Background
Kurz, Jerry Bruce was born on June 21, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jack and Delores Estelle (Koss) Kurz.
Criminal Sports Entertainment lawyer
Kurz, Jerry Bruce was born on June 21, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jack and Delores Estelle (Koss) Kurz.
1 child, Matthew Hall. Bachelor of Science, University Oklahoma, 1971. Juris Doctor, Northern Illinois University, 1979.
At Northern Illinois University he earned a Juris Doctor Degree. Together the two have a son named Matthew Hall Kurz, who was a walk-on to the Indiana University football team from 2005-2010. Kurz has worked with arena football for 28 years.
He is the second-longest tenured employee of Arena football.
Only losing out to Arena Football creator Jim Foster served longer. Under his leadership as president of AF2, the league expand in many small-to-mid-sized markets.
This helped bring the Arena Football League back in 2010 after the 2009 season was canceled due to financial problems. Kurz has also worked as the league"s Vice President of International Development.
His main responsibility in this position was to carry out the H3 Visa Program.
In this program, international players were exposed to, and played in the Arena Football League system. He oversaw international Arena Football games. The original Arena Football League folded after the 2008 postseason.
Following the 2009 af2 season Kurz and several Af2 owners announced a plan for a new league forming, using a single entity model, called "Arena Football 1" or simply, "AF1".
He stated that several former American Federation of Labor-Congress teams and current Af2 teams were in negotiations with the new league. The league included former American Federation of Labor-Congress and the current Af2.
In December 2009, the original American Federation of Labor-Congress filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy. The AF1 team owners had bought all assets of the former American Federation of Labor-Congress for $6.1 million, this included all logos, trophies, field turf, dasher boards, and team names.
Kurz announced at the end of 2009 that the AF1 would use the American Federation of Labor-Congress name to re-brand the product.
lieutenant was then discovered that the AF1 name was used as a business group to acquire all assets to once again, use the American Federation of Labor-Congress name and assets legally. With lack of small market teams committing to the af2 for the 2010 season, the league ceased operations, with possibility of restarting in 2015 in China. The league did not return in 2013.
Served to captain United States Army, 1968-1969, Vietnam. Inducted into Minor Semi-pro Football Hall of Fame, 1987, Arena Football Hall of Fame. Member American Bar Association, National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, Chicago Bar Association, Association Trial Lawyers American, Phi Alpha Delta.
1 child, Matthew Hall.