William B. Briggs (born 1954) of Manhattan and Ithaca, New York, is an American subject-matter expert in sports and entertainment law.
Briggs’ expertise includes the application of law and economics to sports and entertainment markets.
[2] Beginning as a professional athlete's labor advocate in the late 1970s and 1980s, he has transitioned to the role of counselor of the team owners.
He was a visiting associate professor at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University from 1989 to 1994.
Briggs joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.