The football stars, represented locally by Barb Berens of Berens & Miller, go up against the NFL, represented locally by Aaron Van Oort at Faegre & Benson (former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia).
The case was originally assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle, Sr. (D. Minn.). He recused himself and the case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz (D. Minn.) (former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia).