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How to Be Resented Twice: Be a Sports Agent and a Lawyer

By Eric Lipman

Show me the money! Then sign this 43-page agreement, inter alia, releasing me and all my heirs, assigns, agents and employees from any claims arising out of the acceptance of said money from the beginning of time through and including the date of execution. Not quite as sexy, but, nevertheless, Bitter Lawyer has done some extensive research and named their "Top 5 Sports Agents Who Are Lawyers." Some of the names will be familiar to any pro sports fan who has ever angrily exclaimed, "They gave that prick how many million a year?!" Drew "Next Question" Rosenhaus took the number 1 spot, followed by Scott Boras, a name that I, as a serious baseball fan, can hardly type without convulsing. In the comments to the post, there's the beginning of a lively discussion about the (in)significance of the fact that most of the 11 lawyer/agents profiled (top 5 plus 6 honorable mentions) went to "TTT" law schools.

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on March 09, 2010 (boomark / email).