PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate Law
Nonprofit Organizations
John S. Black has 35 years' experience and helps not-for-profit organizations, many of them sports-related, anticipate opportunities, implement strong procedures for effective governance, rights protection and risk minimization. He works with national, state and local organizations as they draft and apply playing rules; negotiate contracts; market events; and defend lawsuits. He regularly advises clients on governance, administrative and employment matters.
In addition to his work at the Firm, Mr. Black serves as general counsel for the National Federation of State High School Associations, and teaches amateur sports law at the UMKC Law School, serving as an adjunct professor. He also serves on the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions.
Mr. Black is a past president of The Missouri Bar, and he is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
DISTINCTIONS
John Black is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Sports Law: 2007-2009.
COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT
The Missouri Bar
President (1992-93)
Board of Governors (1981-94)
Missouri Bar Foundation
President (2001-2003)
Missouri IOLTA Foundation
Trustee (1995-98)
Governor�s Special Commission to Reform the Judicial Article of the Missouri Constitution (1993-96)
Missouri Supreme Court Historical Society Board of Directors (1991-present)
Missouri Institute of Justice
Secretary (1998-2000)
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Chair, College & University Law Committee (1997)
Chair, Sports & Entertainment Law Committee (1989-90)
American Bar Association
Member, House of Delegates (1997-98)
Missouri Press-Bar Commission
President (2004-2008)
Lawyers Association of Kansas City
President (1986-87)
President, Young Lawyers Section (1980-81)
National Sports Law Institute
Board of Advisors (2004-present)
Sports Lawyers Association
EDUCATION
J.D., Duke University, 1973
B.A., Economics, Colorado College, 1970
BAR ADMISSIONS
Indiana, 2005
Missouri, 1973 |