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Dick Cass

 
- Baltimore Ravens Ltd. Partnership
 
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Company Name : Baltimore Ravens Ltd. Partnership
 
Company Website : www.baltimoreravens.com
 
Company Address : 1101 Russell St.
, Baltimore, MD,
United States,
 
Dick Cass Profile :
- Baltimore Ravens Ltd. Partnership
 
Dick Cass Biography :

Dick Cass entered his 3rd year as president of the Bisciotti franchise...Cass oversees every area of the Ravens' organization, including player and staff personnel, the coaching team, corporate sales, communications and business ventures...Not a newcomer to the NFL or its operations, Dick has served as counsel to a number of NFL owners, including both the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys, as well as the NFL's league office.

"Dick has had involvement with every aspect of an NFL team," said Steve Bisciotti. "His legal expertise, his working knowledge of the business, his relationships at the league office, and the respect he has already earned around the league is a significant asset for the franchise."

2004-05: (with Baltimore) 2005: Saluted by Paul Tagliabue for Dick's revenue-sharing plan for the new NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement...Initiated fundraising after Hurricane Katrina that resulted in $1.2 million donated from the Ravens' family...Though dismissed by Cass, was mentioned prominently by media as a possible successor to Tagliabue. 2004: Cass was named president of the club in April and was Steve Bisciotti's 1st hire as the new owner of the Ravens...Cass brought a wealth of business knowledge, plus legal and negotiating expertise to the team...He orchestrated a midseason move to the new Ravens' offices in Owings Mills, bringing together football operations and corporate into 1 state-of-the-art facility.

1972-2003: (with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering) A partner of the DC-based law firm of WCP (31 years)...Was chairman of the firm's Business Transactions Section and a member of its Management Committee...Had a general corporate and securities practice, representing companies and entrepreneurs in complex corporate partnership and securities transactions. 2003: Was counsel to the Independent Commission of the US Olympics Committee. 2002: Was counsel to the owner of the NBA Charlotte Hornets in the team's relocation to New Orleans. 2000: Helped broker the purchase of the Ravens from the Modell family to Steve Bisciotti. 1999: Represented the estate of Jack Kent Cooke in the sale of the Washington Redskins to Daniel Snyder. 1992-93: Retained by NFL as an advisor pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with players (continues to this day). 1980s: Represented Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones in the acquisition of the team and Texas Stadium...Continued to advise Jones and the Cowboys on a variety of franchise matters, including sponsorship contracts, the Collective Bargaining Agreement and salary cap, NFL broadcast arrangements, NFL Internet policies, stadium financing, estate planning, local broadcast partnerships, and NFL substance abuse programs. 1979: Promoted to partner of WCP. 1972: 1st year as a member of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering law firm.

PERSONAL: Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton in 1968...A knee injury, coupled with surgery, kept him from athletics his 1st 2 years...Played rugby as a junior and senior for the Tigers...Graduated from Yale Law School in 1971...Clerked for a federal judge in Connecticut for 1 year before joining WCP, a law firm with global offices...Father was in the Coast Guard...As a child, Dick moved all over the country with his parents, including Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, California, Washington, D.C., Florida and Massachusetts...Graduated from Mercersburg (PA) Academy, where he was student body president and captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams...Cass serves on the boards of the Greater Baltimore Committee, Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Bert Bell NFL Players Pension Plan...He has served on the boards of trustees for both Princeton and Mercersburg...Dick also serves on the board of trustees for the Maryland Science Center...He continues as chairman of the Ravens All Community Team Foundation...Dick's wife, Heather, owns an architecture firm, Cass and Associates...She is also a graduate of Yale (School of Architecture) and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects...Their daughter, Courtney, is a Columbia graduate who taught in New York City public schools for 3 years and is earning a law degree...She is in her 3rd year at Virginia...Their son, Willy, is a graduate of St. Albans, and is currently a junior at Yale...The Cass family resides in Baltimore and Chevy Chase, MD.

 
Dick Cass Colleagues :
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Rob Abiamiri

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Mike Anderson

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Kendrick Ballantyne

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Justin Bannan

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Antwan Barnes

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