Conference Participants

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Julian Bailes
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
West Virginia University Department of Neurosurgery
Consultant to the National Football League

Deborah L. Brake
Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Dallas D. Branch, Jr.
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Sport Management
Program, WVU

Dana D. Brooks
Dean and Professor
West Virginia University School of Physical Education

Sherri Burr
Professor of Law
University of New Mexico School of Law

Todd J. Clark
Assistant Professor of Law
North Carolina Central University

David Cornwell
President
DNK Cornwell

andré douglas pond cummings
Associate Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law

Timothy Davis
Professor of Law
Wake Forest University

Charles DiSalvo
Woodrow A. Potesta Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law

Jeremi Duru
Assistant Professor of Law
Temple University

Len Elmore
Senior Counsel
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP

Dr. Bernard Franklin
NCAA Senior Vice President
Governance, Membership, Education and Research Services

William B. Gould IV
Professor of Law
Stanford Law School

Suzan Shown Harjo
President and Executive Director
The Morning Star Institute

Jeffrey M. Hirsch
Associate Professor of Law
University of Tennessee College of Law

Conference Participants

Gordon Hylton
Professor of Law
Marquette University

Floyd Keith
Executive Director
Black Coaches Association

Marlon LeBlanc
Men’s Soccer Head Coach
West Virginia University

Anne Marie Lofaso
Associate Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law

Daniel Malasky, Esq.
Counsel, Professional Tennis
United States Tennis Association

Lisa Pike Masteralexis
Department Head and Associate Professor
Department of Sport Management
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Alfred Mathewson
Professor of Law
University of New Mexico

Michael McCann
Assistant Professor of Law
Mississippi College School of Law

Joyce McConnell
Thomas R. Goodwin Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law

Cyrus Mehri
Founding Partner
Mehri & Skalet, PLLC
Counsel to the Fritz Pollard Alliance

Barbara Osborne
Associate Professor of Sport Administration
University of North Carolina

Joseph Rosen
Baseball and Media Division
Orpheus LLC

Judith Scully
Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law

Kenneth Shropshire
David W. Hauck Professor
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Silverman
Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP

Andre Smith
Assistant Professor of Law
Florida International University

Dennis Walsh
Board Member
National Labor Relations Board