Steven M. Olenick

Steven Olenick is recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent sports lawyers. Mr. Olenick provides the full range of transactional, advisory and litigation services to current and retired professional athletes as well as sports agents, managers, coaches and other individuals and entities within the sports industry. His diverse sports practice includes advice on complex legal matters ranging from endorsement deals and branding/intellectual property issues to estate and tax planning, disciplinary actions and litigation. He also has experience advising family offices, wealth advisors, accountants and other corporate entities and private clients on transactional and trust and estate matters. Mr. Olenick acts as outside general counsel to numerous executives and businesses and was described by one client as “one of the best attorneys in the field today, who has a superior legal mind, having a unique approach to solving problems.”

Mr. Olenick is regularly invited to comment on sports-related topics as a legal contributor on major television networks such as Fox News, Bloomberg, CNN and CNBC, and he is frequently featured as a thought leader by industry media such as ESPN, Sports Business Journal and Sport’s Litigation Alert, as well as law journals from the University of Texas and NYU School of Law. He has been a featured lecturer and guest speaker at some of the country’s leading universities, including Harvard Business School, Wharton School of Business, and the Kellogg School of Management, and he has served as adjunct professor at Manhattanville College, teaching Legal Ethical Considerations in Sports.

Good to know

Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Sports, 2) Entertainment and Media, 3) Branded Entertainment, 4) Talent, 5) Intellectual Property and 6) Trusts and Estates
Law School Northwestern University School of Law (J.D.,2007)
Education Cornell University (B.A.,2001)
Bar Member / Association New York State Bar Association
Most recent firm Loeb & Loeb LLP
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