20 RIDGE LAW FIRM, PLLC
Attorney at Law
Expertise. Intuition. Ingenuity.
Sports Law Practice
20 Ridge Law provides legal advice and guidance to clients in the professional and amateur sports world. Our clients are athletes, coaches, trainers, officials, and teams in the NBA, XFL, USFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA, NASCAR, MLS, MMA, professional boxing, and professional wrestling. We provide a comprehensive set of services to our clients on a variety of topics including labor law issues, contract negotiation, IP rights, sponsorship and endorsement deals, naming rights, and brand protection strategies.
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Contract Review & Negotiation
20 Ridge Law negotiates deals across the various sports leagues, media organizations, and other sports entities in the U.S. We are regularly chosen by coaches, players, trainers, broadcasters, analysts, and front office executives to review, negotiate, and enforce the terms of their agreements. Some of our recent clients include USFL, XFL, MMA, and professional boxers. 20 Ridge also negotiates media/streaming rights agreements for historically
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Arbitration and Mediation
20 Ridge Law has experience working on behalf of clients to resolve disputes and navigating the processes involved in arbitration, mediation, disciplinary hearings, and other official league and organization proceedings. We also have experience representing clients in contract disputes with leagues, media companies, sponsors, and others.
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Sponsorships & Endorsements
20 Ridge Law represents athletes in a broad range of matters, including negotiating endorsement and sponsorship deals with apparel manufacturers, nutritional supplement companies, food and beverage businesses, and sports equipment manufacturers. We work to ensure that our clients obtain the appropriate contractual terms before accepting any endorsement or sponsorship opportunities.
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Intellectual Property
20 Ridge Law works with sports clients on copyright and trademark-related matters, and other intellectual property matters. We provide strategic advice and guidance to our clients in the sports industry. Some of our services include licensing arrangements, protection rights against infringing third parties, and trademark registration.
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Name Image & Likeness ("NIL") Deals for College Athletes
20 Ridge Law provides legal advice and guidance to U.S. college athletes. We provide a full suite of services to college athletes including, reviewing NIL agreements and scholarship offers, and NCAA compliance reviews. Our firm works with the NCAA compliance teams, agents, accounting, and financial professionals on behalf of our clients to protect their interests. Our goal is to help ensure that your participation in NIL-related business relationships are proper and does not create any eligibility issues.
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Brand Protection
At 20 Ridge Law we understand the value of your brand, name, image and likeness. Our goal is to help our clients protect their brand, and maximize the monetization of that brand.