As The Am Law Daily reported in August, Rodriguez retained Reed Smith commercial litigation cohead Jordan Siev and investment management chair James McCarroll earlier this year to advise him in his dealings with MLB amid its push to hit the steroid-tainted slugger with a 211-game suspension. By then, Rodriguez was already being advised by sports and entertainment lawyer Wm. David Cornwell Sr., a well-regarded player advocate whose Atlanta-based firm was absorbed by Gordon & Rees last year.
All three lawyers are identified in the complaint filed Friday as representing Rodriguez in connection with the litigation, as is Joseph Tacopina, a high-profile New York criminal defense lawyer also retained by the injury-prone third baseman as he seeks to preserve what’s left of the $275 million contract he signed with the Yankees in late 2007.
