Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame

“Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame is a smart, scholarly read. Readers have the option to read straight through or choose a chapter. Schiff and Jarvis have pulled together an impressive and comprehensive guide to some of the greatest legal minds in baseball history.”–Bob D’Angelo, The Sports Bookie Blog“I read the book over the past week or so and found that it, like all of the best non-fiction, does a great job of balancing readability and storytelling with good, detailed, and well-documented information, complete with endnotes following each chapter, many of which provide entertaining and enlightening asides that make you feel like you’re getting a whole separate and more in-depth look at each of its subjects…. Definitely a must-have.”–Craig Calcaterra, Cup of Coffee newsletter“This research…pay[s] tribute to those Hall of Fame inductees who balanced courtroom logic with diamond strategy, celebrating how legal minds have shaped the game’s rules, ethics, labor relations, and legacy. Whether advocating for players’ rights or steering the sport through turbulent eras, their contributions stretch far beyond box scores. In revisiting their stories, we illuminate a fascinating-and often overlooked-intersection between jurisprudence and baseball history.”–Baseball Almanac “[This] new book explores the link, and celebrates the heroes who scaled two professions … The inductees’ stories–unearthed through painstaking archival research and interviews–reveal how legal training influenced pivotal moments in the sport’s history…”–Lisa Willis, Daily Business Review, Law.com “[T]his (is a) must read baseball book”–Ed Kasputis, Baseball PhD podcast “Baseball buffs obsessed with the law can indulge both delights”–Samadhi Jones, The Florida Bar News

Louis H. Schiff is a retired Florida county court judge and an adjunct professor of law at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Robert M. Jarvis is a professor of law at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.