Barry Evan AxelrodMartindale-Hubbell Law Profile /ref> (born August 21, 1946)California Birth Index /ref> is an American sports agent and
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Juris Doctor
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in 1971.
Legal career
Pre-legal career
While attending UCLA, he spent more than five years working part-time for a sports team physician, making friendships with many sports athletes who moved on to professional careers.
Legal career
After three years in the general practice of law in a small firm, he joined the firm of Steinberg & Demoff as a partner and helped create the firm's Sports and Entertainment practice. Within two years, the firm represented approximately 100 athletes in the
NFL
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NBA
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women's golf
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rodeo
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He left the firm in 1978 and became a sole practitioner with a focus on Sports and Entertainment Law.
He has operated his own law firm in Encinitas, California since 1979.
He is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association and taught Sports Law at
Pepperdine University Law School
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Mark Harmon
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