Philip R. Hochberg

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, USGA, 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. He is also a lecturer at the Osher Lifetime Learning Institute at the Johns Hopkins campus in Gaithersburg, MD.

As an avocation, Mr. Hochberg does public address announcing at sporting events and was the first baseball and last football stadium announcer in the 54 years of Washington D.C.’s 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. He is also a member of the Washington D.C. Sports Hall of Fame.  Previously, he announced for the Washington Senators for six years and part-time for the Baltimore Orioles for three seasons.  In addition, he was the college basketball announcer for George Washington University from 1978 through 2013 and the Football Press Box P.A. Announcer for Maryland for 36 years, 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, 2005 and 2009.

Professional & Community Affiliations

• ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports, Sports Section, 1999 – 2002, Chairman
• Phi Delta Phi