
"Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models."
Bill Bradley - American Hall of Fame basketball player and U.S. Senator
SPORTS LAWYER
Legal Expert in the Area of Sports
Athletes’ Rights Advocate
EDUCATION
In years 1999-2000 and 2001-2005 I studied at Law and Administration Faculty at Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. In 2005 I obtained Master of Laws degree with overall grade ‘A’.
In years 2000-2001 I studied at Loyola University Chicago and was named to the College of Arts and Sciences’ Dean’s List.
In 2013 I successfully completed the Summer Programme on International Sports Law: The Expanding Area of Sports Law organised by the Asser Institute International Sports Law Centre, in Hague, Netherlands. In 2014 I successfully completed the online course: Representing the Professional Athlete organised by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, USA. In 2017 I graduated from Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid, Spain, where I completed the Global Executive Master in International Sports Law and obtained the LL.M. degree in international sports law.
Currently, I am pursuing doctoral degree in sports law at Law and Administration Faculty at Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2014 I have been a sports lawyer at Radke Law, my family law firm located in Wloclawek, Poland. In my legal practice I do focus on representing athletes and coaches. In addition, I advise to sport clubs and sport organisations on certain legal issues. I draft and negotiate sport contracts, represent sports clients in disciplinary proceedings and arbitration. Among others, I acted on behalf of the athletes in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) and the Disciplinary Panel of Polish Anti-Doping Agency (POLADA).
Since 2014 I have been acting as the legal counsel for the Limelight Hoops basketball agency in Berlin, Germany. I represent the agency and its clients in contract negotiations with basketball clubs and in case of disputes in arbitration proceedings. Since 2020 I have been representing the clients of the agency in the relations with the NBA and the NBA G-League teams as the basketball agent certified by the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).
In 2019 I was appointed as legal counsel for the Basketball Players Labour Union in Poland, organisation in which creation I participated actively.
Since 2020 I have been a guest lecturer at Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid, Spain, where I teach an international sports law class on the basketball contracts.
Since 2005 I have been a member of International Association of Sports Law in Athens, Greece, since 2012 of a Sport & European Union association and since 2013 of Polish Association of Sports Law in Poznań, Poland.
Since 2015 I have been a pro bono member of Sport Council in Wloclawek, Poland – the sport advisory body of the President of the Town of Wloclawek.
In years 2014-2017 I was a guest lecturer in sports law at postgraduate studies in sports management organised jointly by CIES, FIFA, Stadion Narodowy PL.2012+ and Koźmiński University in Warsaw, Poland.
I authored and coauthored law articles and gave the media interviews regarding the legal aspects of sport. I attened and spoke at sports law conferences and seminars on the national and international level.
Commentator
Analyst of NBA, Euroleague and FIBA Champions League Basketball
Since 2007 I have been working as a basketball analyst for Canal+ television in Poland. As a color commentator I analysed over 600 NBA, Euroleague and FIBA Champions League basketball games for Canal+Sport television. I was a guest of TV shows during NBA All-Star Weekend. I commentated NBA Finals live from USA in years 2010-2015 and NBA All Star Weekend in 2016 and 2017. In 2011 I presented the legal analysis of NBA Lockout for Canal+Sport television viewers. Furthermore, a number of times, I was giving the interviews for other sports media in Poland regarding the game of basketball and its legal and business aspects.