{"id":39840,"date":"2026-02-19T15:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=39840"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:56:44","slug":"sels-guest-speaker-memphis-grizzlies-general-counsel-zachary-denkensohn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/sels-guest-speaker-memphis-grizzlies-general-counsel-zachary-denkensohn\/","title":{"rendered":"SELS Guest Speaker: Memphis Grizzlies General Counsel Zachary Denkensohn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sports &amp; Entertainment Law Society is excited to host <strong>Zachary Denkensohn<\/strong>, <strong>General Counsel for the Memphis Grizzlies<\/strong>, for a special guest speaker event! <strong>\ud83c\udfc0 \u2696\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Wednesday<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>February<\/strong> <strong>25<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\ud83d\udd5b\u00a0<\/strong><strong>12:00 \u2013 1:00 PM<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\ud83d\udccd\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Room <\/strong><strong>244<\/strong><br \/>\n\ud83e\udd6a <strong>FREE lunch provided<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This event offers a unique opportunity to hear firsthand how legal strategy shapes decision-making within a professional sports organization and to gain insight into careers in sports law. We encourage students interested in sports, corporate, or in-house practice to attend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up using this link<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/sJXiCvxMF6\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/sJXiCvxMF6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Zachary Denkensohn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As General Counsel, Denkensohn oversees the franchise\u2019s legal affairs, guiding legal strategy and advising executive leadership on major business initiatives across the organization. Prior to joining the Grizzlies, he spent nine years at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP in New York, where he served as Counsel in the firm\u2019s Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Group.<\/p>\n<p>Denkensohn earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from New York University School of Law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GUEST-SPEAKER-ZACHARY-DENKENSOHN.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39842\" src=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GUEST-SPEAKER-ZACHARY-DENKENSOHN.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GUEST-SPEAKER-ZACHARY-DENKENSOHN.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GUEST-SPEAKER-ZACHARY-DENKENSOHN-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GUEST-SPEAKER-ZACHARY-DENKENSOHN-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GUEST-SPEAKER-ZACHARY-DENKENSOHN-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GUEST-SPEAKER-ZACHARY-DENKENSOHN-864x1536.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sports &amp; Entertainment Law Society is excited to host Zachary Denkensohn, General Counsel for the Memphis Grizzlies, for a special&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-entertainment-law-society"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39840"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39847,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39840\/revisions\/39847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}