Ohio Roots,
National Influence
Mark Termini is the Cleveland, Ohio-based sports attorney, agent, and strategic advisor.
Events
Words to Negotiate By Named Top Sports Book of 2023
December 6, 2023
The former Case Western Reserve University basketball star and Northeast Ohio sports agent and lawyer has culled quotes intended not only for sports but for life and business.…
Words to Negotiate By Featured in USA Today
November 11, 2023
Words to Negotiate By is the first publication from multibillion-dollar sports attorney and agent Mark Termini. Over the course of his career, Mark Termini has negotiated more than $2 billion in professional sports contracts…
Words to Negotiate By Featured on cleveland.com
September 19, 2023 – by Marc Bona
Many folks like to say they have words they live by. For sports agent Mark Termini, words are a foundation for his livelihood.
Termini has written “Words to Negotiate By,” a collection of quotes salient not just for sports but for business and life…


Mark Termini Interviewed on Telich Talks Podcast
September 3, 2023
“Termini’s deals seemed to shift the paradigm between the leverage players could wield and what teams could handle.”
– John Telich
Mark & Wendy Termini joined the Telich Talks podcast to discuss the new book Words To Negotiate By.


Mark Termini Interviewed on Brian Windhorst Podcast - ESPN
August 11, 2023
“Termini is one of the most intriguing, fascinating people in the NBA that the average fan doesn’t know about.”
– Brian Windhorst
Mark Termini joined Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective podcast to discuss his new book Words To Negotiate By, the strategy behind negotiating NBA deals, not being afraid to set a precedent, navigating holdouts with your client, earning bigger deals and more.


FASCINATING #HoopCollective podcast interview between @WindhorstESPN and iconic #NBA player agent Mark Termini, who’s promoting the book featured below here. Termini regaled Windy with stories and anecdotes that date back to the 1980s. Great stuff! 🏀💰🎙#WordsToNegotiateBy pic.twitter.com/TPNOj2rewB
— Jay Clemons (@ByJayClemons) August 11, 2023
Recommending @WindhorstESPN ‘s newest pod with sports agent Mark Termini , who is responsible for nearly every frustrating player contract holdout of recent memory (Ben Simmons, Tristan Thompson, etc).
— NY Sports n’ Analytics (@SportsnData) August 13, 2023
Interesting approach to MAXIMIZE PLAYER CONTRACT DOLLAR VALUES
Words to Negotiate By Featured on Crain's Cleveland Business
August 8, 2023 – by Joe Scalzo
After 30 successful years as a sports attorney and agent — a stretch where he negotiated more than $2 billion in professional sports contracts, earned the respect (and the ire) of dozens of NBA owners and GMs and became known as “the secret weapon behind LeBron James” — Cleveland native Mark Termini took the next logical step in his career…




Flip Saunders Park Dedication Ceremony
August 6, 2023
Mark Termini organized the dedication ceremony event.
New Book by Mark Termini Just Released
June 23, 2023
Get the axioms, proverbs and collected wisdom from a lifetime operating in the complex worlds of business and sports . . . compiled and written by the multibillion-dollar sports attorney and agent.


CWRU Dedicates the Mark Termini Men’s Basketball Locker Room
February 10, 2023
Case Western Reserve University formally announced the dedication of the Mark Termini Men’s Basketball Locker Room.


11th Annual Entertainment and Sports Law Association Symposium
April 15, 2022 – 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law – Moot Court Room