William Miller, Assistant Professor, Sport & Fitness Management, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin