As the associate general counsel for Georgia State University, Bharath Parthasarathy's job isn't "sexy or headline-grabbing," says Kerry Heyward, his supervisor, "but it's the way he works and the value he brings to the task. It's the culmination of everything."

Parthasarathy's work at Georgia State may be under the radar, but the next time you see any of the university's athletic teams play, know that Parthasarathy was the lawyer who hammered out the deals and the details. And there are a lot of them.