Barnes & Thornburg has formed a new university and professional athletics practice led by of counsel Ellis T. “Skip” Prince and sports management adviser Steve Pederson, both new additions to the firm.

The Am Law 200 firm is headquartered in Indianapolis, home to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, but the practice will be organized in Washington, D.C. Prince said he and Roscoe Howard, Barnes & Thornburg’s D.C. managing partner and a former member of the NCAA committee on infractions, have known each other since law school.