Mission
Legends Management Group is an organization designed to provide full service management and representation to professional athletes, entertainers and events.
Legends employs a unique approach to professional management by providing a complete array of services, which are designed to enhance our clients personal and financial well-being and marketability.
Scott Bates was born January 19, 1956, in Frankfurt, West Germany. He received his B.A. in 1978 and his J.D. in 1981 from the University of Florida. He is admitted to practice in both Florida and Tennessee, and in the United States District Courts of the Southern and Middle Districts, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.
Mr. Bates began the practice of law in 1981, with his father, Richard W. Bates, a well-known Central Florida trial lawyer. In 1987 the firm of Bates & Bates merged with Mateer and Harbert, becoming Mateer, Harbert & Bates where he practiced from 1987 through 1992. In 1992 Mr. Bates left that firm and joined Morgan, Colling & Gilbert as an equity partner. Since 1992 the firm, now known as Morgan & Morgan, P.A., has grown from a seven (7) lawyer plaintiffs firm to its current size as the countrys largest plaintiffs personal injury firm. The firm has offices in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta, Georgia, Jackson, Mississippi, and Phoenix, Arizona, and employs over 120 attorneys, and 700 employees. In 1989, at the age of 32, he was one of the youngest lawyers in Florida to become a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. He is also Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by the National Board of Trial Advocates. In 1989, he was the youngest of 35 trial lawyers selected to become Charter Members of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a select organization of Plaintiff and Defense Trial Lawyers whose selection process is by substantial trial qualification.
In 1996, Mr. Bates, Mr. Morgan and a rising young major league baseball agent, Tom OConnell, teamed up to found Legends Sports management Group, a firm dedicated to the representation of professional athletes. Mr. Bates is currently Vice President and General Counsel of Legends, has been a certified major league baseball player agent since 2001. Legends now has seven employees, and represents over 75 professional baseball players. Mr. Bates has special expertise in the preparation of Major League Salary Arbitration cases, as well as in the handling of Major League Baseball Player Injury Grievance Proceedings. He also has expertise in the negotiation of foreign professional baseball contracts, most notably in the Japanese Major League Baseball system.
Mr. Bates is also involved in civic activities. Since 1995-1999, Mr. Bates was a member of the Board of Directors of the Metro Orlando Unit of the American Cancer Society. In 1996 and 1997, he additionally was the Chairman of the Cancer Society's Income Development Committee, its chief fund raising arm, and in 1997 was their Treasurer as well. In 1996 he founded the Orlando Invitational Team Golf Championship, a charity fundraiser for the Metro Orlando Unit, serving as Tournament Chairman. He is also an active volunteer youth sports coach, and is currently serving with FC America Soccer Academy, a premier youth soccer club, as its vice president.
Ana Vega has extensive experience working in a legal setting having worked for Morgan and Morgan for numerous years now. She porvides administrative assistance to Scott Bates, maintaining files, fielding calls and general office duties. Ana is also fluent in Spanish.
Services
Legends Management Group provides the following services for their clients:
Draft Advisement
Free Agent Contract Negotiations
Salary Arbitration Contract Negotiations
Salary Arbitration Preparation
Marketing Deals
Endorsement Deals
Statistical Projections
Statistical Analysis
And so much more......
CONTACT
Tampa Office:
201 N Franklin Street
7th Floor
Tampa, FL 33602
Orlando Office:
20 N Orange Ave
Ste 1600
Orlando, FL 32801
Office Phone: (813) 226-0150
Office Fax: (813) 275-9295
Office Email: avega_forthepeople.com
