NEW YORK, August 4, 2026 – Proskauer is proud to announce that partner Lee Popkin has been selected as a member of Sports Business Journal’s 2026 class of Game Changers: Women in Sports Business.

Lee is a litigator with extensive jury trial experience and a longstanding member of Proskauer’s Sports Group. Her practice combines significant experience in high-stakes sports litigation with a broad range of complex commercial, product liability, and antitrust matters. Clients turn to Lee for courtroom advocacy and strategic counsel in their most consequential disputes.

In recent years, Lee’s work has included serving as co-lead counsel to the ATP Tour in high-profile antitrust litigation, securing a victory for MLS in a significant concussion-related lawsuit, and obtaining the complete dismissal of an arbitration brought against the WTA, among other notable matters.

Read more in Sports Business Journal: Game Changers Class of 2026

 

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