Fox Rothschild welcomes Tyrone P. (“Ty”) Thomas as a Partner in the Entertainment & Sports Law Department in Washington, DC. He will also maintain an office in New York.

“Ty has 20 years of experience handling high-profile employment, compliance and executive compensation matters for professional athletes and organizations at all levels,” said Doug P. Hibshman, Fox’s DC Office Managing Partner. “We are thrilled to welcome him to our growing sports law team.”

Thomas advises and represents major universities, professional sports teams, and college athletics programs on a broad range of employment, compensation and compliance issues, including conducting internal investigations, handling sponsorship and endorsement arrangements, managing NIL agreements, negotiating executive employment and compensation agreements, and serving as outside general counsel for multiple entities.

He has handled high-profile investigations involving allegations of workplace misconduct, fiscal impropriety, and violations of NCAA and professional sports league rules.

He also counsels nonprofit and for-profit entities, including educational institutions, trade associations and sports organizations, on matters involving C-suite executives.

Thomas earned his J.D. from Tulane University Law School and his B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Prior to joining Fox, Thomas was a partner at Holland & Knight.