一位身着深色西装、白衬衫和条纹领带的白色短发年长男子站在模糊的办公室背景前,体现了芝加哥顶级律师事务所和律师的专业精神。

罗伯特-A-杜佩

合伙人/退休

罗伯特-A-杜佩

合伙人/退休

罗伯特-杜佩(Robert DuPuy)为他的客户带来了五十年的广泛法律经验,包括他担任首席法律顾问和美国职业棒球大联盟(MLB)总裁兼首席运营官长达九年的时间。鲍勃是事务所体育产业团队的合伙人和成员,他的业务重点是在体育特许权销售交易和重组中代表买卖双方。

Bob is highly experienced in the financing and navigation of league requirements in connection with these transactions; stadium construction and rehabilitation and financing; media and new media contracts and licensing, syndication, and participation agreements; as well as other related business and legal issues.

While at MLB, he was responsible for all phases of business issues facing the organization, from labor relations to broadcasting rights within traditional and emerging media, and international expansion issues to stadium finance deals, marketing, and legal affairs. He has been involved in most of MLB’s legal issues since 1989, when he was brought in as outside legal counsel. He negotiated the settlement of the collusion grievance in 1990.

Bob served as the principal outside counsel to the commissioner and the executive council from 1992 until 1998, when Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig hired him as the MLB executive vice president of administration and chief legal officer. In that capacity, Bob oversaw the consolidation of the American and National Leagues into the Central Offices, the consolidation of MLB’s office in Washington, D.C., and the formation MLBAM (Major League Baseball Advanced Media) as its initial chief executive officer. He served as Chairman of its Board from 2001-2010, when he left MLB and returned to Foley.

In 1973, after graduating from law school, Bob joined Foley. He was elected partner in 1980, before he became involved with Major League Baseball. Bob previously served as a member of the firm’s Management Committee and was chairman of the Professional Standards Committee.

奖项与表彰

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Sports Law (2023-2024)
  • 同行评审评级为AV®卓越™,这是马丁代尔-哈贝尔同行评审评级体系中的最高绩效评级。
  • New York Super Lawyers® (2014)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Entertainment (2020)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Gaming (2021)

附属机构

  • Professor of legal ethics and professional responsibility at Cornell University, Northwestern Law School, the University of Wisconsin Law School, and Marquette University Law School.
  • Long-time faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
  • Long-time member and past chairman of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Professional Ethics Committee.
2023 年 8 月 17 日 荣誉与奖励

富理达律师入选 2024 年美国最佳律师排行榜

Foley & Lardner LLP 今天自豪地宣布,公司在美国 20 个办事处的 236 名律师入选 2024 年版《美国最佳律师》(The Best Lawyers in America©)。
人们在庆祝活动中举起香槟酒杯干杯,背景是温暖的灯光和模糊的光影--这是芝加哥的律师们在成功办案后共享的时刻。
2023 年 4 月 28 日 博客

福莱-加德雷周年庆:庆祝 "携手共创美好未来 "五周年

2023 年 4 月 1 日,我们迎来了 Foley & Lardner 和 Gardere Wynne Sewell 合并五周年纪念日,这加强了我们的共同文化和核心价值观,为我们的员工提供了成长机会,并增强了我们为客户服务的平台。
Close-up of a baseball showing red stitching on a textured white leather surface, perfect for promotional use by law offices or lawyers in Chicago seeking a unique touch.
December 5, 2022 Foley Viewpoints

Robert DuPuy Publishes Excerpt from The Sports Business Handbook, Second Edition

Over the first hundred years of professional sports, the business of sport was pretty fundamental: Sell tickets and a few sponsorships, and eventually local broadcast rights. Sports was largely a local business.
2022 年 11 月 17 日 新闻

福里的罗伯特-杜佩和鲍比-夏尔马为《体育商业手册》第二版撰稿

Foley & Lardner LLP 很高兴地宣布,体育与娱乐业合伙人 Robert DuPuy 和特别顾问 Bobby Sharma 为《体育商业手册》撰稿:体育商业手册:影响行业 50 年的 100 多位领导人的见解》一书的撰稿人。
22 September 2022 Events

Sports Business Handbook Launch Party

Join us on September 22 at Foley’s New York office to celebrate the expanded and revised second edition of Rick Horrow’s "The Sport Business Handbook: Insights from 100+ Leaders Who Shaped 50 Years of the Industry."
2022 年 8 月 18 日 新闻发布

富理达律师入选 2023 年美国最佳律师排行榜

Foley & Lardner LLP 自豪地宣布,我们 20 个办事处的 250 名律师获得了 2023 年版《美国最佳律师》的认可。