Executive Vice President & General Counsel
As Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Sam Fernandez has been responsible for overseeing all of the Dodgersā legal affairs for over 38 years. His duties have included negotiating and drafting contracts with the teamās broadcasting partners, concessionaires, sponsors, and players, licensing the teamās marks and other intellectual property, leasing the stadium for concerts and films, and supervising all litigation. He has worked on matters ranging from the establishment of the Dodgersā training facility in the Dominican Republic in 1986 to serving on the Board of Directors of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.
In 2009, Fernandez was awarded the Sports Counsel of the Year Award by the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel. In 2012, the Daily Journal included Fernandez in the publicationās annual selection of the Top 20 General Counsel in California. In 2013, the Los Angeles County Bar Associationās Corporate Law Departments Section named Fernandez Outstanding Corporate Counsel of the Year, and the National Law Journal recognized Fernandez as one of Americaās 50 Outstanding General Counsel in 2014.
Fernandez graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received his Juris Doctor in 1980 from the University of California, Hastings College of Law and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.