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Paul J. Greene is an associate practicing with Preti Flaherty's Sports Law Group. He also practices commercial litigation and business law.
In his sports law practice, he focuses in the areas of Olympic anti-doping and eligibility arbitrations, rights of publicity matters and immigration issues specific to the sports world.
Paul is listed in Chambers USA 2011 as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Sports Law in the Nationwide category. Chambers USA writes, "Paul Greene of Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios, LLP is noted by market sources, who believe: "He is making a considerable name for himself in sports law." His focus is principally on Olympic antidoping and eligibility arbitrations.
Paul is a co-founder of the Preti Sports Law Blog, recognized as one of the Top 50 Blogs covering the sports industry, one of 10 in the Sports Law category.
Prior to launching his legal practice, Paul was an award-winning sportscaster. His on-air career began in Maine and also took him to a college sports network based in New York City.
Paul resides in Falmouth with his wife Julie and their children, Ben and Anna.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Sports Lawyers Association
- ABA Forum on Entertainment & Sports
PUBLICATIONS
- United States Anti-Doping Agency v. Montgomery: Paving a New Path to Conviction in Olympic Doping Cases; 59 Me. L. Rev. 149 (2007)
- Co-author, "Deciphering the Alphabet Soup: U.S. Visa Categories for Foreign Athletes," Moves Magazine
- Boats, Baseballs and What a Repeal of the Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act Might Mean for Both, Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (2009)
- Is the International Olympic Committee Above The Law? Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (2010)
- NBA Lockout: Implications for Europe, World Sports Law Report (2011)
- Doping: USOC v. IOC: Olympic bans for "convicted" dopers, World Sports Law Report (2011)
PRESENTATIONS
Professional Awards
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Chambers USA 2011 Nationwide list for "Sports Law: Athletic Disputes"
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Maine Sportscaster of the Year (1998, 2000, 2002)
Civic Involvement
- Baseball, basketball and soccer youth coach, Falmouth, Maine
- Represents asylum seekers as a member of the Immigration Legal Advocacy Project.
Representative Matters
Successfully appealed the World Taekwondo Federation's decision to ban Egyptian taekwondo champion Caroline Maher for two years for an alleged anti-doping violation. During the appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the WTF was exposed for denying Ms. Maher multiple... read more >>
Successfully appealed the World Taekwondo Federation's decision to ban Egyptian taekwondo champion Caroline Maher for two years for an alleged anti-doping violation. During the appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the WTF was exposed for denying Ms. Maher multiple fundamental rights, including the right to a fair hearing and the right to see the evidence relied upon by the WTF in banning her for two years. The WTF did not release Ms. Maher's unreliable test results until the week before the scheduled hearing under order of the CAS Panel. The WADA lab report seriously questioned the integrity of the urine samples and was highly skeptical of the results. Under duress, the WTF withdrew Ms. Maher's suspension on the eve of the scheduled hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland since it was apparent that her suspension could not be defended.
US Biathlon Association - Preti Flaherty represented four women "Affected Athletes" on the US 2010 Olympic Biathlon team in an emergency arbitration involving a claim brought by a Belarussian athlete against the US Biathlon Association, arguing that she should be... read more >>
US Biathlon Association - Preti Flaherty represented four women "Affected Athletes" on the US 2010 Olympic Biathlon team in an emergency arbitration involving a claim brought by a Belarussian athlete against the US Biathlon Association, arguing that she should be eligible to compete for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics in the sport of Biathlon. Our clients would have been knocked off the team if the claimant had succeeded. The argument centered around the Belarussian athlete's two-year "redshirt" period, which began after she competed in the 2006 Olympics for Belarus. She then competed in a race in March of 2008, just 5 days short of her two years. The case turned on whether she had competed for the US or Belarus in that March 2008 race. Preti Flaherty argued successfully that since she had never sought or received a waiver from the US Biathlon Association to compete during her two-year "redshirt" period, it was impossible for her to have competed for the US in 2008 as she had claimed. As a result, she had actually competed for Belarus by default, and could not compete for the US until late 2010, when two years had passed since her last race for Belarus. The arbitrator agreed, stating that she was not eligible to compete for the Team USA in the February 2010 Olympics, which kept all of Preti's clients on the US Team.
US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation - Preti Flaherty represented the nine "push athletes" on the 2010 Men's Olympic Bobsled team who were the "Affected Athletes" in a claim brought by four other bobsled push athletes. The claimants challenged the 12-part selection... read more >>
US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation - Preti Flaherty represented the nine "push athletes" on the 2010 Men's Olympic Bobsled team who were the "Affected Athletes" in a claim brought by four other bobsled push athletes. The claimants challenged the 12-part selection criteria used by the US Bobsled Federation to choose the push athletes to this year's team, and proposed a race-off against our clients as an alternative remedy. We argued successfully that the selection procedure was wholly rational, and should be respected, and that a race-off on the eve of the Games would be totally unfair to our clients. Having already been named to the team, we argued that a race-off would be highly disruptive to the Men's US Bobsled team which has a great chance to win a gold medal for the first time since 1948.
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Paul is an associate in the Portland office practicing Business, Bankruptcy, Litigation and Sports Law.