Executive Vice-President and General Counsel – NFL

Jeffrey Pash joined the National Football League in January 1997, and is currently Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He is recognized as the second most powerful executive in the NFL, after Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Prior to joining the NFL, Pash was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at the National Hockey League, where he served as a Senior Legal and Policy Advisor to Commissioner, Gary Bettman.

He began his professional career with the Washington, D.C. firm of Covington & Burling, where he practiced law from 1980 to 1993, becoming a partner in the firm in 1988. While at Covington & Burling, he was heavily involved in the firm’s sports practice and worked on a wide range of litigation, legislative, labor and other matters for the NFL and other clients.