Sports Law – Sports Attorneys Reisinger, Farrell Join Dreier LLP

Attorneys bring expertise representing sports figures in salary arbitrations, contract analysis, grievance and disciplinary proceedings,Congressional hearings and criminal defense NEW YORK, Jan. 23 LAWFUEL - Sport & Entertainment Legal News -- Dreier LLP announced today that prominent sports attorneys Jay K. Reisinger and Thomas J. Farrell have joined the firm's Sports Practice as partners along with Valerie Antonette, who has joined as an associate. The group, all from Reich, Alexander, Reisinger & Farrell, LLC, will be based in Pittsburgh, where Dreier LLP has opened an office. Mr. Reisinger represents professional athletes in salary arbitration proceedings, contract analysis and league imposed disciplinary actions. Additionally, he represents both professional and amateur athletes in criminal and civil litigation matters. Mr. Reisinger also represents coaches in contract negotiations. He and Mr. Farrell currently are advising Major League Baseball players targeted in Senator George Mitchell's investigation into performance-enhancing substances. Presently, they are representing New York Yankees' pitcher Andy Pettitte in the related upcoming Congressional hearings. Previously, Mr. Reisinger and Mr. Farrell advised Sammy Sosa during the 2005 Congressional hearings on steroid use in Major League Baseball. Mr. Reisinger is certified as an agent by the Major League Baseball Players Association and is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association. Mr. Farrell, who has a long and varied career as a private and government lawyer, including as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Pennsylvania, focuses on white-collar criminal defense. He frequently lectures and writes on criminal practice, civil liberties and evidence. Ms. Antonette focuses on criminal defense and sports law, where her practice includes the representation of professional athletes in salary arbitration proceedings, contract analysis and grievance proceedings. "We are proud to welcome Jay, Tom and Valerie to Dreier LLP. Their expertise will play a key role in our representation of professional athletes across the country," stated Marc S. Dreier, founder and managing partner of Dreier LLP. "Their skill and knowledge in sports law complements our strength in representing high profile entertainers in the full spectrum of legal matters. We will now be able to offer the same full range of services for professional sports figures." Besides representing athletes in matters directly related to sports, Dreier LLP also focuses on assisting them in selecting and dealing with other needed professionals, including accountants, agents, financial advisors, public relations firms, insurance agencies and the like - all with a view to providing comprehensive counseling. "With its entrepreneurial structure, Dreier LLP offers an exciting opportunity to provide sports figures not only with the highest levels of representation in matters directly related to their professions, but also in helping them to develop and protect their presence outside of sports," Mr. Reisinger stated. The Dreier LLP Sports Law Department includes noted attorneys Thomas M. Reich, who serves as of counsel to the firm and has long represented some of the most famous professional athletes in baseball and hockey, and Don E. N. Gibson, who is a partner at the firm and previously served as General Counsel to Major League Baseball Properties Inc. Mr. Reisinger previously served as outside counsel to Reich's Pittsburgh- based firm Reich, Katz & Landis Baseball Group and also provided legal services to Thomas M. Reich & Associates, whose clients included NHL stars Mario Lemieux, Chris Chelios, Tom Barrasso, Kevin Stevens, Luc Robataille and many other National Hockey League players. Jay K. Reisinger Mr. Reisinger's practice focuses on sports law and criminal defense. His sports law practice includes representation of professional athletes in salary arbitration proceedings, contract analysis, disciplinary matters and criminal and civil litigation issues. He represents both players and agents in grievance/arbitration proceedings. Mr. Reisinger also represents NCAA coaches in contract negotiations. He also represents amateur athletes in NCAA and high school eligibility matters. His criminal practice ranges from pre- indictment investigations and negotiations and the representation of witnesses and victims, to white-collar matters such as fraud, and tax evasion. Mr. Reisinger formerly served as outside counsel to the Reich, Katz & Landis Baseball Group, and has also provided legal services to Thomas M. Reich & Associates, whose clients included NHL stars Mario Lemieux, Chris Chelios, Tom Barrasso, Kevin Stevens, Luc Robataille and many other National Hockey League players. He is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Sports and Entertainment Law Committee, and is a certified player agent with the Major League Baseball Players Association. He received a B.A. from Allegheny College in 1991 and a J.D. from Ohio Northern University School of Law in 1996, where he was a member of the Order of the Barristers. Thomas J. Farrell Mr. Farrell's practice focuses on criminal defense, ranging from pre- indictment investigations and negotiations and the representation of witnesses and victims, to trials, appeals and post-conviction petitions; from white collar matters such as health care fraud, tax evasion, complex securities frauds, and environmental crimes, to capital murder. He has extensive experience in civil rights litigation, commercial fraud litigation, corporate compliance and internal investigations and the prosecution of whistleblower claims. Mr. Farrell previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh, where he was awarded the Director's Award from the Executive Offices of United States Attorneys for his work in prosecuting financial crimes and public corruption. He also served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Farrell frequently lectures and writes on criminal practice, civil liberties, and evidence. He is the author of Criminal Defense Tools and Techniques, which will be published in 2008 by James Publishing (San Francisco, CA). Mr. Farrell is a member of the Attorney Selection Committee for Criminal Justice Act Attorneys for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and of the Board of the Pittsburgh ACLU and a hearing officer for the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. He received a B.A., cum laude, in Philosophy from Yale University in 1983 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1986, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. Valerie M. Antonette Ms. Antonette's practice focuses on criminal defense and sports law. Her sports law practice includes representation of professional athletes in salary arbitration proceedings, contract analysis and grievance proceedings. Ms. Antonette received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Mesa State College in 2001 and a J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 2004, where she was a member of the Order of Barristers and a member of the National Trial Moot Court Team. Background on Dreier LLP Dreier LLP was founded in 1996 by Marc Dreier as a more responsive and innovative alternative to traditional "large-firm" lawyering. Dreier LLP represents a wide range of institutional, entrepreneurial and individual clients in diverse sectors of financial, industrial and service-oriented markets. The firm's principal practices are commercial litigation, real estate, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employment, corporate and securities, entertainment, intellectual property, matrimonial and tax. Dreier LLP's Los Angeles affiliate, Dreier Stein Kahan Browne Woods & George LLP, has its principal practice in entertainment and commercial litigation and corporate transactions. The firm's New York affiliate Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP has an extensive practice in the area of trusts and estates law. Pitta & Dreier LLP is an affiliate which specializes in labor law, and Pitta, Bishop, Del Giorno & Dreier LLP specializes in government relations. In the 12 years since its founding, Dreier LLP, with its affiliate members, has grown to more than 200 attorneys, with its principal office at 499 Park Avenue in Manhattan, and additional offices in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California; Albany, New York; Stamford, Connecticut; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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