Ed Zelaski Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Key member of three person in-house legal team for financial services firm specializing in life settlements and annuities-Responsible for all regulatory and compliance obligations, including communications with regulatory agencies and ensuring timely and accurate filings in 43 states-Serve as primary contact for firm’s fastest growing client and assist.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Ensuring each insurance company's compliance with its domicile state's Insurance Holding Company statute and regulations-Prepare, process and file timely and accurate regulatory filings, forms and reports-Monitor legal/regulatory developments and work with managers on implementation of any necessary changes-Complete special regulatory projects and legal.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Monitor the recruiting activity of prospective student-athletes by coaches.-Approve all official visits-Monitor and approve monthly contact/evaluation logs & phone logs-Evaluate transcripts of all prospects-Track and analyze initial eligibility for incoming student-athletes-Work with coaches on their playing and practice season reports-Approve all CARA.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Prepare NCAA and Big Ten petitions, waivers, and violations-Track and analyze initial eligibility for incoming student-athletes-Track and analyze playing seasons used for current student athletes-Monitor countable athletically-related activity-Review recruiting contacts and evaluations, official visits, and phone calls-Audit student-athlete employment.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Draft interpretations of NCAA and Big Ten legislation for coaches, staff, and student-athletes-Prepare NCAA and Big Ten petitions, waivers, and violations-Track and analyze initial eligibility for incoming student-athletes-Review recruiting contacts and evaluations, official visits, and phone calls-Audit student-athlete employment, vehicles and.

-Create educational documents for athletic department staff, coaches and student-athletes-Assist in rules education sessions for athletic department staff, coaches and student-athletes-Audit student-athlete employment, vehicles and housing-Track and analyze initial eligibility for incoming student-athletes

Athens, OH

-Anchored and reported for a live, daily, half-hour regional evening television newscast-Reported on a wide-range of regional news stories for both TV and radio-Live television reporting experience interviewing state representatives and officials and covering regional news-Provided radio coverage of '07 and '08 elections, and live TV coverage for Spring.

-Created web content highlighting players and the team’s inner-city charity work-Updated CityStars.TV with the latest match highlights-Prepared match notes for media packets-Prepared the stadium on game day

Cleveland, OH

-Researched the Cleveland City Stars for the video Game Football Manager-Observed both games and practices to obtain data-Analyzed player performances and created profiles and stats for players based on the data

Wrote stories for sportscastsWent on location with reporters and helped cover a wide range of sports storiesSelected sound bytes and highlights for evening sportscasts

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Treasurer - Sports and Entertainment Law Association

B.S., Broadcast Journalism, German

Activities and Societies: WOUB Center for Public Media, Delta Alpha Phi (German Honors Society), Honors College Advisory Council-GPA.

Study Abroad Student