SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/ GENERAL COUNSEL
Jeff Gewirtz joined the Nets in May as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Gewirtz’ responsibilities include executing all agreements as they relate to joint venture alliances, licensing, broadcasting, marketing, sponsorships and other transactions, as well as helping with all legal aspects of the team’s move to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the 2009- 10 NBA season. Gewirtz will also be responsible for interpreting all appropriate federal, state, and local legislation as well as NBA compliance and legal requirements and for all legal aspects of operating the franchise.
Prior to the Nets, Gewirtz, 38, served as the United States Olympic Committee General Counsel and Chief Legal and Government Affairs Officer,where he oversawall USOC legalmatters, aswell as the USOC’s government relations activities with Congress and Federal government agencies.
Before he joined the USOC, Gewirtz was Counsel - sports & entertainment transactions, marketing and media in The Coca-Cola Company’s Corporate Legal Division. Prior to that, Gewirtz was Director of Legal Affairs for IOC Marketing and Television Services SA, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he was a primary negotiator of global Olympic sponsorship alliances for the International Olympic Committee. He has also held positions with the LPGA Tour and the WTA Tour.
Gewirtz was formerly on the faculty of Brooklyn Law School and New York Law School, serving as an adjunct professor of sports law at both schools. He is currently Chair of the Sports Division within the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and he sits on the Board of Directors of both the National Sports Law Institute and the Sports Lawyers Association. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Penn State Institute for Sports Law, Policy, and Research.
A native of Baldwin Harbor, NY, Gewirtz is a graduate of Tufts University and received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, where he was the recipient of a three-year merit scholarship.
