Colantoni, Collins, Marren, Phillips & Tulk, LLP have a thriving practice in Sports Law. The firm represents Major League Baseball for all 30 of its teams. Additionally, the firm represents the National Football League and approximately 30 of its 32 teams. The firm also represents the ECHL and its member teams as well as several Major League Soccer teams and several NHL teams.

The firm represents professional sport teams when their players file workers’ compensation disability claims in the state of California. Unfortunately, there has been a proliferation of such claims in the last five years with former athletes filing cumulative trauma claims in California for injuries they allege were due to their professional athletic career. This firm has been retained by the leagues and teams to represent them and defend these claims. We first try to see if there is proper jurisdiction in the state of California for these claims and if there is not, we will try to have the cases dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. If jurisdiction is properly in California, the firm looks for all other available defenses including aggressively pursuing apportionment, trying to have the cases precluded based upon an expiration of the statute of limitations and trying to aggressively fight permanent disability.