Attorneys

Carla Varriale is a litagator who has represented Major League Baseball teams and players, minor league teams and clients in the recreation and sports industries. Carla has obtained noteworthy dispositive motion victories in cases involving injuries arising out of promotional activities at sporting venues. She writes and lectures on issues of interest to sports, recreation and entertainment venues, including water parks and amusement parks.

Carla counsels entities with self-insured retentions regarding methods to minimize exposure and to develop successful risk management and litigation strategies, particularly those related to security issues.

She received her undergraduate degree from Boston University in 1988 and her Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 1992. At New York Law School, Carla was a member of the Moot Court Executive Board and the Order of the Barristers. In 2003, she was named to the Advisory Committee of the Institute of Paralegal Studies at New York University. Carla is on the faculty at Columbia University's School of Continuing Education, where she is teaching a "Sports Law and Ethics" class.

Carla, who is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association, is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut, and before United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Publications

• Professional Baseball Team Snags Victory in Personal Injury Action
  Sports Litigation Alert (2008)

• New Jersey’s Highest Court Applies Limited Duty of Care in Hockey Spectator Injury Case
  Sports Litigation Alert (2008)
• That’s the Ticket . . .
  What’s Next for the Ticketing
  Industry After Ticketmaster v.
  RMG Techs., Inc.
  Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (2008)
• The Covenant of Security: Don't 'Pass the Ball', It's an Opportunity for Owners and Operators of Sports Arenas
  Sports Litigation Alert (2006)
• New Jersey Supreme Court Crafts Hybrid Rule for Injured Patrons at Baseball Stadiums
  Sports Litigation Alert (2006)
• Don’t “Assume” Anything: Avoiding and Defending Negligence Actions When Spectators Harm Spectators
  Stadium Manager (2006)
• Liability In Spectator Injury Cases: The Risk Has Changed, Will The Law
  Amusement Business (2006)

Presentations

• Two Tickets to Paradise
  (Billboard Magazine Conference, November 2008)
• Protecting Your Campers, Protecting Your Camp
  (Tri-State Camp Conference, March 2008)
• Venues and Premises Liability
  (2008 Stadium Managers Association, February 2008)
• International Sports Law
  (London, England, December 2007)
• Avoiding Liability as an Owner/Operator of a Sports or Recreation Facility
  (Athletic Business Conference & Expo, November 2007)
• Craig Kelly Sport & Entertainment Law Symposium
  (University of South Carolina, November 2007)
• Spectator Liability Issues; Using an Expert Witness
  (International Conference on Sport and Entertainment Business (ICSEB), November 2007)
• International Association of Assembly Managers, July 2007
• Protecting the Crowd, Protecting the Venue:
  The Tinderbox of Stadium Liability
  (Stadium Managers Association Annual Seminar, February 2007)
• Craig Kelly Sport & Entertainment Law Symposium
  (University of South Carolina, November 2006)