Jason Levien

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Jason Levien is an attorney and sports agent, who represents professional athletes in the NBA, NFL and other sports and leagues in the United States and across the globe. [1]. In 2007, he negotiated a $55 million deal with the Sacramento Kings on behalf of Kevin Martin and, in 2005, he negotiated a $33 million deal with the Miami Heat on behalf of Udonis Haslem. [2]. [3]. He also represents Yotam Halperin, one of the first Israeli players drafted into the NBA and the Utah Jazz's Ukrainian-born center, Kyrylo Fesenko. [4]. [5]. An article chronicling three of Levien's clients drafted by the NBA in 2006, appeared in The New York Times' Play Magazine in October 2006. [6]

Levien has appeared as an on-air commentator on CBS-4 in Miami, and has been a guest on ESPN, ESPN News and NPR regarding the business of professional sports and the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement. [7].

Levien has also served as a Democratic strategist and campaign consultant. He was credited as the speechwriter for the Keynote Speech at the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles given by Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. [8]. Levien and Ford have also co-authored a policy essay on campaign finance reform published by the Harvard Journal on Legislation. [9]

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  1. ^ www.kqed.org/epArchive/R408101000
  2. ^ www.sacbee.com/100/story/349621.html
  3. ^ www.staugustine.com/stories/071405/spo_3203539.shtml
  4. ^ www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/sports/playmagazine/1029play_basketball.html
  5. ^ www.deseretmorningnews.com/article/1,5143,695200702,00.html
  6. ^ www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/sports/playmagazine/1029play_basketball.html
  7. ^ www.kqed.org/epArchive/R408101000
  8. ^ www.newsweek.com/id/63691/page/3
  9. ^ www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jol/general/vol37no2.php