Eldon L. Ham has practiced law for four decades and is experienced in contracts, trademarks, trade secrets, business law, entertainment, and sports. He is an adjunct member of the faculty at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, a tier-one national law school, where where he has taught since 1994 and won the Distinguished Service Award in 2010. He is also the designated legal analyst for WSCR Sports Radio in Chicago and is the author of five books on sports history. The newest release, All the Babe’s Men: Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Seasons and How They Changed America (Potomac Books), won a bronze medal in the national IPPY Awards, sports category. His articles have been published by the New York Times, Harvard Law, Berkeley Law, Marquette Law, Seton Hall Law, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, and dozens of others.

Eldon Ham was the first lawyer to challenge and change the NFL drug policy in court (Richard Dent v. NFL), and his leading athlete disability case is still featured in law textbooks nationally (Knapp v. Northwestern University). He worked on two projects for Muhammad Ali; was a principal in a trade secret case against a Fortune 500 company; and represented various agents, media personalities, and production companies. He has provided legal work for recording contracts, endorsement contracts, and licensing agreements involving such properties NFL Properties, Major League Baseball, Caesars Palace, CNN, NBA, and National Hockey League.

He has been a widely quoted expert in such venues as the Washington Post, ESPN.com, BusinessWeek, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Chicago Sun-Times, Orlando Sentinel, Christian Science Monitor, and Law 360; and he has been featured on Fox Sports, NPR, WGN Chicago, KFAN New York, WTTW Public Television, all major Chicago news media outlets, and elsewhere.

He has been nationally quoted in such venues as the New York Times, USA Today, Business Week, ESPN.com, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, and many more, and his articles have been published by the New York Times, Harvard University Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Trial Magazine, and others.

He is experienced in licensing and trademarks nationally, and has worked with properties such as the NFL, Major League Baseball, NCAA, CNN, Caesar’s Palace and others. He is the three time past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Committee on Law & Literature; he has been featured on radio and television in Chicago and nationally; and he coached Chicago-Kent baseball arbitration teams to second and third place national finishes in 2013 and 2014.

Carla Ham is co-founder of Ham Law Firm, devoted to serving the music and entertainment industry. A former entertainer herself, she has lived in the world of her clients, performing on stage with acts big and small from Kid Rock at the Aragon Ballroom, to Chris Casello at Reggies Music Joint and dozens of venues in between, giving her a unique perspective into the law by enabling her to anticipate problems before they arise. After years of watching her colleagues struggle to create their art under difficult contracts, she decided to attend law school to help the cause of entertainers everywhere.

Today, Carla is a licensed attorney and graduate of IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (2011), a tier one national law school. She holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Northwestern University (2008) and a Masters in Communications and Public Relations from DePaul University (2006). Carla volunteers with the Lawyers for the Creative Arts, and is a LCA Associate Board Events Committee member. She is presently an associate attorney with Eldon L. Ham PC.