The NFL has hired Theodore “Ted” Ullyot, a former general counsel at Facebook and partner at Kirkland & Ellis, to replace retiring chief legal officer L. Jeffrey Pash as of May 1. Pash joined the NFL in 1997.
An NFL spokesman confirmed that Ullyot was introduced to owners of the league’s 32 teams Monday morning. NFL executives are gathered in Palm Beach, Florida, for the league’s annual meeting to discuss several key issues, including naming a long-awaited successor to Pash, whose retirement was announced almost a year ago. The NFL had options from a large pool ...