Kate Porter is a partner and head of the sports practice at Vela Wood P.C. Ms. Porter represents professional sports teams and leagues, national associations and organizing committees for major international sporting events in sports-related disputes and league and federation investigations. Additionally, Ms. Porter works with U.S. professional sports teams to support their in-house legal teams and other business units with drafting and negotiating various types of commercial agreements, providing legal and compliance counsel on promotional, ticketing, and marketing-related issues, and other day-to-day legal issues.