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About Me

My name is Kurt Emhoff and I am a Sports and Entertainment Law Attorney. I have substantial experience in both sports and entertainment transactions and litigation - specializing in the sport of boxing. I was formerly an attorney with Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, LLP and in-house counsel at Integrex, a division of Owens Corning. I graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from Penn State and received my J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. I was admitted to practice in New York, 2nd Dept., on August 20, 1997. In addition to practicing law, I am a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and I am on the voting committee of the Boxing Hall of Fame. I have also been a frequent contributor of articles to the on-line publications www.ESPN.com, www.maxboxing.com and www.secondsout.com. I have been quoted in the popular boxing print publications The Ring, KO Magazine and Boxing Monthly, as well as the on-line publications www.boxingtalk.com, www.fightnews.com and www.thesweetscience.com. I was a Ring Magazine boxing trivia champion in college and I have lectured on lawyering in the boxing industry at Boston University School of Law. I've been representing athletes and related sports marketing businesses for over ten years. My main focus has been the sport of boxing and I'm considered one of the premiere attorneys and advisors in the sport. As well as being an attorney in the sport, I am also a licensed boxing manager in the state of New York.The major service areas of my law practice include Sports Law, Business and Corporate Law, Litigation and Intellectual Property. Within these areas I can help you or your business with the following: business or corporate entity formation, contract drafting and negotiation (including boxing management, promotional, site agreements, licensing agreements, etc.), procuring sponsorship and/or endorsement opportunities, protecting your intellectual property rights. I've represented some of the best fighters on the planet including the following: Winky Wright . . . Cory Spinks . . . Travis Simms . . . Derrick Gainer . . . Kermit Cintron . . . Luis Collazo . . . Dmitriy Salita . . . Paulie Malignaggi . . . Giovanni Lorenzo . . . Tarvis Simms . . . Peter Manfredo, Jr. . . . Terronn Millett . . . Louis DelValle . . . just to name a few. Check out the links to a few of my clients' websites (or articles about them): BOXERSWinky Wright - 51-3-1, 25 KO's - former undisputed junior middleweight champion - www.winkypromotionsllc.com Peter Manfredo, Jr. - 26-3, 12 KO's - super middleweight contender - www.manfredojr.com Dmitriy Salita - 27-0-1, 15 KO's - unbeaten jr. welterweight contender - www.dsalita.com Giovanni Lorenzo - 23-0, 15 KO's - unbeaten middleweight - http://www.mainevents.com/roster.php?id=23 Tarvis Simms - 21-0-1, 11 KO's - unbeaten middleweight contender - http://www.starboxing.com/tarvis_simms.htm Derrick Gainer - 39-7-1, 24 KO's - former WBA featherweight champion - http://www.sho.com/site/boxing/profile.do?fighter=224 Travis "GW Hope" Kaufman - 8-0, 6 KO's - Future Heavyweight Champion - http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Boxer:Travis_Kau ffman:343636 Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin - 10-0, 9 KO's - middleweight sensation Maureen "The Real Million Dollar Baby" Shea - 10-0, 5 KO's - jr. lightweight powerhouseBUSINESSES www.round1endorsements.com www.bigboxing.com Cedric Kushner's Gotham Boxing, Inc. plain layout @ HOT FreeLayouts.com MyHotComments
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My Interests

My family is, of course, my number one priority - even more so than boxing - lol. I'm very much in love with my wife Laurena and we're devoted to our lovely daughter Bailey. Besides family and boxing, I am a huge music fan and I have over 600 CD's in my collection. Some of my favorite artists are listed below, though it's certainly not an exhaustive list. I'm also a huge fan of cinema - mostly indie films. My short list of favorites is listed below. I read as much as the morning subway ride will allow, both fiction and non-fiction. I love to travel. I've been to Brazil (my favorite), Costa Rica, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Macau, France, England, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. I'd love to make it to Africa and Australia one day. I love dining out in NYC or wherever there is good food (not necessarily fancy-schmancy but places where the menu is creative and tasty). And oh yeah, did I mention I love THE FIGHTS

I'd like to meet:

Boxers, Boxing Promoters or sports related businesses who are looking for legal representation.MMA FIGHTERS - you guys are MASSIVELY UNDERPAID!!! Let me bring some equity to your negotiations and put some more money in your pockets. The PPV numbers are not matching what MMA fighters are earning. PLEASE LET ME HELP YOU OUT - lol.Boxing fans - it's my passion and nothing beats talking boxing with a knowledgable fan.People who shake the tree a bit AND have their heart in the right place. People trying to work for the greater good.Some people I wouldn't mind meeting - Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Zadie Smith, Irvine Welsh, Raymond Pettibon, Mira Nair, Sade, The Coen Brothers, Pedro Almodovar, Bono, Sasha Baron Cohen

Music:

Indie Rock - Old School - Echo & The Bunnymen, U2, R.E.M., Joy Division, New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Pixies, The Replacements, Jesus & Mary Chain, Adam & The Ants, Aztec Camera, B-52's, The Balancing Act, Big Black, Billy Bragg, Birthday Party, Black Flag, Butthole Surfers, The Clash, The Cramps, The Cure, Dead Kennedys, Einsterzende Neubeuten, Everything But The Girl, Flaming Lips, Galaxie 500, The Jacobites, Let's Active, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, My Bloody Valentine, The Pogues, The Psychedelic Furs, Pussy Galore, Shriekback, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, The Stone Roses, Swervedriver, Talking Heads, This Mortal Coil, Throwing Muses, Tones On Tail, The Verve, The Waterboys, The Wolfgang Press New (or somewhat New) School - Village of Dead Roads, 7% Solution, Arcade Fire, Bjork, Blues Explosion, Brazilian Girls, Bright Eyes, Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham, Death Cab For Cutie, Feist, Gorillaz, The Hives, Kings Of Leon, Massive Attack, Spoon, Stiffed, Swell, Turbonegro, TV On The Radio, The White Stripes - too many to nameIndie R&B - Amel Larrieux, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Floetry, Cassandra Wilson, Esthero, D'Angelo [where ya at? Tupac has more albums out than you in the last few years - lol], Angie Stone, India Arie, Kelis, Res, Maxwell, Brand New Heavies [welcome back], Glenn LewisHip-Hop - mostly into alternative or "conscious" Hip-Hop - though some hardcore or "hip-pop" gets fired up on the iPod when I'm in the mood - De La Soul, Outkast, Mos Def, Q-Tip [ATCQ - RIP], Common, Gnarls Barkley, Kanye West [but get over yourself - it's getting annoying], Mobb Deep [best beats in HH], Hezekiah, Ludacris, Missy Elliott, Roots, Pharcyde, Nas, 50 Cent, Eminem, Jay-Z, BiggieGotta show much respect to the artists, managers and label execs in the hip-hop world who support my beloved sport of boxing as well - Irv and Chris Gotti, J. Prince, Damon Dash, Chris Lighty, James Cruz, Storm, Fat Joe (always at the fights), Ja Rule, Ashanti, Cam'ron and L.L. Cool J. DO NOT SLEEP ON BRITISH HIP-HOP check out: Doc Brown, Luc Skyz, the Poisonous Poets collective; these fellas are spittin' truth - definitely underappreciatedJazz - Late '50's-early '60's - particularly Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald Dancehall Reggae - Sean Paul, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Lady Saw, Capleton, MATISYAHU (Don't know if he's Dancehall - more roots and culture, but I love him, he brought Dmitriy Salita into the ring for one of our NYC fights - it was electric) Brazilian Bossa Nova - Tom Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Astrid Gilberto, Stan Getz, Vincius De Moraes, Gilberto Gil, Elis Regina, Jorge Ben, Os Cariocas, and it's electronica updates - Bebel Gilberto, Rosalia De Souza, Suba, Cris Delanno ...and of course, SADE, who defies musical categories.

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, Volver, Borat, Kill Bill Pt. 1, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Memento, Amelie, Talk To Her, City Of God, Secretary, Lost In Translation, Waking Life, Being John Malkovich, Mulholland Drive, Secrets And Lies, Election, Happiness, Trainspotting, Rushmore, Pulp Fiction, Tokyo Fist, Dead Man, Delicatessen, Reservoir Dogs, Henry & June, Miller's Crossing, Hated: The G.G. Allin Story, Mystery Train, Salaam Bombay!, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover, Barfly, Do The Right Thing, Wings Of Desire, Heathers, Fingered, Raising Arizona, Blue Velvet, Brazil, Afterhours, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Pink Flamingos, A Clockwork Orange, Contempt, La Dolce Vita, Breathless, Casablanca, most anything by David Lynch, The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarrantino, Pedro Almodovar, Richard Linklater, Martin Scorcese, Jim Jarmusch, Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze, Spike Lee, Todd Solandz

Television:

Chappelle Show, Project Runway (the one show my wife and I can sit and watch together), Da Ali G Show, HBO Championship Boxing, Showtime Championship Boxing, ESPN2's Friday Night Fights, Telefutura's Solo Boxeo, Broadway Boxing, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Weeds, The Office, Arrested Development, Twin Peaks, Top Chef, Ren and Stimpy, Arli$$, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (whenever he's on Conan), Flavor Of Love, The Twilight Zone, Night Stalker (old and new - gotta love Gabrielle Union - even though it got cancelled - lol)

Books:

Both Fiction and Non: White Teeth, On Beauty (Zadie Smith); The Corrections (Jonathon Franzen); Maribou Stork Nightmares, Filth, Trainspotting, The Bedroom Secrets of The Master Chefs (Irvine Welsh); The Intuitionist (Colson Whitehead); Break Any Woman Down (Dana Johnson); The Farming of Bones (Edwidge Danticat); A Small Place (Jamaica Kincaid); Women (Charles Bukowski); A Confederacy Of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole); Ask The Dust (John Fante); Siddhartha (Herman Hesse); Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller); Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky); The Black Lights (Thomas Hauser); The Sweet Science (A. J. Liebling); Raymond Pettibon: A Reader - to name a few of my faves

Heroes:

Laurena Emhoff, Bailey Emhoff, Joe & Rita Emhoff (RIP), also every person that walks up the steps and in between the ropes

My Blog

A GREAT WEEK

I had a great week last week. Two of my fighters came up big and got knockout wins to continue their march to a world title. On Thursday, July 20, 2006, Dmitriy Salita won by sixth round...
Posted by Kurt Emhoff on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:07:00 PST

HATS OFF TO PAULIE

My man Paulie Malignaggi fought like a champ on Saturday night against Miguel Cotto in their bout for the WBO Junior Welterweight Championship. Unfortunately, he came up a little short on the sc...
Posted by Kurt Emhoff on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:53:00 PST