The Las Vegas Raiders have hired Kevin Manara, a longtime in-house lawyer for the National Football League, as the team’s new general counsel while it seeks a contract settlement with former head coach Jon Gruden.
The team disclosed the hire last week on the front office page of its website, according to archived internet records. Manara fills a vacancy left by Daniel Ventrelle, who in July was named interim president of the team following the resignation of former president Marc Badain.
The Raiders, which relocated operations last year to Las Vegas after playing the previous 25 years in Oakland, ...