GEMALaw
Sports • Entertainment • Media
(Formerly the Sports and Entertainment Law Society)
invites you to attend the
First Annual
Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium
A gathering of students & alumni to discuss hot issues in the industry
APRIL 11, 2008 • HART AUDITORIUM
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Panel 1: Contract Negotiations (3:00 – 4:15)
• Maurita Coley (L’81) ((Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine and former Senior Vice President, BET)
• Donald Fishman (Assistant General Manager & Director of Legal Affairs, Washington Capitals)
• Stan Kasten (President, Washington Nationals)
• Jimmy Lynn ((Vice President, Diversity Partnerships and Strategic Relationships for AOL's Office of Diversity and Inclusion)
• Lisa Williams-Fauntroy (L’94) (SVP, Business Affairs & Programming Legal Discovery Communications)
Panel 2: Urban Planning (4:30 – 5:45)
• Peter Biché (B’78) (President, Business Operations/Chief Financial Officer, Washington Sports & Entertainment)
• Edward L. Cohen (L’71) (Principal Owner, Washington Nationals)
• J.R. Clark (Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey)
• Greg O’Dell (DC Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors)
and the presentation of the first annual
GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award (5:45)
To
Edward L. Cohen (L’71)
An alumnus of the Georgetown University Law Center, Edward L. Cohen has helped elevate the status of sports in Washington, D.C., bringing back baseball to the Nation’s Capital after an absence of almost 35 years. With the introduction of the Washington Nationals, Mr. Cohen has helped create hundreds of new jobs, and with the construction of the new Nationals’ Stadium, hopes to revitalize the Southeastern DC area.
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
In Hart Lobby
(6:00 pm)
Admission is complimentary but for security purposes, YOU MUST RSVP BY APRIL 7 to be allowed entrance to the event.
Please RSVP to GEMALaw@law.georgetown.edu by April 7
Parking/ Directions: Attendees are encouraged to use METRO. Georgetown University Law Center is located between Judiciary Square and Union Station METRO stops. Parking is available on streets and public lots nearby. There is NO Parking to the general public available at Georgetown University Law Center.
For more information please visit GEMACalendar
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