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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, AOLOffice of Diversity and Inclusion and Adjunct Professor, GeorgetownUniversity
4:30 5:45 p.m.
Panel 2: Urban Planning in Sports and Entertainment
Gregory ODell, 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 UniversityMcDonough 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 approachesand challenges of contract negotiations in the sports and entertainmentindustry and the process of urban planning regarding sports andentertainment facilities, such as the new Washington Nationals Stadium.
The Georgetown Entertainment & Media Alliance (GEMA) and theGeorgetown Sports and Entertainment Law Society have joined forces toform GEMALaw.This event marks GEMALaws official launch. GEMALaw is for students,alumni, faculty, parents and friends in the Georgetown community whoshare an interest in legal issues affecting the sports, entertainmentand media industry.
The first GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award will be presented to Edward L. Cohen,Principal, Lerner Enterprises, Principal Owner, Washington Nationalsand Georgetown Law class of 1971. The award is given to a GeorgetownLaw alumnus who represents outstanding professional accomplishment aswell as a long-standing devotion to the sports, entertainment and mediaindustry.
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