Lead Counsel Experience

• Lead counsel for the Los Angeles Lakers in multiple high-stakes confidential litigation matters, achieving successful outcomes.
• Lead counsel for Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (parent company of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty) in a high-stakes confidential matter, resulting in a favorable resolution.
• Lead counsel for a Major League Baseball club in a high-profile arbitration against a player, securing a victory for the club.
• Lead counsel for a global sports organization in successfully defending the organization against a lawsuit brought by a professional athlete, resulting in the withdrawal of the athlete’s complaint and the discontinuance of the action.
• Lead counsel for an NBA team in a high-stakes confidential arbitration, resulting in a favorable settlement.
• Led a multidisciplinary, cross-border team advising LA28 on the most successful ticket launch in Olympic history, resulting in the sale of six million tickets for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
• Led a team representing a professional sports league in connection with a confidential arbitration.

Other Experience

• Represented a controlling owner of an NBA team in a high-stakes ownership dispute involving minority owners.
• As head of litigation for the NBA, oversaw the league’s defense in numerous lawsuits, achieving victories at both the district court and circuit court level involving claims of alleged antitrust violations, data privacy violations, trademark infringement, and breach of contract.*
• Successfully managed the NBA’s defense against numerous confidential arbitrations under the NBA/NBPA Collective Bargaining Agreement, including matters relating to anti-doping violations, league discipline, and contractual disputes involving high-profile players.*
• Represented the NBA in investigations of NBA teams concerning compliance with league rules on salary cap circumvention and free agency negotiations.*
• Represented the NBA in high-stakes collective bargaining negotiations, resulting in two successful collective bargaining agreements and numerous other letter agreements.*
• Represented an energy company in an investor-state arbitration under ICSID that resulted in an award of more than $1 billion in damages for the client.*
• Represented a hedge fund in successfully enforcing loan agreements against a former chief executive officer of a major apparel brand in the Delaware Court of Chancery.*
• Represented a pharmaceutical company in a breach of contract litigation in the Northern District of Illinois.*
• Served as ad hoc clerk to the AAA tribunal overseeing the USPS cycling anti-doping arbitration.*

* Work above performed prior to joining O’Melveny