NBA Players Union Legal Bills Halved in Pandemic Season

The National Basketball Players Association halved its outside legal bills to a little over $1 million during its most recent fiscal year, a financial statement shows.

Dechert and Winston & Strawn collectively received almost $566,000 between July 1, 2019, and June 30 of this year, according to the figures filed Sept. 28 with the Labor Department. Michele Roberts, a former Big Law partner serving as executive director of the New York-based labor union, also took a nearly 50% cut in compensation.

The NBPA’s expenditures on outside law firms represent a similar reduction from the nearly $2 million in total legal ...