Best Practices to Prepare for Sports Administrative Hearings

Course: “Best Practices to Prepare for Sports Administrative Hearings”.

Date and Time of Course: October 27, 2015, 12:00 noon ET (4:00 pm GMT).

Event and Location of Course: Webinar.

Cost: Complimentary.

Time Allowance for Course: 1 hour (60 minutes).

Language: English.

Course Description and Benefits: This program will offer best practices, strategies and tips to prepare for, and defend, organizations and athletes in sports administrative hearings. Specifically, attorney Michael Buckner, who has represented numerous parties before sports administrative hearing committees and panels, will outline some of the strategies and tactics he developed during his advocacy practice. During the webinar, Mr. Buckner will review several topics, including: investigations and discovery; witnesses; client preparation; the record; the hearing (strategy, tactics and presentations); and process and procedures. Finally, Mr. Buckner will: (a) use real-life examples from sports administrative hearings to illustrate his points; and (b) highlight approaches to consider in different forums (including before NCAA infractions committees, state athletics associations, and sports arbitration panels) and for various charges and allegations (e.g., rules-violations, anti-doping violations/drug test fails, misconduct).

Who Will Benefit: The program is designed for: (a) legal counsel for sports fracnhises, agencies and organizations; (b) legal counsel and administrators of educational institutions; and (c) lawyers, agents and managers of professional and amateur athletes.

Course Resources and Materials:

I.             PowerPoint presentation.

II.            Webinar handout.

Course Outline of Activities:

I. Introduction and workshop overview (2 minutes) 

II. Overview of an administrative hearing (5 minutes)

III. Receiving the charge or allegation--first steps (10 minutes)

IV. Preparing the case (15 minutes)

V. The administrative hearing (15 minutes)

VI. Appeals and post-hearing issues (10 miniutes)

VII. Questions & answers and closing (3 minutes)

Presenters (click on the presenter's name for a biography):

Michael L. Buckner, shareholder of Buckner.

Presenter’s Firm: The presenter is employed by Buckner, which is a higher-education and sports law firm. Buckner works with higher education, high school, Olympic, amateur, professional and corporate clients on sports-related legal, compliance, regulatory and administrative issues-which showcases our experience in diverse practice areas: internal investigations; NCAA compliance and investigations; state high school association compliance and investigations; risk management; sports drug testing; sports medicine; sports dispute resolution and arbitration; and corporate governance. Buckner is headquartered in the Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, area, with a street and mailing address of 7771 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 162, Sunrise, Florida 33351-6749 USA. The firm’s telephone number is +1-954-941-1844; facsimile number is +1-954-941-1846; and e-mail address is info@bucknersportslaw.com. The law firm website is located at www.bucknersportslaw.com.

Registration Policy: By registering for a Buckner webinar, you agree to the cancellation and transfer procedures. Your registration permits you to access the audio portion of the webinar through one telephone line and the visual portion of the event via an online portal. You are permitted to invite guests from your organization to listen and participate in the event. You also can transfer your registration to another person in your organization.

Cancellation Policy (not applicable for complimentary programs): If a webinar is cancelled at the discretion of Buckner, all webinar registration fees will be refunded. Unfortunately, the law firm cannot provide a refund for cancellation by a registrant. Access to the archived version of a webinar, if recorded, is included in the fee for the live broadcast. We cannot always guarantee that a recording can be created.

 

Note: The event is free, but your telephone carrier may apply long-distance or international calling charges.

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This communication, including the information presented herein, is not endorsed or presented by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Association of College and University Attorneys, the International Olympic Committee or any other organization, but is a legal advertisement from the Michael L. Buckner Law Firm (which is not affiliated with the NCAA, NACUA or the IOC). Any questions concerning this communication or event should be directed to Michael L. Buckner via telephone (+1-954-941-1844) or e-mail (mbuckner@bucknersportslaw.com).

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