David Fish

Kindness, Loyalty, Hard Work, and a Non-Quitting Spirit.

David is a civil and criminal trial attorney, with more than twenty-seven years of employment law and commercial litigation experience.  He has managed combat sports athletes around the world for almost twenty years.

In addition to his time as General Counsel for Paradigm Sports Management, David enters his 22nd year as an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School, where he also serves as the faculty advisor to the Sports Law Society.  He is the proud coach of the Goshen High School Mock Trial Team — 2023 and 2024 County Champions.

David has been named a New York Metro Super Lawyers every year since 2007.  He is a Past Chair of the Employment Rights Section of the American Association for Justice, past Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section’s EEO Committee, and a past National Employment Lawyers Association/New York Chapter (NELA/NY) Executive Board member, where he was editor of the NELA/NY Employee Advocate newsletter.  David regularly speaks on panels and symposiums on sports law and contract negotiation.

David competed in the 2004 and 2005 New York City Golden Gloves and holds a Black Belt in Tiger Schulmann’s Mixed Martial Arts and a BJJ Blue Belt.  He loves spending time with his wife and five children and two cats (Pepper and Milo) and dog (D’Arce), listening to music, and kickboxing.

Favorite athlete: Ronnie Lott

Favorite food: Zazzy’s pepperoni pizza

Favorite band: U2

Favorite movie: North by Northwest

Favorite TV show: Mad Men

Education

• New York Law School (1996)
• State University of New York at Albany (1992)