Darren Heitner

Darren Adam Heitner (born February 9, 1985) is a Miami, Florida-based attorney at Wolfe Law Miami, P.A. He also contributes to Forbes, focusing on the business of sports and lectures in the Kinesiology Department at Indiana University Bloomington,.
Career
According to one article, Heitner formed a sports agency in April 2007, which he stated represented about 40 clients by the time Heitner was a 23-year-old, second year law school student. The web site for Dynasty Reps does not list any current clients or activities. He currently works as an attorney at Wolfe Law Miami, P.A. in Miami, Florida. In his law practice, his representative matters include serving as counsel for SugarTime, Inc. against Mario Chalmers father, attorney for Miami Hurricanes football player Dyron Dye and counsel for Drew Rosenhaus against NFL player Bryant McKinnie. Heitner is an Adjunct Lecturer of in the Kinesiology Department at Indiana University. Heitner is a contributor to Forbes.
Publications
Heitner is a contributing writer of An Athlete’s Guide to Agents, 5th Edition, author of a Dartmouth Law Journal article titled, Duties of Sports Agents to Athletes and Statutory Regulation Thereof, author of a Gaming law Review and Economics article titled, The Plight of PASPA: It’s Time to Pull the Plug on the Prohibition, co-author of a Harvard Law School Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law article titled, Corking the Cam Newton Loophole, a Sweeping Suggestion, author of a NYU Law School IP and Entertainment Law Ledger article titled, You May Not “Like” This Title: Everything Stored On Facebook Is Discoverable, co-author of a New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Journal article titled, Have Some Standards: How the Sports Agent Profession Should Be Effectively Regulated, co-author of a University of Virginia School of Law Sports & Entertainment Law Journal article titled, In Baseball’s Best Interest?: A Discussion of the October 2010 MLBPA Regulations Governing Player Agents, and co-author of a Pace Law School Intellectual Property Sports & Entertainment Law Forum article titled, Football v. Football: A Comparison of Agent Regulation in France’s Ligue 1 and the National Football League.
Controversies
On May 31, 2011, Heitner posted a piece at his personal blog (Sports Agent Blog) entitled “Howard Kusnick Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud." Heitner subsequently pulled the piece after errors and incorrect information in the piece were uncovered and issued an apology and a retraction, stating: "I again apologize to my readers for any misinformation or incorrect and inaccurate information listed in the original post. I hope that Double Diamond Sports Management, Inc., is not negatively impacted by my mistakes, and I apologize to Double Diamond Sports Management, Inc. and Mr. Joshua Kusnick for any potential negative impact. Finally, it was inappropriate to suggest that other agents would or could use my story against Joshua Kusnick in an effort to steal his clients." A lawsuit for libel was nevertheless filed against Heitner "seeking unspecified damages from Heitner, and also alleges Heitner's employer -- Koch Parafinczuk & Wolf, P.A. -- at fault for negligent supervision of an employee by Heitner using the law firm's "materials and/or resources" to post the remarks in question on his blog."
On January 4, 2013, one of Heitner's blogs for Forbes generated controversy when it was accused of repeating the unfounded and debunked accusations of another media outlet without fact-checking by Heitner prior to publication. The piece elicited a written response from a former Governor of North Carolina objecting to the accusations by Heitner in the article that the Governor had made "borderline fraudulent statements". The piece was subsequently removed from the Forbes website entirely. Heitner claimed he removed the piece himself because he didn't "think the article represented the quality of work my readers should demand of me." Heitner later admitted that he had "based" his story on a newspaper article, without attribution in his original blog post, and that he pulled it because "the article did not promote the way I wish to represent myself."

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