Panel 1: Jodi S. Balsam Andrew B. Lustigman
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Panel 1: Jodi S. Balsam Jodi S. Balsam is an Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director of Externship Programs at the Brooklyn Law School. Among her teaching interests are Sports Law, Professional Responsibility, the Externship Seminar, and negotiation and other lawyering skills. She is the faculty advisor to the Brooklyn Entertainment and Sports Law Society, which voted her 2016 Professor of the Year, and she is chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Law and Sports. Professor Balsam has also taught courses in Sports Law and Sports Contracts at New York University, New York Law School, and Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. She is a co-author of the upcoming sixth edition of Weiler Robert's Sports and the Law, the leading law school casebook in the field. Before joining academia, Professor Balsam was the National Football League's Counsel for Operations and Litigation, where she managed litigation in all areas of law, oversaw a variety of policy and operational matters, negotiated and drafted contracts for League special events including the Super Bowl, and administered the League's internal dispute resolution process and compliance program. She began her practice career as a litigation attorney with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, representing primarily sports and entertainment clients in antitrust matters and complex commercial litigation. She has also served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge Charles Brieant of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Counsel to the Clerk of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and now sits on the Court's Attorney Advisory Committee on Local Rules. Professor Balsam has presented at many sports law conferences and symposia, and frequently appears in the media on legal issues in sports being seen on ESPN, MSNBC, and quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Bloomberg/Businessweek, and CBS Moneywatch. Andrew B. Lustigman Andrew B. Lustigman is a partner at Olshan Law representing marketers, advertisers, agencies, and suppliers in connection with the legal aspects of their advertising and promotional marketing businesses. He is a member of the Olshan Executive Committee and is Chair of the firm's Advertising, Marketing, and Promotion's group. Leveraging his extensive experience in advertising, marketing and promotions, Andrew counsels domestic and international clients regarding a broad range of matters, including the clearance of advertising and marketing materials, the structuring of sweepstakes, games or skill, and other contests, the development of social media programs and direct marketing campaigns from a compliance standpoint, and the resolution of regulatory, competitor, intellectual property and privacy matters. According to Chambers USA, clients report, "he's the one guy in the industry I'd go to. Every single issue in advertising, compliance, litigation, whatever – he does it all, and he does it well." Andy is also noted as "a renowned transactional lawyer who is also adept in dispute resolution," noting that he "gives excellent advice" and "helps me find creative solutions." A significant portion of Andy's practice involves a review of advertising and promotional campaigns to help ensure compliance with substantiation requirements and relevant legal standards. He provides advice or campaigns across all media channels – Internet, television, print, radio, direct mail, mobile, telemarketing, and other electronic media, as well as social media platforms. Andy regularly appears on television, radio, and in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, National Law Journal, Inside Counsel, Bloomberg BNA, Law360, Mobile Marketer, Luxury Daily, and Response discussing important new cases and trends that advertisers and marketers need to know. He also contributes to the Brand Activation Association/Promotion Marketing Association's Promotion Marketing Law treatise and various American Bar Association publications. He frequently speaks on advertising and promotional market law topics throughout the country. Miles Welo Miles Welo is an attorney at Mansour Gavin LPA and certified NFLPA Contract Advisor at Game Sports Management and Media. As an attorney, Miles represents clients on a broad range of issues related to business, athletics, estate planning, litigation, IP, and music. As a Contract Advisor, Miles focuses on representing NFL players in their contract negotiations, marketing negotiations, pre-draft training, and general business transactions. Miles also counsels football coaches in their professional and personal capacities. Miles completed the Great Lakes Sports and Entertainment Law Academy in 2011, and served as the Vice President of the Entertainment and Sports Law Association at Cleveland-Marshall college of Law. He received his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and received his law degree from Cleveland-Marshal College of Law, where he graduated cum laude. Miles has an extensive background in football, including time that he served as an assistant football coach at Division-II affiliated Notre Dame College. Miles maintains his connection to coaching as he now serves as an assistant football coach at Benedictine High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Panel 2: Laura Lape Professor Laura Lape graduated law school with highest honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She practiced as an associate in the probate department at a leading Boston law firm before beginning a teaching career. She taught at Temple University and at UNC at Chapel Hill before coming to Syracuse. Professor Lape focuses her writing on copyright law and teaches courses in copyright, property, and intellectual property. Her research interests lie mainly in the area of copyright law. Frank W. Ryan Frank Ryan is a Partner, Global Co-Chair, US Co-Chair, and Intellectual Property and Technology Deputy Chair at DLA Piper in New York City. Frank provides legal and strategic advice to domestic and multinational clients who draw on his experience in litigation, intellectual property, media and sports, and complex commercial matters. Frank has successfully taken a wide variety of cases to trial and his clients turn to him as a go-to strategist and litigator for their most important matters. He has handled numerous cases and jury trials in the media, sport and medical device arenas and has particular experience in patent, trademark, trade secret, false advertising and business litigation. Frank routinely counsels clients on media and sports deals as well as on patent, trademark and copyright litigation and intellectual property portfolio development and protection. Frank’s experience includes numerous engagements for ESPN, Disney, ABC, NCAA Related matters, Nike, Al Jazeera, Medtronic, ConMed and beIN Sports, as well as for a number of other prominent networks, medical device companies, and media and sports related entities, among them professional sports clubs. Frank has extensive case experience in the areas of Copyright, Trademark, First Amendment, and Patent cases. He has presented at various seminars, is widely published, and actively participates in the Syracuse University community. Jaia Thomas Jaia Thomas is a Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment attorney with over ten years of experience. She regularly assists professionals in the television, film and digital industries with transactional and intellectual property matters. She has been quoted as a legal expert in such publications as The New York Times, USA Today and ESPN and has served as a panelist for the Los Angeles County Bar Association and Beverly Hills Bar Association. Jaia is currently an adjunct professor at UCLA, where she teaches a course titled "Copyright Law and the Entertainment Industry." She also teaches a summer seminar series at Southwestern Law School titled "How to Start and Build a Law Practice," where she equips law students with the tools necessary to launch and successfully sustain a law practice. Prior to her appointment at UCLA and Southwestern Law, she was an adjunct professor at American University in Washington DC where she taught graduate students about the inner workings of production company formation. She has guest lectured at Vassar College and Georgetown Law School. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jaia Thomas is a graduate of Colgate University (BA) and The George Washington University Law School (JD). She also holds a Certificate in Television, Film and New Media Production from University of California, Los Angeles. She is a member of the New York Bar Association and American Bar Association. Panel 3: Justin DiTolla Justin DiTolla was appointed the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance at Syracuse University in August of 2017. He is currently the compliance liaison with the football and softball programs at SU. He is responsible for day-to-day compliance operations of both programs as to ensure compliance with NCAA, Atlantic Coast Conference and University rules and regulations. In addition, he is responsible for the comprehensive rules education program that consists of educating coaches, student-athletes, boosters, athletic department staff and other University officials. He previously served as the Assistant Director of Compliance at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from September 2013 through July 2017, where he was the compliance liaison with the football, softball, men’s volleyball, women’s water polo and men’s/women’s