She is a frequent contributor to conferences and publications in the businessof sports and entertainment including the American Bar AssociationEntertainment& Sports Forum

She is a frequent contributor to conferences and publications in the businessof sports and entertainment, including the American Bar AssociationEntertainment& Sports Forum, the Sports Lawyers Association, IEG'ssponsorship conference and the Beverly Hills Bar Association's speakingseries. She serves on the editorial board of the ABA's Entertainment &Sports Lawyer.Ms. Oliveau is on the panel of American Arbitration Association(AAA) and London Court of International Arbitration arbitrators and has actedas an arbitrator in AAA cases brought under the US Anti-Doping Agency protocoland the US Olympic Committee Code of Conduct. She also serves as an advisorytrustee on the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission as well as sitson the boards of advisors of the National Sports Law Institute, the LoyolaSports Law Institute and the Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance.

Oliveau has served as an arbitrator for the Court ofArbitration for Sport (CAS), whose jurisdiction has been adopted by all thesports on the summer and winter Olympic programs as final and enforceable Inaddition, Ms. In December 2007, because of the firm's rapidgrowth, Arent Fox Los Angeles relocated to the city's prestigious Gas CompanyTower located at 555 West 5th Street.About Maidie E Oliveau:In 1990 Ms. Oliveau established LawSports, a boutique firm in Los Angeles Prior to founding LawSports, Ms. Oliveau was senior vice president and generalcounsel to DelWilber + Associates (DWA), where she administered more than $50million in sponsorship contract commitments and handled the general legalaffairs of DWA.She came to DWA from the Women's International ProfessionalTennis Council (now the WTA Tour).Prior to that she was part of the teamthat organized the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984 Since May 1997, Ms.

Starting with nine lawyers in January 2007, the Los Angeles office has grownto nearly 30 attorneys - including lateral partners and new associates - andmore than 20 staff members. Oliveau to the firm is the latest development in the rapidgrowth of Arent Fox's Los Angeles office, which was launched on January 1,2007, when Washington, DC-based Arent Fox and Los Angeles-based litigationboutique O'Brien Abeles LLP combined their firms. Arent Fox's sports law practice also encompasses providing legal counselonlabor and employment issues (including players' and coaches' contracts, andsalary caps issues) for professional sports teams The addition of Ms. Arent Fox also has extensive experience in the acquisition and development ofsports facilities, including the Verizon Center - the downtown DC sports arenathat is home to the Washington Wizards, the Washington Mystics, the WashingtonCapitals and the Georgetown Hoyas and was also involved in the development andconstruction of several other professional sports facilities, including:Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles); M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore Ravens); PETCOPark (San Diego Padres); and Miller Park (Milwaukee Brewers). Arent Fox has been involved in some of the most significant sportstransactions in recent history, including representing Brooklyn Arena, LLC andthe NJ Nets in connection with the Barclays Center naming rights transaction,the largest arena naming rights and team sponsorship transaction in thehistory of sports and entertainment; representing the Charlotte Bobcats inconnection with the Time Warner Cable Center naming rights and teamsponsorship transaction and the related media rights agreement with FoxSports, representing the current owners of the Tampa Bay Rays in connectionwith their acquisition of a controlling interest in this MLB franchise. Oliveau has worked on a number of major sports-related transactions,negotiating and administering more than 200 deals totaling over $600 million,including:(i) naming rights agreement for AT&T Park (formerly SBC Park andPacific Bell Park) in San Francisco; (ii) the Detroit Pistons' telecast rightsto Fox Sports Net Detroit, the local regional sports network; (iii) the TennisChannel agreement with the French Tennis Federation for the rights to telecastthe Roland-Garros Grand Slam tournament; (iv) AstraZeneca's CRESTOR brandsponsorship of the PGA Tour; (v) Fox's acquisition of the Los Angeles Dodgers;and (vi) Sugar Bowl's title sponsorship deal with Allstate (and previouslywith Nokia and USF&G).

ArentFox's reputation for delivering high-quality sports related services andworking on someofthe most prominent sports transactions in the country iswell known.I am very pleased to have been given the opportunity to expandthe firm's sports law practice and to add a West Coast presence to the firm'salready national practice." Ms. "The experience and skill she brings arefantastic additions to our firm's sports law practice and further solidifiesArent Fox's reputation as a leading national firm offering services insports.""I am delighted to be joining the Arent Fox team here in Los Angeles," saidMs Oliveau "It is the perfect fit for me, my practice and my clients. "We are thrilled that an attorney of Maidie's talent and ability is joiningArent Fox's West Coast team," said Robert O'Brien, the partner in charge ofArent Fox's Los Angeles office. She bringssuperior experience and exceptional knowledge of the sports industry to ArentFox. United; Women's National BasketballAssociation's Washington Mystics.(Photo: http:// )Maidie E. Oliveau is a respected, well-known sports attorney, havingrepresented sponsors, event organizers, television broadcasters, sportsassociations and other rights holders for more than 20 years.She has alsorepresented professional tennis, basketball and other athletes.

Arent Fox's sports law practice is already highly experienced,serving as counsel on a variety of matters to various professional teams,including the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards, CharlotteBobcats and New Jersey Nets; Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays; NationalFootball League's Miami Dolphins; and the Washington Capitals of the NationalHockey League; Major Soccer League's D.C. Oliveau, 55, has joined the firm as counsel in its LosAngeles office, adding a West Coast presence to the firm's renowned sportspractice. 212-763-6044Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Noted Sports Law Attorney Maidie E.