California license and practice

Jeremy M. Evans (Bar-record name Jeremy Morse Evans) is an Active member of the State Bar of California (State Bar of California #283168). Verify the current individual Bar record at apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/283168 before hiring an attorney.

Jeremy M. Evans is the CEO and Managing Attorney of California Sports Lawyer® in Los Angeles, where he provides premium dealmaking counsel for entertainment, media, sports, intellectual property, technology and creator economy matters, for companies, creators and talent. His work is transactional, with a focus on dealmaking — contracts, sponsorships, licensing, name, image and likeness (NIL) and media rights. He writes a weekly column and hosts the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans on the Bleav Network (2019–present), and is the publisher of The CSL Briefing. He previously served as President of the California Lawyers Association (2021–2023) and President of the California Lawyers Foundation (2023–2025), chaired the California Lawyers Association’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (2023–2024), serves on the Board of Advisors of the Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation (2021–present), formerly advised entrepreneurs for the U.S. Small Business Administration, is a member of the faculty of law at California State University, Long Beach, Graduate Program in Sport Management (2020–present), and is a City of Newport Beach Commissioner, Civil Service Board (2026–2030). He earned his B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, his J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law (Trial Advocacy, Arbitration & Negotiation focus), his LL.M. in Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, and his M.B.A. in Entertainment, Media and Sports Management from Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business. He has been named to Chambers and Partners (Spotlight California), Sports Law (2026), and as a Super Lawyer in Entertainment & Sports, Business & Corporate, and Intellectual Property law (2024–present) and a Rising Star in the same categories (2015–2023), and received the “Regional Captain of the Year” award from the Sports Lawyers Association, Outreach Committee, in 2018, the “CALI Award” in Sports Law from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law (LL.M) in 2018, and the “A. Thomas Golden Alumnus of the Year Award” from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2014.

Matters this legal field covers

Sports legal work may cover contracts, sponsorships, licensing, name, image and likeness (NIL) and media rights for companies, creators and talent in entertainment, media and sports.

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