Marcus Whitaker
Business / Contracts, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Nonprofits, Trademarks (Transactional)
Personal Introduction
Marcus Whitaker is the Founder of GroundUp Law Group. Whitaker is currently licensed to practice law in New York and is a member of the New York Bar Association and American Bar Association. He is licensed by both the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and Federal International Basketball Association (FIBA) as a Basketball Agent. He is also a certified FINRA arbitrator. Whitaker founded GroundUp Sports & Entertainment, negotiating an NBA contract in his first week as a certified NBPA agent. He has proceeded to negotiate millions in total contract value during his short time as CEO of GroundUp Sports & Entertainment. A native of Trenton, New Jersey and New Haven, Connecticut, Whitaker has extensive roots in the Northeast. After a standout career in sports, he earned a full scholarship to play college basketball at Fairleigh Dickinson University. At FDU, he finished as the second all-time leader in assists in the school’s history, a leading indicator of his prolific leadership abilities at the point guard position. Following his successful career at Fairleigh Dickinson, Whitaker parlayed his wealth of experience into coaching and training basketball players across the Northeast. He started a basketball training company called GroundUp Basketball LLC in New Jersey. GroundUp Basketball LLC began with a single client, before ballooning to service over 300 athletes. Whitaker’s mentees range from as young as elementary schoolers through professionals playing in the NBA and Overseas. His prolific training specifically attracted many professionals who flew from all over the country to utilize his services and learn from his tutelage. After developing the idea for GroundUp Law Group while training the professional athletes through GroundUp Basketball, Whitaker graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law with a concentration in Intellectual Property Law in 2016.
Practice Composition
Transactional
Practice Summary
Whitaker focuses his legal practice in the areas of intellectual property licensing, copyright and trademark law, as well as general business law. He boasts an impressive resume, highlighted by broad experience in the areas of contract law, negotiations, and intellectual property during his tenure as an attorney. He has worked on multiple real estate transactions, non-profit startups and IP registrations.
Response Time
1 day
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
During his tenure at Seton Hall Law, he served as the Treasurer of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society while interning at the Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building And United States Courthouse under the Honorable Judge Sheridan. Whitaker honed his legal research skills on issues surrounding contractual agreements and issues in health care law while drafting memoranda regarding pending motions before the court. He built upon this foundation by serving as a law clerk at Oller, Luzzi and Breslin Law Firm where he researched, analyzed and prepared memorandum on issues related to civil litigation, personal injury, insurance defense, estate planning, landlord-tenant relations, and other matters.
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