David M. Benck is a dual

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and

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. He graduated from Birmingham-Southern College (BA Economics 1990) and the

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School of Law (JD 1993). Benck is the Senior Vice President,

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, and secretary for Hibbett Sports, Inc. as well as a well-known commercial and sport arbitrator. In May 2012, the

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announced that Benck had been named to the AAA's global

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, and indicated that "Mr. Benck has served as an international arbitrator in numerous matters in both the commercial, sport and employment areas and has been published in the AAA’s Dispute Resolution Journal. Mr. Benck is an adjunct professor at Cumberland School of Law where he teaches Practicing Law In House. Mr. Benck is on the Norton Board of Advisors for Birmingham-Southern College, is the current President of the Alabama Chapter of the

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, and is the legal counsel to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame." Benck is a member of the International

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in Switzerland, frequently referred to as the global Supreme Court of Sport. Members of the Court routinely oversee global sport disputes involving

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, anti-doping, Hyperandrogenism, sport integrity, corruption and bribery issues. Benck briefly served on the Board of Directors of USA Gymnastics. According to ESPN, he was brought in to oversee the complete Board restructuring and CEO replacement in response to the sex abuse allegations. In January 2016, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announced that Benck had been appointed to the Board of Directors; subsequently appointed to the Federal Reserve’s Special Committee on Payment Innovation and Inclusion. He was a member of the bid team that won World Games 2021 for Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Benck was appointed to the

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inaugural Independent Resolution Panel to oversee adjudication of Division 1 compliance issues as part of

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investigation into college basketball corruption, including adjudicating the NCAA v. Mark Gottfried case/North Carolina State case, and the NCAA v. Rick Pitino/University of Louisville case. In 2021, the Association of Corporate Counsel named Benck “General Counsel of the Year.” Benck has been published in national publications including for the NACD, ''

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'', the ''

'', ''The Docket'', ''HostingTech'', the ''Web Hosting Industry Review'', and ''The Computer Law Associates Bulletin''.

References

The Birmingham Business Journal List of Who is Who in the Law

Cumberland School of Law

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