Jason Setchen: Athlete Attorney with vast experience representing professional, collegiate, and high school athletes as well as coaches and school administrators.

Jason Setchen is a nationally recognized attorney and advocate for athletes, coaches, and school administrators in amateur and professional sports. Mr. Setchen provides extensive legal representation and meets his clients’ needs on a variety of sports-related legal and administrative issues across the country, associating with top-tier attorneys and local law firms when necessary.

Mr. Setchen has been practicing law for over 25 years, and he has dedicated a substantial portion of his career to advocating for and representing individuals in the sports industry. Mr. Setchen is AV-Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell, given only to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.  He has also been recognized as a top lawyer in his field by Super Lawyers and the South Florida Legal Guide.  Over the course of his distinguished career, Mr. Setchen has handled countless high-profile matters, acting as counsel for amateur and professional athletes, coaches, and sports administrators.  These matters over the years have concerned a vast variety of legal and administrative issues, including disputes with the FHSAA, NCAA, Universities, and Leagues.  Mr. Setchen has also been advocating for athletes in family court for more than two decades.

In addition to legal representation, Mr. Setchen has advised and counseled many student-athletes in an array of matters including eligibility, team suspension and/or dismissal, administrative waivers and appeals, drug testing appeals, transfer disputes, NCAA Transfer Portal disputes, scholarship reduction and cancellation disputes, and a compendium of issues pertaining to NCAA Revenue Sharing and use of student-athlete Name, Image and Likeness (‘NIL”). To learn more about Mr. Setchen’s prior and ongoing work, click here.

Mr. Setchen also frequently guest lectures around the United States at sports symposiums sponsored by sports organizations, colleges, and universities on an array of topics, including NCAA compliance issues, Name, Image, and Likeness use, FHSAA Policy and Enforcement, and Family Law as it pertains to professional athletes.