Attorney Gary Chester To Present April 6 on ‘Defamation Cases in Sports’ for CLE Companion

Attorney Gary Chester To Present April 6 on ‘Defamation Cases in Sports’ for CLE Companion

CLE Companion, a nationally accredited and virtual continuing legal education provider, announced today that leading sports lawyer Gary Chester will present “Athletes vs. the Media: Defamation cases in Sports” on April 6 at 1 p.m. CDT.

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Chester’s presentation compliments CLE Companion’s existing catalogue of sports law presentations and will lead to its creation of a Sports and the Law bundle, available here.

“Sports law has become omnipresent in society,” said Kristin Davidson, the CEO and founder of CLE Companion. “Whether because of its intersection with gender equality and social activism, or its application to the evolution of the media and legal protections afforded to the athletes, which attorney Chester addresses, sports law is getting the attention it richly deserves.”

So is CLE Companion, which recognized in early 2020 that the pandemic was going to change the way legal professionals consume CLE, after it became problematic for them to travel and attend in-person conferences.

“We have experienced tremendous growth as legal associations have looked for alternative ways to help their members satisfy their CLE requirement,” said Davidson.

The CEO also credited the commitment of speakers like Chester and hundreds of others, who have embraced the opportunity to share virtually their experience and insights.

Chester, in particular, is a New Jersey attorney with more than three decades of trial experience. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Chester served as a Senior Trial Attorney at the insurance giant AIG and practiced at private firms before starting his own practice.

Through the years, Chester has managed and tried a wide variety of cases including antitrust, civil rights, commercial, defamation, defective products, domestic violence, insurance coverage, motor vehicle liability, and property damage subrogation.  He has worked on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.

Chester serves as a professor of law in the business schools at Montclair State University and Ramapo College in New Jersey.  He has been a sports law analyst for various media entities, including The New York Times, Sports Litigation Alert, and The Sporting News, among others. Chester is also a Senior Writer for Hackney Publications.