Professor Berry has written articles and casebooks on sports and entertainment law. He teaches Contracts, Regulation of Professional Athletics and Entertainment Law. He is a frequent television and radio commentator on sports law and contract issues.

EDUCATION

A.B., University of Missouri; LL.B., Harvard University.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Presentations: “The Sportin’ Life and the Law: 1972-2007”. Talk at Stanford Law School, February 2007.

“Impact of the NHL Lockout: Current Developments in Sports Collective Bargaining.” Chair of panel and speaker at annual Sports Lawyers Association meeting, Toronto, Canada, June, 2006.

Activities: Interviews on ESPN and other media concerning current issues in professional and amateur sports, such as Maurice Clarett versus the NFL.

Continue to consult on such matters as baseball salary arbitrations.

Other: Featured in the cover article entitled "Face-Off!" in the December 2000 issue of Corporate Counsel Magazine. As a member of a panel of experts in sports law formed to discuss the state of professional sports today, Berry is extensively quoted in the section titled "How to Get into Sports Law."

COURSES

Fall '07: No courses taught
Spring '08: No courses taught

• With Matthew Mitten, Timothy Davis, and Rodney Smith. Sports Law and Regulation. Aspen Publishers, 2005.
• With Donald E. Biederman, Martin E. Silfen, Edward P. Pierson, and Jeanne A. Glasser. Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries. 4th ed. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001.
• With Donald E. Biederman, Edward P. Pierson, Martin E. Silfen, Jeanne A. Glasser, and Lionel S. Sobel. Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries. 3rd ed. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996.
• "Sports." In The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, edited by Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson, Morton Keller, Volume 4, 1868-1869. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1995.
• With Donald E. Biederman, Edward P. Pierson, Martin E. Silfen and Jeanne A. Glasser. Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries. 2nd ed. New York: Praeger, 1991.
• "Collective Bargaining in Professional Sports." In Law of Professional and Amateur Sports, edited by Gary A. Uberstine, 4-1 - 4-29. New York: Clark Boardman, 1988.
• Chair. Representation of the Professional Athlete: Negotiating Contracts, Drafting Endorsement Agreements, Counseling on Financial Planning, Ethical Considerations. Videorecording and sound recording. Springfield, IL: Continuing Legal Education Satellite Network: 1988.
• "It's Time for Some New Game Plans." New York Law Journal, January 30, 1987, p. 5.
• With Donald E. Biederman, Edward P. Pierson, Martin E. Silfen, and Jeanne A. Glasser. Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries. Dover, MA: Auburn House, 1987.
• "Competency and Proficiency in the Profession, the Law Schools and Their Selection Processes." In Law School Admissions 1984-2001: Selecting Lawyers for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Walter B. Raushenbush, 251-284. Newtown, PA: Law School Admission Services, 1986.
• With William B. Gould, IV and Paul D. Staudohar. Labor Relations in Professional Sports. Dover, MA: Auburn House, 1986.
• With William B. Gould, IV. "Labor Trouble Is Brewing." New York Times, August 10, 1986, sec.5, p. 2.
• With Glenn M. Wong. Law and Business of the Sports Industries. 2 vols. Dover, MA: Auburn House, 1986.
• "A Quick Guide to Sports Injuries Suits: Primary Causes of Actions, Defenses." Entertainment Law and Finance 2, no. 5 (August 1986): 3.
• "Representation of Clients in the Sports Industries." In The Legal Representation Internationally of Clients in the Entertainment and Sports Industries, Tab 7. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1986.
• With Glenn Wong, compilers. New Legal Challenges in the Sports Industries. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1985.
• Common Concerns in Professional and Amateur Sports. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1984.
• With Robert G. Woolf. "Lawyers' Roles in the Sports Industries." In Legal and Business Aspects of the Entertainment, Publishing and Sports Industries, 191-267. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1984.
• Review of Entertainment Law, by Thomas D. Selz and Melvin Simensky. Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 3 (January 1984): 227-233.
• With William B. Gould, IV. "A Long Deep Drive to Collective Bargaining: Of Players, Owners, Brawls and Strikes." Case Western Reserve Law Review 31 (Summer 1981): 685-813.
• "The NCAA, the Agent, and the Athlete." In Current Issues in Professional Sports, edited by Michael E. Jones, 32-54. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, 1980.
• Chair. Sports in the 80's: Legal and Business Challenges. Chicago: ABA Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 1980.
• With Glenn M. Wong. The Sports Industries: Legal and Business Materials. 1980. (Supplemented by The Sports Industries: Legal and Business Materials, 1983-84 Supplement, by Berry and Wong. Los Angeles: Southwestern University School of Law, 1984.)
• "Sports Law: New Frontiers and Problems." In Current Legal Trends and Developments in the Entertainment and Sports Industries. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1980.
• Sports and Entertainment Law. Josephson Center for Creative Educational Services, 1979.
• Review of Professional Sports and the Law, by Lionel S. Sobel. Trial 13, no. 5 (May 1977): 37-38.
• Review of Is Law Dead? edited by Eugene Rostow; Law Against the People edited by Robert Lefcourt; and Problems Illustrative of the Responsibilities of Members of the Legal Profession, by Robert E. Mathews. Journal of Legal Education 25 (1973): 617-624.
• Review of The History of Violence in America, by Hugh Davis Graham and Ted Robert Gurr. Wayne Law Review 15 (Fall 1969): 1673-1679.
• "Where Law and Civil Disobedience Intersect." University of Florida Law Review 20 (Winter 1968): 282- 289.
• "Spirits of the Past - Coping with Old Laws." University of Florida Law Review 19 (Summer 1966): 24- 44. [Also appears in New York Law Journal, March 6, 1967, p. 4; March 7, 1967, p. 4; March 8, 1967,p.4. and in Law Review Digest 17 (November-December 1966): 115-126.]
• Review of Legal System and Lawyers' Reasonings, by Julius Stone. University of Florida Law Review 18 (Summer 1965): 183-188.