The 10-year Collective Bargaining Agreement signed four years ago by the NFL and the NFL Players Association created a decade of labor of peace. Unless it didn’t.
Via Am Law Daily, the NFLPA spent millions on outside lawyers from March 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015. Jeffrey Kessler’s firm, Winston & Strawn, saw its fees rise from $2.7 million to more than $3.5 million, presumably as a result of high-profile fights involving Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson.
Latham & Watkins received more than $683,000, Norton Rose Fulbright pocketed more than $425,000, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher received more than $405,000, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice made more than $322,000, Groom Law Group received more than $284,000, and Berens & Miller made more than $134,000.