Barry Axelrod
{{Short description|American sports agent and lawyer (1946–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Barry Axelrod
|birth_name = Barry Evan Axelrod
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|8|21}}
|birth_place = Burbank, California, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|5|9|1946|8|21}}
|death_place = Encinitas, California, U.S.
|occupation = lawyer, agent
|education = University of California, Los Angeles (AB, JD)
}}
Barry Evan Axelrod (August 21, 1946 – May 9, 2024) was an American sports agent and lawyer who specialized in sports, entertainment and business law.
Early life
Barry Evan Axelrod was born on August 21, 1946, in Burbank, California.[https://www.martindale.com/encinitas/california/barry-evan-axelrod-93736-a/ Martindale-Hubbell Law Profile]{{cite book |last=Hubbell |first=Martindale |date=April 2008 |title=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: California (Volume 2 - 2008) |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781561607891 |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell |isbn=9781561607891 |url-access=registration }}{{cite book |title=The California Legal Directory |date=1973 |publisher=Legal Directories Publishing Company |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUMkAQAAIAAJ}}
He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts in History[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232257/http://mlb.mlb.com/ari/team/exec_bios/axelrod_barry.jsp Barry Axelrod - Special Assistant to the General Manager (Archived bio)] in 1968 and from UCLA School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1971.
While attending UCLA, he spent more than five years working part-time for a sports team physician, making friendships with many sports athletes who moved on to professional careers.
Legal career
Axelrod spent three years in the general practice of law in a small firm, before he joined the firm of Steinberg & Demoff as a partner and helped create the firm's Sports and Entertainment practice. Within two years, the firm represented approximately 100 athletes in the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, Women's Tennis Association, women's golf, auto racing, and rodeo.
Axelrod left the firm in 1978 and became a sole practitioner with a focus on Sports and Entertainment Law. He began operating his own law firm in Encinitas, California in 1979. He was a member of the Sports Lawyers Association and taught Sports Law at Pepperdine University Law School in 1994 to 1995.
= Notable clients =
Axelrod's first client was his UCLA roommate, Mark Harmon. He also represented Harmon's wife, Pam Dawber.{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Agent Axelrod talks Biggio, Bagwell |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/q-a-barry-axelrod-discusses-biggio-bagwell-c244985320 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} Axelrod also represented Jake Peavy, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Matt Morris, Matt Clement, Phil Nevin, as well as former San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers, broadcasters Rick Sutcliffe, Mark Grace and Wally Joyner, and professional figure skater Michelle Kwan.{{cite web |title=Our Background |url=http://www.totalsportsinc.com/id2.html |date=March 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328110344/http://www.totalsportsinc.com/id2.html |archive-date=March 28, 2007 }}
Other activities
Axelrod served on the board of directors of the United States Anti-Doping Agency from 2000 to 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20191212204336/https://www.usada.org/announcement/usada-names-new-board-chair-and-welcomes-new-members/ USADA Names New Board Chair and Welcomes New Members]
Death
Axelrod died at his home in Encinitas, California, on May 9, 2024, at the age of 77.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Bryce |title=Legendary Encinitas agent Barry Axelrod remembered by Wally Joyner, Phil Nevin, others |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sports-columnists/story/2024-05-10/agent-barry-axelrod-padres-wallly-joyner-phil-nevin |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=May 10, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071108131038/http://www.usada.org/who/meet/dir.aspx?PersonId=136 Archived Board of Directors Bio]
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Category:UCLA School of Law alumni
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni