Cathy Hampton
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Overview

Cathy Hampton

Cathy Hampton brings over 30 years of successful experience in transactional, corporate, regulatory, and litigation matters to her work as a mediator and arbitrator. She mediates and arbitrates cases involving sports, entertainment, business/commercial, insurance, personal injury, and other issues.

Cathy is a partner in the Entertainment and Sports and Corporate practice groups at Greenspoon Marder LLP. (Read more about her joining Greenspon Marder here.) She offers a dynamic blend of transactional, corporate, regulatory, intellectual property, and litigation expertise, ensuring her clients’ needs are met with precision and insight. As a former public and private sector chief legal officer, she specializes in high-value mergers and acquisitions, finance, high-stakes disputes, and conflict resolution.

After three decades in public and private practice, she launched her own firm with a thriving roster of elite NBA, NFL, SEC, ACC, MEAC, and PAC12 athletes. As a founding partner in the sports, entertainment and hospitality space, Cathy executed major transactions across multiple industries, including sports sponsorships, the consolidation of a global bank conglomerate, the sale of an international hospitality brand, a construction merger, and the sale of multiple retail assets. She guided a national construction company through an eight-figure acquisition, assessing and managing risk, while helping navigate corresponding changes to headcount. She also led the nine-figure dissolution of a Fortune 1000 company as its chief legal officer, integrating legal, risk management, and human resources functions.

Cathy has secured over $100 million total in brand partnerships with leading companies, including Apple, AT&T, CVS, Hulu, French’s Mustard, McDonald’s, Mercedes-Benz, Netflix, NIKE, Panini, and PUMA, among dozens of others. As Atlanta city attorney, she spearheaded the historic growth of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, including the 20-year extension of the Delta Air Lines lease, and secured financing for Mercedes-Benz Stadium and refinancing for State Farm Arena.

Cathy also volunteers with the State Bar of Georgia’s Fee Arbitration Program to help resolve fee-related contract disputes.

Admitted to Practice

  • State Bar of Georgia
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • New York State Bar
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of the United States

Education

  • Harvard Law School
  • Spelman College
  • Oxford University
  • University of the West Indies

Professional Affiliations

  • Registered Mediator, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
  • Certified Player Agent, National Basketball Players Association
  • Fee Arbitration Program Neutral, State Bar of Georgia
  • Director, Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority
  • Chair, Corporate Counsel Section, State Bar of Georgia
  • Committee on Professionalism, State Bar of Georgia
  • Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, Federal Communications Commission

Honors & Awards

  • 2024 Women’s History Month Honoree, City of Atlanta
  • Outstanding General Counsel for a Large Organization, Atlanta Business Chronicle
  • In-House Legal Department of the Year, Fulton County Daily Report
  • Trumpet Awards Foundation Honoree
  • Distinguished Alumna, Spelman College National Alumnae Association
  • Georgia’s Most Powerful and Influential Women Attorneys

 

Publications

 

Speaking Engagements

  • Name, Image and Likeness Practice, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Career Transitions and Ethics, State Bar of Georgia
  • Representing Student Athletes: Name Image and Likeness, State Bar of Georgia
  • Minorities in the Sports Business, Howard University
  • Take a Stand Against Campus Violence, United Nations Women Summit

 

Community Involvement

  • Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  • Board of Directors, Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
  • Board of Directors, VOX Teen Communications
  • Economic Justice Chair, Atlanta Women’s Foundation
  • Investment Committee, Leadership Atlanta
  • Social Action Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Rates and Fees

Rates - Cathy Hampton

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Atlanta Rates
2 Party Case: $300 per party; per hour
3 Party Case: $275 per party; per hour
4 Party Case: $250 per party; per hour
5+ Party Case: Flat Rate Available Upon Request
Arbitration Hourly Rate: $500

Travel time and expenses, including meals and lodging, billed separately and split equally among the parties at the Neutral's hourly rate.
Pre/Post Consultation & Document Review: Hourly Mediation/Arbitration Rate

Mediation /Arbitration Admin Fees
Atlanta Mediation Admin Fee - $300 per party
Arbitration Commencement And Administration Fee: $1500 per party

MEDIATION CANCELLATION POLICY

Mediations cancelled within 10 days of the mediation will be charged a cancellation fee of $500. However, mediations cancelled, rescheduled or settled within 24 hours of the mediation will be charged 4 of the Neutral's hourly rate . Cancellation fees shall be sent to the cancelling party unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.

ARBITRATION FEE PAYMENT POLICY

Arbitration Commencement and Administrative Fee is $1500.00 per party, per arbitrator. At the commencement of arbitration, each party will be invoiced $1500.00. This fee is refundable minus $500.00 per party until the initial case management order has been issued. All arbitration related invoices are due upon receipt.

ARBITRATION CANCELLATION POLICY

If a single-day Arbitration Hearing scheduled on the merits of the case cancels or reschedules within 15 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 4 hours of the Arbitrator’s hourly rate. However, if the single-day Arbitration Hearing cancels or reschedules within 2 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 8 hours of the Arbitrator’s hourly rate.

If a multi-day Arbitration Hearing scheduled on the merits of the case cancels or reschedules within 28 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 4 hours of the Arbitrator's hourly rate for each day reserved for the hearing. However, if the multi-day Arbitration Hearing cancels or reschedules within 7 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 8 hours of the Arbitrator's hourly rate for each day reserved for the hearing.

Issuance of the Final Arbitration Order/Award

Arbitration Awards/Orders will not be issued to either party until Miles has received full payment for all fees and expenses associated with the arbitration.