Please click on the name of each segment to view the corresponding webcast
3:00 – 4:15 p.m.(link above)
Panel 1: Contract Negotiations in Sports and Entertainment
Stan Kasten, Founding Partner and President, Washington Nationals
Maurita Coley, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, former Senior Vice President, BET and Georgetown Law Class of 1981
Lisa A. Williams-Fauntroy, Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs, Discovery Communications, and Georgetown Law Class of 1994
Donald Fishman, Assistant General Manager and Director of Legal Affairs, Washington Capitals
Jimmy Lynn,
Vice President, Diversity Partnerships and Strategic Relationships, AOL
Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown
University
4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Panel 2: Urban Planning in Sports and Entertainment
Gregory O’Dell, CEO, District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission (Invited)
Edward L. Cohen, Principal, Lerner Enterprises, Principal Owner, Washington Nationals and Georgetown Law Class of 1971
Peter Biche,
President of Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer,
Washington Sports & Entertainment and Georgetown University
McDonough School of Business Class of 1978
J.R. Clark, Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
5:45 – 6:00 p.m.
Presentation of the GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award
The panelists will discuss the approaches
and challenges of contract negotiations in the sports and entertainment
industry and the process of urban planning regarding sports and
entertainment facilities, such as the new Washington Nationals Stadium.
The Georgetown Entertainment & Media Alliance (GEMA) and the
Georgetown Sports and Entertainment Law Society have joined forces to
form GEMALaw.
This event marks GEMALaw’s official launch. GEMALaw is for students,
alumni, faculty, parents and friends in the Georgetown community who
share an interest in legal issues affecting the sports, entertainment
and media industry.
The first GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award will be presented to Edward L. Cohen,
Principal, Lerner Enterprises, Principal Owner, Washington Nationals
and Georgetown Law class of 1971. The award is given to a Georgetown
Law alumnus who represents outstanding professional accomplishment as
well as a long-standing devotion to the sports, entertainment and media
industry. |
