The National Basketball Players Association promoted its senior counsel for collective bargaining, Ronald Klempner, to general counsel ahead of the next round of contract talks.
Klempner succeeds top lawyer Clarence Nesbitt Jr., who will immediately take over as chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Think450, the Washington-based union’s for-profit licensing and business development arm.
A former associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Klempner has worked for the union since 1993. Nesbitt, who started his career at Shearman & Sterling, spent almost a decade at Nike Inc. before joining Think450 and the players association.
The union’s labor deal with the ...
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