Kraig Baker, Social Media, Digital, Internet Legal Advisor
Kraig Baker brings extensive legal and educational digital, social media and Internet expertise to the team at Social Media Sports Management (SM2). SM2 protects and maximizes valuable sports brands through digital, social media and real-time communications strategies, coaching, education, empowerment and teams.
As a Partner (Chair, Technology, Advertising, Trademark, and Entertainment; Co-chair, Games Practice) at Davis, Wright and Tremaine, LLP, Mr. Baker advises SM2 on a litany of digital and social media best practices, policies and procedures as they relate to their internal tools, services, solutions, courses and externally with their sports clients creating social media/digital policies and procedures.
Mr. Baker is an adjunct professor to the Masters in Digital Media Program in the School of Communications at the University of Washington, where he has taught classes on “Digital Media Law and Policy” since 2001 and teaches the law section of the Advanced Interactive Marketing and Digital Publishing certificate programs at the University of Washington.
Mr. Baker focuses on advising clients and providing assistance with licensing transactions across the full range of issues in media, entertainment, technology, sports, advertising, privacy, social media, and Internet matters, with a particular emphasis on mobile, digital media and entertainment.
In addition to SM2, Mr. Baker’s clients include: adidas America, Amplify, Belo, Comcast, Discovery, E! Entertainment Television, Holland-America Lines, KCTS-TV, Microsoft, Nintendo, Pokemon USA, Random House, REI, Root Sports Northwest, Seattle Times Company, T-Mobile, Vulcan, and Washington Film Works.