Clients count on TaRonda’s broad background in collegiate athletics and sound legal judgment to address complex and evolving NCAA compliance, legal, and regulatory issues in college athletics.
TaRonda provides college and university clients with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges associated with collegiate athletics. TaRonda brings invaluable experience to her private practice, having served in the athletic departments of major public universities and as a postgraduate intern with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Office.
She understands the complex regulatory issues colleges and universities face. She assists clients by analyzing NCAA legislation, drafting, and submitting waivers and violations of NCAA bylaws, conducting athletics compliance assessments and independent investigations related to student-athlete welfare issues, as well as advising institutions on issues related to policies and procedures, diversity, equity and inclusion and Title IX equity in athletics. She has witnessed firsthand the rapid evolution of novel challenges in connection with Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) and related areas.
TaRonda’s passion for the regulation and governance of collegiate athletics extends back to her undergraduate education. As a student-athlete at a Division I institution, she competed as a member of her school’s basketball team, serving as a team captain and Vice-President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.