Alan Rifkin
USA Guide 2023
Band 4 : Sports Law
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About
Provided by Alan Rifkin
Practice Areas
• Sports Law, Gaming, Facilities and Media Rights
• Business and Commercial Transactions
• Complex Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Administrative Law and Regulatory Compliance
Career
• Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC (1989 – Present) – Managing Partner
• Patton Boggs (1988 – 1989) – Partner
• Counsel and Chief Legislative Officer to Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer (1986-1988)
• Director, Governor Schaefer’s Transition Team for Legal and Legislative Affairs (1986)
• Counsel and Chief Legislative Assistant to Maryland Senate President, Melvin A. “Mickey” Steinberg (1985-1986)
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Maryland State Bar Association
Publications
• “Sports and the Law”, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Adjunct professor (2018-2022)
• “Discussion of NCAA v. Alston” Faculty Webinar Series, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, panel moderator (2021)
• “Cracks in the Armor – Recent Legal Challenges to Professional and Collegiate Sports Governance Associations” at the SCG Legal annual international law conference, moderator and panel presenter (2016)
• “Convergence of Law and Arbitration” before the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) annual convention, panel presenter (2015)
• “Sports Law Symposium” for the Maryland Carey Law Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Association at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, guest lecturer (2016)
• “Negotiating strategy and commercial transactions,” University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, guest lecturer (2014)
• Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL), sports law, guest lecturer (2007)
• State Government and Constitutional Law, Loyola University, former adjunct professor (1984/85)
Clients
• Maryland Jockey Club
• TSG Developments Investments, Inc.
• Preakness Stakes®
• Ripken Enterprises, LLC
• Tufton Professional Baseball, Inc.
• AMA Systems
• Cal Ripken Sr., Foundation
• Colonial Pipeline Company
• Joseph Smith & Sons, Inc.
• TomPaul Industries
• Mid-Atlantic Healthcare
• ThinkBig Networks LLC
• MileOne
• Caesars Entertainment, Horseshoe Casino Baltimore
• Real Time Medical Systems, Inc.
Work Highlights
• Led a negotiating team for the Maryland Jockey Club, The Stronach Group and the Preakness Stakes® for a $375 million public/private partnership for the rebuilding of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park
• Represented Ripken Enterprises, LLC in a sports facilities deal with the Disney Corporation for the establishment of “The Ripken Experience™ at Disney World®” for the hosting of youth baseball tournaments and facilities
• Contributed as a consulting witness and expert for the Baltimore Orioles and the Mid-Atlantic Sport Network in an arbitration matter before Major League Baseball
• Represented the Maryland Jockey Club and The Stronach Group, owners of the Pimlico Race Course and the Preakness Stakes® in eminent domain litigation involving Baltimore City
• Represented Tufton Professional Baseball, Inc. in negotiations with a local municipal government concerning improvements to the City of Aberdeen’s Minor League Baseball Stadium, home of the Aberdeen Ironbirds
• Provided consultative legal services to a Canadian Olympic equestrian rider in defense of an alleged doping disqualification before the Court of Sports Arbitration
• Represented the Baltimore Orioles in negotiations with Major League Baseball concerning compensation for the Orioles in connection with the relocation of the Washington Nationals to Washington, D.C.
• Negotiated the Baltimore Orioles’ spring training facilities lease with Sarasota County, Florida
• Negotiated numerous media rights and sponsorship agreements for professional sports teams and enterprises
• Represented the widow of one of the U.S. Postal workers who died as a result of contact with the now-infamous “anthrax letters” mailed to the United States Congress
• Represented Caesars Horseshoe Casino in Constitutional challenge in Maryland
• Represented the Washington Post in notice/publication lawsuit
• Represented the Maryland cannabis industry in legal challenges
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
Languages Spoken
English
Education
Loyola College of Baltimore
Bachelors, summa cum laude
1976 - 1979
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
J.D.
1979 - 1982
Awards
Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
2023
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2023
Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
2022
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2022
Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
2021
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2021
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2020
Icon Honors
The Daily Record
2020
Who's Who in Law
Baltimore Business Journal
2020
Lifetime Achievement Recipient
America's Top 100 Attorneys
2020
Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
2020
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuter
2019
Influential Marylanders
The Daily Record
2019
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2018
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2017
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2016
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2015
Maryland's "Top Litigators" for lifetime achievement
Martindale-Hubbell
2015
Chairman
SCG Legal
2015
Chairman
SCG Legal
2014
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2014
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2013
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2012
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2011
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2010
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2009
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2008
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2007
Maryland Emergency Medical Services (Shock Trauma) Award of Excellence
Shock Trauma Associates, P.A.
1993
Governor's Salute to Excellence
Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer
1989