About

GREGORY J. TARONE, ESQ.

Practicing law on his own since 1979 with an expertise in sports law and international business.

Since 1986 while practicing law in Florida, Gregory J. Tarone, Esq. has been involved in sports law counseling amateurs and professionals, writing and lecturing about legal issues, and networking in support of athletes’ rights ripe for necessary litigation.

Greg has been an agent and manager for LPGA, NBA, and Olympic athletes and a Boston Marathon winner, all involving name, likeness and image (NIL) personal promotion, public relations, endorsements, and sponsorships as well as regulatory compliance.

To coordinate the needs of athletes through an international network of legal practitioners involved in representing athletes, Mr. Tarone collaborates and works with other sports lawyers and specialists, and established SPORTS LAWYERS INTERNATIONAL PLLC. If you are an interested lawyer, please contact him and provide your information.

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BIOGRAPHY

Education

  • Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., J.D. 1977
  • Board of Editors, Law & Policy in International Business Law Journal
  • Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., A.B. (English) 1973
  • Friends Academy, Locust Valley, New York, College Preparatory Diploma 1968

Courts

  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2020
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1980
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 1986
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2015
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 2017

Admissions Bars

  • New York, 1979
  • Florida, 1986
  • Massachusetts, 1991
  • Colorado, 1992

Admitted to Practice:

  • New York
  • Florida
  • Massachusetts
  • Colorado
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States District Courts for the Southern District
  • United States District Courts for the Northern District of New York
  • United States District Courts for the District of Connecticut
  • United States District Courts for the Southern District of Florida.

Activities:

  • Board of Editors, Law and Policy in International
  • Business law journal, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Student Body President’s appointment, Georgetown
  • University Law Center representative to the University
  • Building and Planning Committee, 1975-76.
  • Editor-in-Chief, Three Sisters undergraduate literary and arts magazine, Georgetown University; Associate Editor,
  • The Red & Black, Friends Academy
  • News staff of public radio stations WGTB-FM at
  • Georgetown University and WCWP-FM at C.W. Post College

Publications:

  • “Advising the Amateur Athlete to Preserve Eligibility,” The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 62, Number 2 (1988), reprinted in adapted form as “Amateur Athletes and Eligibility,” Case & Comment, Volume 93, Number 3 (1988)
  • “Intermodal Tariffs: A Problem of Conflicting Jurisdictions,” Law and Policy in International Business, Volume 9, Number 2 (1977); and, various journalistic articles in regional and national publications.

Member:

  • Westchester County Bar Association
  • Greater Danbury Bar Association
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon National Fraternity

Publications and Symposia Appearances

  • Board of Contributing Authors, The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, 1989-91.
  • “Advising the Amateur Athlete to Preserve Eligibility,” The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 62, Number 2 (1988).
  • “Amateur Athletes and Eligibility,” Case & Comment, Volume 93, Number 3 1988).
  • “Amateur Athletics and Eligibility,” The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, Volume 2, Number
  • “Florida Athlete Agent Registration Law,” The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, Volume 3, Number 3 (1989).
  • Panel Member of the October 22, 2020 first virtual Harvard Law School’ Committee on Entertainment and
    Sports Law Annual Symposium, “The NCAA, Amateurism, NIL Rights and California’s ‘Pair Pay to Play Act’.”
  • Attendance at Harvard Law School’s Committee on Entertainment and Sports Law Annual Symposia since 2010.

Admissions and Recognitions

  • Admitted to New York (active), Florida, Massachusetts and Colorado Bars.
  • Admitted to U. S. Supreme Court and various U. S. District and Circuit Courts.
  • Executive Committee and Founding Board Member of The Florida Bar Section on Entertainment,
  • Arts and Sports Law; Chairman, Sub-Committee on Sports.
  • Qualified by The Florida Bar in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law in 1989.
  • Board of Contributing Authors, The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter 1987-89.
  • Formerly Registered National Collegiate Athletic Association Agent.
  • Formerly Certified National Basketball Association Agent.
  • Formerly Certified National Football League Agent.

Management and Consulting

  • Agent/Manager for a dozen LPGA golf tour players and an NBA draftee.
  • Consultant for LPGA and PGA tour sponsorship endorsements and contracts.
  • Counseled amateur and Olympic athletes on eligibility rules and regulations.
  • Assisted, advised and lectured to attorneys about collegiate, scholastic and Olympic regulations.
  • Provided solicitations and negotiations for endorsements and sponsorships, public relations for
    charitable appearances and promotions, and drafted international contracts.

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