Benjamin S. Gordon
Associate
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Benjamin’s practice focuses on sports, antitrust and labor law.
Key Matters
- Served as counsel for the National Football League Players Association in litigation and arbitration matters, including grievances involving NFL players such as Ezekiel Elliott, Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Antonio Brown, and Dante Fowler.
- Part of the Jenkins v. NCAA and Alston v. NCAA case teams, landmark antitrust suits filed against the NCAA and its conferences by a group of current and former college athletes that struck down unlawful compensation restraints imposed by the NCAA on Division I Men’s and Women’s basketball and FBS Football programs.
- Represented a major Hollywood talent agency in lawsuits against the writers’ guilds.
- Served as General Counsel for a leading baseball agency, where his work included representing baseball players in salary arbitration negotiations and hearings. In 2022, Benjamin represented clients in four winning salary arbitration cases—the most wins ever by one agency in a single season.