Gregory J. Tarone, Attorney & Counselor at Law since 1979

• Currently representing Noriana Radwan in her lawsuit against the University of Connecticut and its former athletic director, Warde Manuel, head women's soccer coach, Len Tsantiris, and student-air director,  Mona Lucas, for breach of contract and violation of NCAA By-Laws and Title IX, violations of the Civil Rights Act protections under the U.S. Constitution's 1st, 5th, and 14th Amendments, as well as negligent infliction of emotional distress. U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut Docket No. 3:16-cv-02091. Follow Noriana's case on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/norianasvoice
  
  Founding Member, Executive Council of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of The Florida Bar; former Member of the Florida Bar Section on Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law and national Sports Lawyers Association.
  
  Former manager and agent of a dozen Ladies Professional Golf Association touring players, and a National Basketball Association draftee. Consultant for entertainment, arts and sports endorsement and sponsorship contracts.
  
  Former Member of Board of Directors and General Counsel, Pinellas County (Florida) Chamber Music Society, Inc.; former Member of the Palm Harbor (Florida)Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, British American Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay, the Tampa Bay International Trade Council Scandinavian Task Force, and Swedish American Chamber of Commerce of New York.
  
  Former Member of the Board of Directors, Lake Placid-Saranac Lake (New York) Chapter of the American Red Cross and Member of the Vestry, St. Eustace Church, Lake Placid, New York.
  
  Student Body President-appointed Georgetown University Law Center representative to the University Building and Planning Committee.
  
  Brother, Sigma Alpha Epsilon national fraternity and Sigma Beta Epsilon local fraternity at C.W. Post College of Long Island University.

• Who's Who In America 1995, 49th Edition, Who's Who In American Law 1996-1997, 9th Edition, and Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1993-1994, 23rd Edition, Marquis Who's Who, a division of Reed Reference Publishing.
  
  Board of Editors, Law & Policy in International Business law journal, Georgetown University Law Center, 1977.

• Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees et al.
  Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees et al., USDC D.Conn 3:16-cv-02091.

• "Florida Athlete Agent Registration Law," The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, Volume 3, Number 3 at 47 (1989).
  
  "Advising the Amateur Athlete to Preserve Eligibility," The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 62, Number 2 at 23 (1988), reprinted in adapted form as "Amateur Athletes and Eligibility" in Case & Comment, Volume 93, Number 3 at 3 (1988) and in The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, Volume 2 Number 4 at 60 (1989).
  
  "Intermodal Tariffs: A Problem of Conflicting Jurisdictions," Law and Policy in International Business, Volume 9, Number 2 at 613 (1977).
  
  Q: Is a completely handwritten will that is witnessed and notarized without a lawyer, still a holographic will?
  
  A: No, not because it is handwritten. That is style, not substantive. New York Estates, Powers and Trusts Law Sec. 3-2.1(b) addresses the informality of statutory execution, acknowledgement, attestation and notarization, which must be strictly fulfilled in their policy substance as recognized under New York law but not prohibiting handwriting instead of a typed document. What is called a "holographic" will is one that is handwritten and signed but does not meet all the attestation and verifying...

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Amateur Athletes and Eligibility  (2014-01-30 10:45:21)
Much has been said and done in recent years about amateur status in sport. As a result, it is not all clear nor understandable. the paradox is that we expect a regulatory standard which varies from sport to sport, through age levels, across geographic boundaries...

Florida Athlete Agent Registration Law  (2014-01-30 10:56:26)
The Florida Legislature has enacted an athlete agent law that has been effective since October 1, 1988, requiring all agents who enter into contracts with student athletes attending Florida colleges or universities to register with the Florida Department of Professional Regulation.

Intermodal Tariffs: A Problem of Conlficting Jurisdiictions  (2014-01-30 11:01:57)
The shipment of goods in containers has revolutionized the ocean shipping industry.