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Report: Brady hires Kessler, a thorn in the NFL's side
May 12, 2015, 5:45 pm
Jeffrey Kessler will help make up Tom Brady's legal team, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter, which may not be great news for the NFL.
Schefter told Colin Cowherd Tuesday that he received a text from "somebody connected to the [Deflategate] story in some way" stating: "Brady's team is unreal I guess . . . Talented, big-name lawyers. Yee, Kessler, etc. Prediction = Won't miss a game."
It's been long known that Brady's agent Don Yee would help defend his client as Brady continues to wade through the aftermath of the Wells Report's release. Yee has been on the offensive since last week.
Kessler is a new addition, but his name is one that's well-known in NFL circles. He served as outside counsel to the NFLPA last year during the appeal of the NFL's indefinite suspension of Ray Rice. Twenty years ago he helped establish free agency in the NFL by winning the Freeman McNeil case and settling the Reggie White case that focused on restrictions of player movement.
The lawyer who represented Patriots coach Bill Belichick back in 2000, when Belichick sued the NFL and the New York Jets in federal court to free himself from his contract with the Jets? That was Kessler, too.
It's a high-profile addition for Brady as he prepares to appeal the four-game suspension he was handed on Monday -- one with a record of some pretty significant wins when it comes to battles with the league.
Report: Brady hires Kessler, a thorn in the NFL's side
May 12, 2015, 5:45 pm
Jeffrey Kessler will help make up Tom Brady's legal team, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter, which may not be great news for the NFL.
Schefter told Colin Cowherd Tuesday that he received a text from "somebody connected to the [Deflategate] story in some way" stating: "Brady's team is unreal I guess . . . Talented, big-name lawyers. Yee, Kessler, etc. Prediction = Won't miss a game."
It's been long known that Brady's agent Don Yee would help defend his client as Brady continues to wade through the aftermath of the Wells Report's release. Yee has been on the offensive since last week.
Kessler is a new addition, but his name is one that's well-known in NFL circles. He served as outside counsel to the NFLPA last year during the appeal of the NFL's indefinite suspension of Ray Rice. Twenty years ago he helped establish free agency in the NFL by winning the Freeman McNeil case and settling the Reggie White case that focused on restrictions of player movement.
The lawyer who represented Patriots coach Bill Belichick back in 2000, when Belichick sued the NFL and the New York Jets in federal court to free himself from his contract with the Jets? That was Kessler, too.
It's a high-profile addition for Brady as he prepares to appeal the four-game suspension he was handed on Monday -- one with a record of some pretty significant wins when it comes to battles with the league.