For nearly two decades, Jeffrey G. Benz has built his career as a hands-on litigator, transactional attorney, in-house counsel, and ADR neutral, establishing a solid track record of success in all aspects of legal practice.As a neutral for the past 5 years in a wide variety of cases, he has seen his fair share of complex cases. Formerly General Counsel for the United States Olympic Committee and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, for an independent film production company, and for a technology company doing business in China, Benz has particular expertise in sports, entertainment, and content generation/distribution. Prior to going in house, Benz was with the international law firm of Coudert Brothers.
Having worked in London, China (Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong), Honolulu, New York, Geneva, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, Benz is acutely aware of the various needs of a global company, and his dispute resolution and prior legal practice, extertise includes broad areas of complex business, insurance, financial, commercial, regulatory, and technology matters.
Benz is a member of the panels of neutrals as arbitrator and/or mediator, for the American Arbitration Association, Hong Kong International Arbitration Center, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Republic of China Arbitration Association, London Court of International Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce, Court of Arbitration for Sport, and Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Benz received his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Texas School of Law and later obtained a MBA degree from the University of Michigan, where he also attended as an undergraduate. Benz is admitted as an attorney to practice before the bar in California, Colorado and Hawaii, and his New York admission is pending.
Practice Areas—
• Business and Commercial Disputes
• Commercial Banking and Finance
• Entertainment
• Information Technology
• Insurance Coverage
• Intellectual Property, including patents, trademarks and copyrights
• International Trade
• Labor / Employment
• Personal Injury / Wrongful Death
• Real Estate
• Sports Law
Fee Schedule—
$395 per hour
Availability—
Available to mediate/arbitrate cases nationwide and internationally.
For more information about Jeffrey Benz, including his availability, please contact Ms. Anne Sawyer at (800) 616-1202 or (310) 300-8438 ext 707.
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20 Years at #1:
Últimas Noticias
Sinner-Alcaraz, the duel that came to succeed the three phenomenons
Beyond the final result, Roland Garros left the feeling that the Italian and the Spaniard will shape the great duel that came to help us through the duel for the end of the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era.
Table tennis: Brazil’s Bruna Costa Alexandre will be Olympic and Paralympic in Paris 2024
She is the third in her sport and the seventh athlete to achieve it in the same edition; in Santiago 2023 she was the first athlete with disabilities to compete at the Pan American level and won a medal.
Rugby 7s: the best player of 2023 would only play the medal match in Paris
Argentinian Rodrigo Isgró received a five-game suspension for an indiscipline in the circuit’s decisive clash that would exclude him until the final or the bronze match; the Federation will seek to make the appeal successful.
Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road, was suspended for six years
The Kenyan received the maximum sanction for irregularities in his biological passport and the Court considered that he was part of a system of “deliberate and sophisticated doping” to improve his performance. He will lose his record and the bronze medal at the Doha World Cup.
Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese swimmers: “It’s difficult to go to Paris knowing that we’re going to compete with some of these athletes”
The American, a seven-time Olympic champion, referred to the case of the 23 positive controls before the Tokyo Games that were announced a few weeks ago and shook the swimming world. “I think our faith in some of the systems is at an all-time low,” he said.
