Scott A. Andresen
Scott Andresen
Chicago
Illinois (IL)
Entertainment & Sports
Intellectual Property
Business/Corporate
Profile
Scott A. Andresen is the founder of Andresen & Associates P.C., a Chicago-based law firm that focuses its offerings in the areas of sports law, entertainment and the arts, intellectual property and a wide array of legal and non-legal services to clients ranging from small entrepreneurs to multi-million dollar corporations. Scott also currently serves as an adjunct professor teaching Legal and Ethical Issues in Sports Management at the graduate level at Northwestern University, and Sports Law, (and in the past) Business of Professional Sports, Labor Relations for the Arts and Marketing the Arts at the undergraduate level at Columbia College-Chicago; provides legal insight and commentary on sports-related topics to various national television, print and online media outlets; volunteers with several non-profit organizations, including the Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the National MS Society; and lectures to various domestic and international legal and educational organizations and institutions. Prior to founding Andresen & Associates, Scott served as in-house legal counsel for the Arena Football League. Scott earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, his JD at the Valparaiso University School of Law, and his MBA from the University of Phoenix. Scott also previously studied at Cambridge University in England under U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, worked for the legal department of the Oakland Raiders, and served as Legal Assistant to the Executive Director of the Illinois High School Association.
Selected To
Illinois Rising Stars 2012
Illinois Rising Stars 2011
Illinois Rising Stars 2010
About Scott Andresen
Admitted: 1999, Illinois
Professional Webpage: www.andresenlawfirm.com/whoweare/scott/
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- United States Supreme Court (2003); United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (2003); United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1999); Illinois State Bar (1999)
Bar/Professional Activity:
- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION; ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
- SPORTS LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
- CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION: Current Chair: Sports Law Committee -and- Lawyer Referral Service Committee
- ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Lawyers for the Creative Arts, Pro Bono Legal Services Volunteer; Chicago Bar Association, Practice Tracks Program, Lawyer Referral Service and Call-A-Lawyer Program; Point of Hope- A Deron Williams Foundation, Event Committee, Illini Hoop Legends for Charity; Chicago 2016/ World Sport Chicago, Volunteer; National MS Society ("Super 200" Fundraiser for 2010 MS Walk); The Council of Chiefs NFP, Pro Bono Legal Counsel; Future Superstars NFP, Pro Bono Legal Counsel; Spark the Hope Foundation, Volunteer Board Member
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- (1) Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor in the Masters of Arts in Sports Administration Program teaching Legal and Ethic Issues of Sports Management; (2) Columbia College-Chicago, Adjunct Professor in the Arts & Entertainment Media Management Program teaching Sports Law I, Business of Professional Sports, Introduction to Marketing the Arts and Labor Relations; Creator and Moderator/Panelist, Annual Sports Industry Symposium; (3) Chicago Bar Association, Speaker, “Show Me the Money! The Effects and Costs of the Competing Intellectual Property Claims in the Business of Sports” and “An Insider’s Handbook-A Look at Trademarks, Licensing and Intellectual Property in Professional Sports” Sports Law Committee Seminars; Featured Speaker, Law at the Library Program; Speaker, “Alterative Dispute Resolution for Media, Sports and Entertainment Clients” Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Seminar; (4) DePaul University College of Law, Panelist, Sports/Entertainment Law Panel; Speaker, “Annual Sports Law Symposium”; (5) John Marshall Law School, Featured Speaker, Entertainment, Media & Sports Law Society’s Speaker Series; (6) Chicago-Kent College of Law, Featured Speaker, Sports & Entertainment Law Society Seminar; (7) Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Panelist, Sports & Entertainment Law Society Panel; (8) Oklahoma City School of Law, Featured Speaker, Sports & Entertainment Law Association Seminar; (9) University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Featured Speaker, Sports and Entertainment Law Society Seminar(s); (10) Sports is Education Foundation, Board Member, Panelist- Annual Symposium; (11) Sports Events Marketing Experience, Panelist- SEME Central; (12) Academie du Management des Organisations Sportives (France), Instructor, United States Summer Program; (13) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Graduate) School of Labor and Employment Relations, Featured Speaker, “Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in Professional Sports”
- WRITING(S): A CALL FOR DRUG-TESTING OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETES, Marquette Sports Law Review, Volume 19, Number 1, Fall 2008, 325.
Educational Background:
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA, 1995); Valparaiso University School of Law (JD, 1999); University of Phoenix (MBA, 2004)
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