Biography
* * TESTIMONIALS ON ABDUL-JALIL * *
"The Man who turns hits into MILLION$." - The Tribune.
"You really are the best." - L. BOSTOCK, California Angels.
"GOD sent me an Angel” - M.C. HAMMER.
“Smart Youth, most intriguing, has the Baseball world at his feet." - N.Y. POST .
"I don’t know what I would have done without you!." - J.C. WATTS, U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
"Thanks for directing me to the Sonics." - GUS WILLIAMS, NBA.
"Imaginative, foresighted, some pretty impressive credentials. His I.Q. QUALIFIES HIM AS A GENIUS." - UPI .
"That's the finest promotion job for an unknown athlete that I have ever seen." - N.Y. JETS.
"I'm so happy!! I'm full of money!!'' - C. ROBINSON, NBA.
"He is personable, unafraid, confident. and athletes are attracted to him" - D. MAGGARD, U.S. Olympic Committee.
"You have never been wrong" - EMANUEL STEWARD, Boxing
"He told me what he wanted, we shook hands.
Abdul-Jalil has a tremendous wealth of experience in all aspects of business and personal management, contract drafting and negotiations, and performed all arbritrations of salary grievances and contract disputes for all professional sports and entertainment clients with unprecedented legal and historical results. He negotiates and drafts all agreements for all publishing, merchandising and licensing; commercial advertisements and product endorsements; corporate sponsorships and affiliations; motion picture, television, radio and personal appearances; professional personal services contracts; electronic multimedia, literary, publishing, merchandising, licensing, concerts, tours, broadcasting, and video. He was the first African-American in the field and has taught and lectured Entertainment Law for 30 years. Many of the agents and lawyers in the business where instructed, consulted, influenced or inspired by his work....
In an unprecedented case in Professional Basketball he negotiated an addendum to the contract and represented the player in a dispute of the contract that was originally negotiated by the players union director. The inherent problems that this situation provided for the National Basketball Association, the Denver Nuggets, and most importantly the Director of the NBA Players Union and the Union itself, were incredible. In mid-season the team breached the contract with a late payment that triggered a clause in the addendum that allowed him to opt out of the contract. The player withheld his services in the middle of the season and the team filed for arbitration. In prevailing in this matter the player received his pay, was declared free of his contract (“a Free Agent”), and allowed to negotiate a new contract with the team of his choice. Cite Arbitration Decision in the matter of “The National Basketball Association (Denver Nuggets) vs. The National Basketball Players Association (Brian Taylor)”, Jan. 25, 1978
Specialties:
SUPERSTAR MANAGEMENT is world renowned for unprecedented services for Muhammed Ali, Brian Taylor, U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts, Warner Bros. Records, Deion Sanders, Delvin Williams, Giant Records, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, M.C. Hammer, Capitol Records, Lyman Bostock, Evander Holyfield, Spencer Haywood, Cliff Robinson, Abbey Lincoln, EMI Records, Emanuel Stewart(Lennox Lewis, Prince Naseem Hamed, Oscar DeLa Hoya), George L. Smith Management (The Deele, Bobby Brown, L A Reid, Babyface, Charlie Wilson, Soul II Soul, Pebbles), John Carlos, Reggie White, Marvin Gaye, Mos Def, Martin Wyatt, and Leslie Allen.
Superstar Management produced shows for Disney, ABC-TV and ESPN, events in Japan, Russia, Egypt, Romania, Paris, Europe, Brunei, U.S.; consulted BBDO Worldwide Advertising, Starter, Royal Family of Saudi Arabia, Arthur Ashe Foundation, Rare Multimedia, Capcom, Comspan, National Medical Association, Apex 1, EA SPORTS, The ESPY’S, N F L EXPERIENCE- Super Bowl, “90210”, Black Entertainment Television(BET), Sega, Sultan of Brunei, Trans-Pacific Centre, Nike, Pepsi, Oakland Image Campaign, Boost Mobile, Russell Athletic, Private Jet, Sports Image Awards, Clorox, Adonal Foyle "Athletics and Academics" Basketball , BART, Levi Strauss, Montgomery Wards, Jimmy V Foundation, “Home Improvement”, NCAA "Fourth Quarter Athletics Basketball Showcase" , Minority Business Forum, Foremost/McKesson, Young Brothers Timepices, Leon Powe
Member of- Casting Society of America (CSA), Independent Film Producers (IFP), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Producers Guild of America (PGA), Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
Organizations:
~ National Lawyers Guild, ~ Muslim Bar Association of New York, ~ Houston Muslim Lawyers , ~ National Muslim Law Students Association, ~ Association of Muslim-American Lawyers, ~ Board Member- Cal Berkeley Haas School of Business Alumni Network
LECTURER AND PRESENTER IN THE FIELDS OF:
*ENTERTAINMENT LAW*
*THE ART OF REPRESENTING PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS*
*REPRESENTING THE PRODUCER*
*REPRESENTING THE DIRECTOR*
*REPRESENTING THE SUPERSTAR*
*GETTING MONEY FOR YOUR MOVIE*
*LICENSING MOTION PICTURES*
*DIGITAL MOVIEMAKING*
*THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS*
*THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT*
*SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING*
*ADVERTISING, MARKETING, PROMOTION, SPONSORSHIPS, BRANDING AND HIP HOP CULTURE*
*HIP HOP AND THE SPREAD OF ISLAM*
*ISLAM AND MUSIC*
OF NOTE:
In 1971 Abdul-Jalil had his portrait painted by world renowned artist Buford Delaney in Paris, France. Delaney, the worlds foremost African-American artist, has created portraits of Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia, James Baldwin, Jean Jernae among other famous people. The portrait hangs in the museum in Montmartre, once considered ‘The Harlem of Paris,’ a thriving district of African American artists, musicians, historians and political exiles during the 20’s and 30’s, mirroring the artistic expression and activism of the Harlem Renaissance in New York. See Portrait under photos