The expert’s practice encompasses NCAA Division I amateurism, eligibility, and international recruiting frameworks, including analysis of compliance structures, institutional risk management, and governance policies affecting student-athletes and member institutions. Their experience includes advising international sport governing bodies, member conferences, and coaching associations on amateurism policy, recruiting regulations, and legal considerations in athletics settings. This work reflects direct involvement with organizations such as the NCAA governance structure, Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the International Archery Federation, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport, where regulatory interpretation, policy development, and dispute-related issues are central to their analysis.

This expert witness brings more than 20 years of experience at the intersection of sport law, higher education administration, and international athletics governance, with a professional background that integrates legal practice, academic research, and regulatory analysis. Their work in an expert capacity includes litigation consultation and deposition testimony in matters involving intercollegiate athletics, intellectual property, and institutional liability, grounded in experience with legal research, empirical analysis, and policy evaluation.

Additional areas of expertise include intellectual property, rights of publicity, trademark surveys, and legal issues arising from new media, video games, and sports-related commercial activity. Their work also addresses sports gambling regulation, comparative law, data ownership and protection, and risk management, including institutional liability and negligence. These areas are applied in disputes involving antitrust, employment, discrimination, entertainment law, and tort-related claims within sport and recreational contexts.

The expert holds a PhD in sport management, a master’s degree in athletic administration and sport management, and a law degree. They are a licensed attorney and maintain professional involvement with organizations including the Sports Lawyers Association, the Sport and Recreation Law Association, and the International Masters of Gaming Law. Their contributions to legal scholarship and policy include authorship of legal analyses on sports law and gambling regulation, as well as participation in an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States addressing sports-related legal issues, reflecting engagement with federal-level litigation and regulatory interpretation.