Zachary A. Flagel

Zack Flagel is an associate in the Litigation Department at Foley & Lardner LLP. He is based in the Milwaukee office where he is a member of the Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Prior to Foley, Zack spent summers working at Wasserman’s Baseball Agency Division, the U.S. Senate, and the Atlanta Braves.  

Presentations and Publications

• Author, “Challenging the MLB Draft’s Grand Labor Slam: A Universal Proposal for an Amateur Ballplayer’s Choice of Team,” Sports Law Association Student Writing Competition (2019)
• Co-Author, “The Faulty Law and Economics of the “Baseball Rule,” 60 William & Mary Law Review 62 (2018)
• Co-Author, “Getting in the Game: The Demographics of Professional Sports Team In-House Legal Counsel,” 7:1 Mississippi Sports Law Review 23 (2018)
• Contributor, American Bar Association, Recent Developments in Sports Law (2019 and 2020)

Education

• Duke University School of Law (JD, 2021)
  • President, Duke Sports and Entertainment Law Society
  • Founder and Director, Future of College Sports Initiative
  • Attorney Liaison, North Carolina Voter Protection Initiative

• The University of Georgia, Terry College of Business (BBA, 2018)

Admissions

• Wisconsin