Sydney Eliza Weiskopf
Lyda Law Firm
Sydney represents clients in Arkansas and Tennessee in the areas of Sports and Entertainment law, Intellectual Property, Business Law, Trademarks, and Estate Planning.
Sydney attended law school at the University of Arkansas, where she graduated cum laude with her J.D. in 2023. While in school, Sydney worked for two years in school in the Arkansas Razorback Athletic Department under the Associate General Counsel for Athletics where she gained experience working with contract review and negotiation; compliance and Title 9 issues; intellectual property; Freedom of Information Act requests; and Name, Image, and Likeness policies and procedures. Sydney wrote and amended various coaching contracts, as well as contributing to a significant project that involved reviewing and updating the University's athletic facilities policies and procedures. Sydney also built the Sports and Entertainment Law Society at Arkansas Law from the ground up and gave it a real presence within the law school and served as the Arkansas Representative for the National Sports and Entertainment Law Society.
Prior to law school, Sydney graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, as well as a minor in Anthropology. While at Richmond, Sydney was a Diver on the Varsity Swim and Dive team, and was actively involved in mentoring programs, research, and various programs for student athletes, including those promoting mental health resources for athletes.
These experiences enabled Sydney to develop core competencies in law, teamwork, and research, as well as expertise in sports law and the sports industry.
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Intellectual Property
- Business Law
- Business Contracts
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Free Consultation
- Arkansas
- Arkansas Judiciary
- Tennessee
- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
- ID Number: Practice Pending Admission Pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 7, Section 10.07
- English
- Attorney
- Lyda Law Firm
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- Intern
- United Athlete Sports Agency
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- Legal Intern
- University of Arkansas General Counsel for Athletics
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- Legal Extern
- U.S. Federal Public Defender's Office, Western District of Arkansas
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- Law Clerk
- Catterlin and Arnold Law Firm
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- University of Arkansas School of Law
- J.D. (2023) | Law
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- University of Richmond
- B.A. (2020) | Psychology and Philosophy; Anthropology minor
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- State Bar of Arkansas
- Member
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