Brady has hired Jeffrey Kessler as per Schefter

• Brady v. NFL — Successfully represented a class of NFL players in an antitrust action which led to the end of the 2011 NFL lockout.
• Belichick v. NFL, et al. — Represented NFL Head Coach in litigation over changing teams

He has litigated some of the most famous sports-antitrust cases in history, including McNeil v. the NFL, the landmark antitrust jury trial which led to the establishment of free agency in the National Football League (NFL), and Brady v. NFL, which led to the end of the 2011 NFL lockout.

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SVN said:

Greg A. Bedard ‏@GregABedard 18s18 seconds ago
Greg A. Bedard retweeted Tomas Kesete

Oh yes, and a perpetual hemorrhoid on the posterior of the NFL.

Greg A. Bedard added,

Tomas Kesete @TomasKesete
@GregABedard According to Schefter. Brady has hired Jeffrey Kessler? Is he good?

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I.M. Fletcher said:

Kessler? Yep, Tommy is goin to the mattresses on this.

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hambone1818 said:

Sounds like a heavy hitter to me. I was gonna post some highlights of his wiki page (I know, Wikipedia...whatever, 99% of the time it's spot on) but there's too much to highlight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_L._Kessler

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Kessler became known as one of the most prominent sports lawyer in the country as he became regularly engaged in high-profile sports litigation.[7] He litigated some of the most famous sports-antitrust cases in history while at Weil, including McNeil v. the NFL, the landmark antitrust jury trial which led to the establishment of free agency in the National Football League (NFL).[8] He also handled numerous other sports law cases for such clients as the National Football League Players Association, the National Basketball Players Association, the Arena Football League Players Association, the National Hockey League Players Association, the Major League Baseball Players Association, the NFL Coaches Association, Players, Inc., the Women's Tennis Benefit Association and Adidas. Kessler represented various classes of NBA, NFL, AFL and MLS players, and several professional leagues, the now defunct North American Soccer League and United States Football League, as well as the Cities of San Diego and Oakland, and Alameda County, in various sports law disputes.[9] He also successfully represented Latrell Sprewell in his controversial suspension arbitration

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He continues to be one of the leading experts on antitrust law, intellectual property and other complex litigations, with a bevy of clients including Panasonic and JVC. His unparalleled reputation as a sports lawyer has continued to grow as well. Aside from the numerous clients mentioned above, many of whom he continues to do regular work for, he has also recently done work on behalf of the National Invitation Tournament, CAA Sports, Wasserman Media Group, SCP Worldwide, and Pro Bono work for South African Amputee Sprinter Oscar Pistorious and Castor Semanaya.[11] Both runners were successfully represented by Kessler and allowed to continue their careers despite challenges from the IAAF. Kessler negotiated the current free agency/salary cap systems in the NFL, NBA, and successfully represented Michael Vick[12] in his roster bonus arbitration, Plaxico Burress in his Signing Bonus arbitration, and numerous other players in successful arbitrations and “special master cases” as well.[13]

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