Mark Cuban-Backed Fantasy Sports App Hires First Legal Leader

Sept. 15, 2022, 3:31 PM UTC

Underdog Sports Inc., a fantasy sports gaming startup that is ramping up with football season underway, has hired Nicholas Green as its first in-house lawyer.

Green since January was head of public policy at esports and mobile gaming platform Skillz Inc. He’s also a former partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

Underdog is a “perfect fit” and was “a quick, seamless decision to join,” Green said in an email. “Given my background in fantasy sports and sports gaming at Orrick, I had many common acquaintances” with the executive team, he said.

Underdog, which does business as Underdog Fantasy, develops sports ...

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