Tim Nevius
From NCAA athlete to NCAA investigator and college sports lawyer, Tim Nevius has nearly two decades of experience in college sports. Called “The Change Agent” by The Athletic, Tim helped lead the college athlete revolution and has worked on some of the most defining matters in college sports.
Following his own college baseball career, Tim graduated first in his law school class before joining the NCAA as an investigator. In that role, he helped lead some of the NCAA's highest-profile enforcement cases and conducted investigations at college campuses across the country. As a liaison to the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Tim worked with college athletes from every Division I conference on NCAA rules and proposed legislation.
After five years at the NCAA, Tim earned an LL.M. with honors from Columbia Law School and went on to form a college sports practice at Winston & Strawn in New York. As co-chair of that practice, Tim helped initiate and lead Alston v. NCAA, a groundbreaking case that led to a unanimous Supreme Court victory for college athletes and changed college sports forever.
In 2018, Tim founded Nevius Legal, a first-of-its-kind college sports practice dedicated to the representation of college athletes. He has become trusted counsel to some of the top athletes in college sports and advised over a hundred high school, college and Olympic athletes and their families on a variety of matters – including NCAA investigations, scholarship reductions, drug appeals, gender equity, name, image, and likeness (NIL) contracts and more. Tim was an early advocate for NIL reform and worked with state and federal lawmakers on NIL legislation.
He has testified before state legislatures and led the negotiation and execution of multiple six- and seven-figure NIL brand deals for top high school and college athletes, not including collectives.
As a former Division I scholarship athlete, Tim understands first-hand the pressure and demands that college athletes face on the field and in the classroom. As a one-time transfer athlete, Tim has been through the confusing maze of NCAA bylaws that regulate athletes. He is dedicated to using his combination of experience as an NCAA athlete, NCAA investigator and sports lawyer to work hard on behalf of college athletes in a system that too often lets them down.
Tim has appeared on ESPN Outside the Lines, HBO Real Sports, NBC Sunday Today, NPR All Things Considered and his work has been featured in several leading media outlets. His TEDx Talk on The Exploitation of College Athletes has been viewed nearly 1.4 million times. Tim's passion in advocating for college athletes continues as founder of Nevius Legal, where he believes in fighting for fairness, speaking for those without a voice and the ultimate power of the underdog.
Education
LL.M., Columbia Law School
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
J.D., University of Dayton School of Law
Summa Cum Laude
B.A., University of Dayton
Magna Cum Laude
Admissions
Florida, 2018
New York, 2013
Indiana, 2012 (retired)
Illinois, 2006 (retired)