Danielle Menitove

Danielle Menitove is an independent arbitrator and mediator with particular expertise in complex sports-related disputes. Representative sports-related matters have involved antitrust, employment, intellectual property, gambling, anti- doping, player-agent issues, and other business and commercial matters. Danielle serves as an arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as on the American Arbitration Association’s commercial, consumer, and national sports panels.

In addition to her ADR practice, Danielle is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School. At Columbia, she teaches Sports Corruption, Discrimination, and Equity Concerns in U.S. Sports.

Before transitioning to an ADR practice, Danielle was a litigator for more than ten years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York. At Skadden, Danielle represented entities and individuals in all phases of complex litigation in federal and state court, as well as in foreign and domestic government investigations and other advisory matters. In her sports practice, Danielle represented professional and amateur sports organizations, such as the PGA TOUR, National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, and National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Danielle received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Western Ontario, with a specialization in kinesiology. She graduated summa cum laude from Tulane University Law School, where she served as an editor of the Tulane Law Review and received a certificate of specialization in sports law. Following her graduation, Danielle clerked for the Honorable Sarah S. Vance in the Eastern District of Louisiana.