The Ravens have hired a new general counsel – a 31-year-old with Maryland roots who counseled NFL team executives as a member of the league's management council.
Brandon Etheridge becomes the team's first general counsel since 1999. The team decided to restore the in-house position handling its legal work.
Etheridge, who played football at Yale, was born in Baltimore. He was raised in Prince George's and Howard counties and attended the McDonogh School during grades four through 12.
"As a native Marylander, born in Baltimore City and raised in its suburbs, I could not be more excited to join my hometown team," Etheridge said in news release issued by the team.
Working for the management council, Etheridge advised team officials on the collective bargaining agreement, player contracts, discipline and health care, the Ravens said. He also represented teams in arbitration proceedings and advised on employment-related legal issues.
Etheridge had previously worked for the international law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.
"We are delighted to have Brandon join us as general counsel," Ravens president Dick Cass said in the release. "He will play a prominent role for the Ravens and, with his long and close ties to the Baltimore area, will play an important role for us in our community as well."
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