Winston & Strawn, Dechert Among Gainers of NBA Union Legal Spend

The National Basketball Players Association increased its spending on outside law firms last fiscal year, with longtime counsel Winston & Strawn leading the way.

The more than $1.2 million the association spent in the year ending Sept. 30 compares with roughly $1 million in the prior fiscal period, according to a financial statement the union filed Monday with the Labor Department.

Winston & Strawn was paid nearly $520,000 in legal fees, the statement shows. Other firms and the amounts they received within the last year are New York’s Davis + Gilbert, $252,000; Washington’s Groom Law Group, $197,000; Dechert, $168,000; and ...