Eve Wright Taylor
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Miami Heat
Eve Wright Taylor is the Vice President and Associate General Counsel for the Miami HEAT and the American Airlines Arena. In her position, Taylor advises on a wide variety of legal issues pertaining to marketing and promotions, concerts and events, corporate sales, merchandising initiatives and player-related matters. Taylor previously served as the Senior Director of Business Affairs for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). She managed the LPGA's international trademark portfolio and retail licensing business. During her tenure with the LPGA, Taylor also served as the Senior Director of Legal Affairs and Director of Legal Affairs for the LPGA. Prior to LPGA, Taylor was an associate in the Minneapolis, Minnesota office of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. in the E-Business and Corporate Transactions groups, where she practiced primarily in the areas of intellectual property, corporate governance and e-business law. Taylor speaks regularly on sports, licensing, sponsorship, corporate governance and diversity issues. Among others, she has lectured at conferences and seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), Bryan Cave LLP, Corporate Counsel Women of Color Conference, Why Not Sports Symposium for Super Bowl XLIV in addition to multiple law schools, including Case Western, Indiana University and Florida A&M University. She has also been featured in various publications, including the African-American Golfer's Digest, the Atlanta Tribune, Black Enterprise and The DePauw magazines, and The Golf Channel television network. An avid supporter of community development initiatives, Taylor has served in various capacities on the boards of regional civic organizations and is currently a member of the ACC professional organization as well as serves on the Board of Directors for Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association and Advisory Board for the Corporate Counsel Women of Color. Taylor is a graduate of DePauw University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Business. She earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law and participated in the Consortium Program at Howard University School of Law. She is a member of the Florida and Minnesota bars and resides with her husband, Dr. Ken Taylor, in Atlanta.
