CEO@Smith Speaker Series

Dick Cass, President, Baltimore Ravens
Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Frank Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

REGISTER TO ATTEND

Dick Cass is in his seventh year as president of the Ravens. Cass oversees every area of the organization, including player and staff personnel, the coaching team, corporate sales, communications and business ventures. In addition to his time with the Ravens, Cass has served as counsel to a number of NFL owners, including both the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys, as well as the NFL’s league office.

Prior to his position with the Baltimore Ravens, Cass worked with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (WCP), a D.C.-based law firm. Cass joined the firm in 1972 and was promoted to partner in 1979, a capacity in which he served until 2003. Throughout his tenure at WCP, Cass worked on a variety of high-profile cases relative to the National Football League (NFL). He represented Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in the acquisition of the team and Texas Stadium, was retained by the NFL as an advisor pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with players, represented the estate of Jack Kent Cooke in the sale of the Redskins, and represented Steve Bisciotti in the purchase of the Ravens, to name a few.

After he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton in 1971, Cass went on to graduate from Yale Law School in 1971. He serves on boards for the Greater Baltimore Committee, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore Community Foundation and Bert Bell NFL Players Pension Plan, and continues as chairman of the Ravens All Community Team Foundation.