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Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.

 

 

Attorneys

Philip R. Hochberg 
11921 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (301) 230-6572
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: (301) 230-2891
Web site: http://www.shulmanrogers.com


Areas of PracticeEducationPublished Works
Affiliations


Phil Hochberg has established a broad Washington practice, specializing in the representation of professional and collegiate sports leagues, conferences, and teams among them, the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, NASCAR, PGA Tour, PGA, LPGA, Master's Tournament, Football Bowl Association, Division 1-A Athletic Directors Association, and individual teams in regulatory matters, as well as legislation.  Additionally, he has developed a practice before the Federal Communications Commission, specializing in cable television and broadcasting matters.

Mr. Hochberg is the author of eight law review articles, including one cited by the Supreme Court in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Oklahoma, et. al., 468 U.S. 85, 111, n. 44 (1984), in addition to book chapters in Law of Professional and Amateur Sports  (Clark Boardman, 1988) and Government and Sport The Public Policy Issues (Rowan & Allanheld, 1985).  He has co-chaired eleven seminars for Practicing Law Institute and served from 1999-2002 as the Chair of the Sports Section of the Forum on Entertainment and Sports of the American Bar Association.  He is a frequent speaker at sports seminars and on university campuses and has taught communications courses at the University of Maryland and American University.

As an avocation, Mr. Hochberg does public address announcing at sporting events and was the first baseball and last football stadium announcer in the first 37 years of Washington 's D.C./R.F.K Stadium.  He spent 38 years with the Washington Redskins and is one of 39 persons and the first non-player/coach/owner to be honored by the team in its Hall of Fame/Ring of Stars at FedEx Field in Landover, MD.  Previously, he announced for the Washington Senators for six years and part-time for the Baltimore Orioles for three seasons.  In addition, he has been the college basketball announcer for George Washington University since 1978 and the Football Press Box P.A. Announcer for Maryland since 1976, has done University of Maryland and American University basketball, the Army-Navy football classic in Philadelphia in 1998, and the Presidential Inaugural Parades in 1973, 1977, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005.

 

Areas of Practice:
Sports Law
Entertainment Law
Communications Law
Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia, 1966
Education:
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1965
J.D., LL.B.
Honors: Order of the Coif, Member
Law Review: George Washington Law Review, Managing Editor, Vol. 33, 1964 - 1965


American University, 1974
M.A.


Syracuse University, 1961
B.S.


Published Works:
Editor, Representing Professional Athletes and Teams, Practising Law Institute


Editor, Representing Professional and College Sports Teams and Leagues, Practising Law Institute, 1977


Sports Broadcasting Chapter in Law of Professional and Amateur Sports, Clark Boardman, 1988


Property Rights in Sports Broadcasting: The Fundamental Issue, Chapter in Government and Sport - The Public Policy Issues, Rowman & Allanheld, 1985


Sports Broadcasting and the Law, 59 Indiana Law Journal 155, 1984


The Four Horsemen Ride Again: Cable Communications and Collegiate Athletics, 5 Journal of College and University Law, 1979


Congress Tackles Sports and Broadcasting, 3 Western State University Law Review 22, 1976


Congress Kicks and Field Goal: The Legislative Attack in the 93rd Congress of Sports Broadcasting Practices, 27 Federal Communications Bar Journal 27, 1974


Second and Goal to Go: The Legislatiive Attack in the 92nd Congress on Sports Broadcasting Practices, 18 New York Law Forum 841, 1973


The Lawyer's Washington: Which Way is Cable TV Going?, 59 American Bar Association Journal 77, 1973


Broadcasting and CATV: The Beauty and the Bane of Major College Football, 38 Law & Contemporary Problems 112, 1973


A Step into the Regulatory Vacuum: Cable Television in the District of Columbia, 21 Catholic University Law Review 63, 1971


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Former Member, Communications Faculty, American University


Former Member, Journalism Faculty, University of Maryland


Co-Chair, Practising Law Institute Seminars (1977, 1980-1986, 1988, 1990, 1993)


Member of Faculty, Practising Law Institute Seminars (1974, 1979)


Member of Faculty, American Bar Association Seminars, 2003 - 2004


Member of Faculty, American Law Institute/American Bar Association Seminar, 1973


Professional Associations and Memberships:
ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports, Sports Section, 1999 - 2002
Chairman


Past Employment Positions:
Communications Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives, Special Counsel, 1977


Federal Communications Commission, 1965 - 1968


Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation, 1968 - 1969


Private Law Practice, 1969 - Present


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi

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