Firm Sports

Firm Sports is a Newark, New Jersey based sports consulting and player agent firm. Firm Sports specializes in generating innovative opportunities on and off the court.

Managing Partner - Karl Fowlkes, Esq.

Background:

Karl Fowlkes, Esq. is the Managing Partner of The Fowlkes Firm a burgeoning black owned entertainment law firm that provides legal advice to some of the most innovative creatives and emerging companies in the arts, entertainment, digital media, tech, sports and fashion industries. The firm prides itself on creating a culture that aids in facilitating a creative ecosystem that will allow for more ownership and freedom for artists, athletes, creators and entrepreneurs in the ever-changing entertainment landscape. Karl is also the Managing Partner of Firm Sports, a Newark, New Jersey based sports consulting and player agent firm. Firm Sports specializes in generating innovative opportunities on and off the court.

The firm’s clients include artists, musicians, athletes, producers and creative companies that have amassed millions of streams, RIAA certifications and press from the likes of Forbes, Rolling Stone, Business Insider, ESPN, Billboard and more.

Karl is also a Music Business Professor at the Billboard Recognized Music Industry Program at Drexel University and Rowan University. Karl's courses include: Hip-Hop Culture, Hip-Hop Evolution, Music Publishing and Business of Music.

Karl is also a Certified NBPA Player Agent and FIBA Players’ Agent under Firm Sports.

2020 Diverse Representation Rising Star
2021 Variety Legal Impact Report Nominee
2021 Variety Top Music Attorney
National Black Lawyers 40 Under 40
2021 Hits Daily Double: Noisemaker
Featured in: Okayplayer, Variety, Rolling Stone, Complex, Pigeons & Planes, Cherie Hu's Water & Music, Trapital