Hogan Lovells' Jimmy McEntee among finalists for The American Lawyer's Young Lawyer of the Year

Hogan Lovells' Jimmy McEntee among finalists for The American Lawyer's Young Lawyer of the Year

Awards & rankings | 21 July 2023

Washington, D.C., 20 July 2023 – Hogan Lovells senior associate Jimmy McEntee has been named on the shortlist for The American Lawyer’s Young Lawyer of the Year award.

McEntee, a member of our Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Practice based in our Washington, D.C. office, has rapidly earned a sterling reputation in sports disputes. He leads the Firm’s sports arbitration practice, including representing Major League Baseball and National Hockey League teams in salary arbitration matters. He has a 5-2 record as lead practitioner in 7 Major League Baseball hearings, winning cases for the Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Miami Marlins in recent years.  

He also played a key support role in a Hogan Lovells team that successfully represented the University of Louisville before the NCAA's Independent Resolution Panel. A November 2022 decision helped the Louisville men’s basketball program escape major sanctions following an NCAA investigation into whether employees of a sports apparel company paid players and their families to attend schools affiliated with that company.

The award winner will be announced at a ceremony in New York on 15 November.