Darren Heitner, Esq., CEO
About > Darren Heitner
Darren Adam Heitner, Esq. is the Founder/CEO of DYNASTY, Professor of Sport Agency Management at Indiana University Bloomington, Co-Founder of Collegiate Sports Advisors (CSA), and the Founder/Chief Editor of Sports Agent Blog, a leading niche industry publication. He is an attorney with Wolfe Law Miami, who is licensed to practice on the state and federal level, and focuses on sports, entertainment, and intellectual property litigation and transactional work. Darren is regularly interviewed on major sports radio programs and television shows, he has written pieces that have been featured in various top sports publications, and has spoken at/moderated sports discussions at institutions of higher education. He is a regular panelist on CBS West Palm Beach’s “Beyond the Game.” In 2010, Darren was named to Miami, Florida’s Power 30 Under 30 in the Sports category along with the MLB’s Hanley Ramirez, NBA’s Udonis Haslem, and NFL’s Ronnie Brown. In 2011, Darren was named to SportsPro Media’s 10 NEXT, which honors ten stars of the sports business industry under the age of 30 that have achieved a level of success that is truly rare at such a young age.
Darren 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 Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law article titled, Corking the Cam Newton Loophole, a Sweeping Suggestion, author of a NYU School of Law 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, and co-author of a Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal article titled, In Baseball’s Best Interest?: A Discussion of the October 2010 MLBPA Regulations Governing Player Agents.
Darren has a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the same institution, where he served two terms as the President of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society and Chair of the popular UF Sports Law Symposium. He is also the Public Relations Director of the National Sports and Entertainment Law Society and Associate Executive Director of the Jewish Coaches Association.
Darren is a member of many prestigious Honors Societies including Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Florida Blue Key.
» Featured in the Independent Florida Alligator
» Featured in YOUNG MONEY Magazine Entrepreneur Profiles
» Named a “Rising Star” by Partnership Activation, Inc.
» Named to Miami’s 2010 Power 30 Under 30.
» Named to SportsPro Media’s 2011 10 NEXT.
» Miami Herald Op-ed: NCAA’s $2,000 boost to scholarship-athletes: too little, but a start
» SportsBusiness Journal Op-ed: Forcing social media silence not the answer for colleges
» Fox News Op-ed: Does the U.S. Need a Sports Czar?