California Sports Lawyer® – Leveraging the Best Law Advices, Regulations, and Judicial Decisions for Sports and Athletic Organizations

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Sports law is the collection of the many different types of law that impact the sports industry. Sports law might involve issues that relate to professional or Olympic athletes. It also relates to laws that govern youth and amateur sports. There are many different types of law that impact the sports industry like contract law, personal injury law, trademark, criminal law, and athletic administration. Sports lawyers live and work throughout the United States. Even though professional sports agents might be the first thing that come to mind, sports law is a broad term for many different types of law that impact the way people play sports both professionally and recreational. For example, a professional athlete relies on contract law for a playing agreement. Trademark law might protect the team that they play for. If an athlete gets hurt inside or outside the field of play, personal injury law might come into play. In addition to professional athletes, sports law reaches the youngest children that play sports. Rules for coach training and safety equipment might impact young athletes. College athletes also feel the impact of sports law as the colleges and universities they play with work to comply with Title IX laws and regulations from sports governing authorities like the NCAA and the NAIA.

California Sports Lawyer^® is an award-winning and industry leading law practice representing entertainment, media, and sports clientele in contractual, intellectual property, and deal making matters based in Los Angeles.

Offering Best Legal Advice for Sports Organizations

Trademark Law in Sports Law: Professional sports teams depend on their trademarks. Trademark infringement is a challenging area of sports law for the attorneys who work to enforce trademarks on behalf of college and professional sports teams. Merchandising is often as critical to the income of a college or professional team as ticket sales. California Sports Lawyer^® performs a critical function enforcing the trademark rights of the teams they represent.

Criminal Law in Sports Law: Sports law isn’t immune from criminal law. A jury convicted Major League Baseball star Barry Bonds of obstruction of justice for his testimony to a grand jury. Bonds’ trainer faced federal charges for providing athletes with banned steroids. A higher court later overturned the conviction on appeal. Athletes are not immune from criminal prosecution for on-field behavior. Most behavior in sports falls under presumed consent. In other words, some physical contact is part of the game. However, when contact goes above and beyond what’s expected and reasonable in a sporting event, an athlete may face criminal prosecution for their actions. Whether an athlete is a professional, collegiate athlete or amateur, any athlete may face criminal charges for an assault and battery offense that goes beyond the scope of play. Some sporting activity is outright illegal. For example, cock fighting and dog fighting is banned in all 50 states. In some states, it’s illegal to even watch a cockfight. Some offenses are criminal felonies. Professional athletes are subject to the laws of society. When they face criminal charges, it’s often high profile. Their professional reputation or participation in their athletic league may be on the line. Criminal charges for athletes in professional sports and for collegiate athletes may be high-stakes. California Sports Lawyer^® work to protect their athletes’ record as well as their professional reputation.

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Jeremy M. Evans is the Chief Entrepreneur Officer (CEO), Founder, and Managing Attorney of California Sports Lawyer®. He represents entertainment, media, and sports clientele in contractual, intellectual property, and deal making matters. Evans is an award-winning attorney and industry leader based in Los Angeles.

His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers, models, directors, television showrunners and film producers, studios, writers, individuals and businesses in contractual, intellectual property, formation, production, distribution, negotiation, and deal making matters. Evans is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with an Emphasis in American Politics (BA '05), Thomas Jefferson School of Law with a Juris Doctor (JD '11), Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law with a Master of Laws in Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law (LLM '18), and Pepperdine University George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management with a Master of Business Administration in Entertainment, Media, and Sports Management (MBA '20).

Prior to opening California Sports Lawyer^®, Evans worked as a Graduate Law Clerk at the Superior Court of California, advising judicial officers in civil and criminal law and motion matters. Prior to law school, he worked as the associate director for corporate finance at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP. He has also worked as a legislative aide and field representative in the California State Legislature and continues to work on local and national campaigns.