Sports Law Advisory Board Member: Jeff Dorso

Jeff Dorso is currently in his seventh season with the Sacramento Kings, where he serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

Dorso oversees all legal and real estate development matters for the Sacramento Kings and its group of companies, which include the LEED Platinum Golden 1 Center, the NBA G-League team Stockton Kings, Kings Guard Gaming of the NBA 2K esports league, the award-winning Kimpton Sawyer Hotel, and the Sacramento River Cats, the AAA baseball affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.

Prior to coming in house with the Kings, Dorso co-founded and served as Managing Partner of Pioneer Law Group LLP, where his practice included work for clients, such as Airbnb, LiveNation, the Sacramento Kings, and San Jose Sharks. In 2013, the Mayor of Sacramento engaged Dorso to help lead the fight to keep the Kings in Sacramento, negotiate and develop a public-private partnership for the financing of a new arena, and identify a new ownership group to purchase the Sacramento Kings. Following that success, the Kings engaged Dorso as lead outside counsel overseeing the entitlement, litigation, and development of the award winning Golden 1 Center and surrounding Downtown Commons development.

Dorso is an active member of the academic and non-profit communities. He currently serves as a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the UC Davis Law School where he teaches the business of professional sports. He also has served on the board of directors of the Sacramento Ballet Company, the Sacramento Zoo, Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief, Solar Cookers International, CLARA – the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts, and Valley Vision.

Dorso graduated in 2001 with a juris doctorate from Tulane Law School, with a specialty certificate in Sports Law