Entries by SportsandEntertainment

Welcome to a New Bar Year!

By Olivia Fajen Dear Sports & Entertainment Law Section Members, My name is Olivia Fajen, and I am excited and honored to serve as chair of the Sports and Entertainment Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association this year. We greatly appreciate your involvement with and support of the SEL Section, and we are […]

Attorney Spotlight: Erin Basinger

By Erin Basinger Throughout the year, the Sports & Entertainment Law Section will be conducting interview spotlights of its members to showcase the careers of the section members. This month, the section is spotlighting Erin Basinger of Basinger Law, PLLC. What brought you into sports or entertainment law, and what area of sports or entertainment […]

Member Spotlight: Douglas Wood

By Douglas Wood Throughout the year, the Sports & Entertainment Law Section will be conducting interview spotlights of its members to showcase the careers of the section members. This month, the section is spotlighting Douglas Wood, formerly with the law firm of Reed Smith LLP, and now enjoying a solo practice in North Carolina after […]

Member Spotlight: Ryan Fairchild

By Landis Barber and Ryan Fairchild Throughout the year, the Sports & Entertainment Law Section will be conducting interview spotlights of its members to showcase the careers of the section members. This month, the section is spotlighting Ryan Fairchild of Odin Law and Media. Fairchild is Chair of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section.

Welcome to a New (Bar) Year

By Ryan Fairchild Dear Members of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section: I am so honored to have the privilege to serve as chair of the section this bar year. For those who don’t know me: I am a lawyer in Wilmington with a practice focused on esports and content creators. I started my career by clerking […]

April Expert Series CLE: ‘Entertainment Law and Coronavirus’

The April Expert Series CLE, “Entertainment Law and Coronavirus,” is available for viewing. The speakers included: Timothy J. “Tim” Browne, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, Tenn. Melinda Morris Zanoni, Apollo Sports & Entertainment Law Group PLLC, Charlotte. To access the CLE, click here. In this CLE, Tim Browne and Melinda Zanoni discuss how COVID-19 […]