Dick Cass

Dick Cass is in his 4th year as president of the Bisciotti franchise. Cass oversees every area of the Ravens’ organization, including player and staff personnel, the coaching team, corporate sales, communications and business ventures. In addition to his time with the Ravens, Dick has served as counsel to a number of NFL owners, including both the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys, as well as the NFL’s league office. “Dick has had involvement with every aspect of an NFL team,” said Steve Bisciotti. “His legal expertise, his working knowledge of the business, his relationships at the league office, and the respect he has already earned around the league are significant assets for the franchise.” 

2004-07: (with Baltimore) 2006: Saluted by former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue for Dick’s input to the revenue-sharing plan of the current NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement…Initiated fundraising after Hurricane Katrina that resulted in $1.2 million donated from the Ravens’ family…Though dismissed by Cass, was mentioned prominently by media as a possible successor to Tagliabue...Instrumental in raising $1.2 million to refurbish Baltimore Polytechnic Institute’s football stadium…The new field allows all 18 Baltimore City public high schools to play at least 2 games per season at the venue. 2004: Cass was named president of the club in April and was Steve Bisciotti’s 1st hire as new owner of the Ravens…Cass brought a wealth of business knowledge, plus legal and negotiating expertise to the club…Orchestrated a midseason move to the new Ravens’ facility in Owings Mills, coupling football operations and corporate into one state-of-the-art complex.

1972-2003: (with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering) A partner of the DC-based law firm of WCP (31 years)…Was chairman of the firm’s Business Transactions Section and a member of its Management Committee…Had a general corporate and securities practice, representing companies and entrepreneurs in complex corporate partnership and securities transactions. 2003: Was counsel to the Independent Commission of the US Olympics Committee. 2002: Was counsel to the owner of the NBA Charlotte Hornets in the team’s relocation to New Orleans. 2000: Represented Steve Bisciotti in the purchase of the Ravens from the Modell family. 1999: Represented the estate of Jack Kent Cooke in the sale of the Washington Redskins to Daniel Snyder. 1992-93: Retained by NFL as an advisor pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with players (continues to this day). 1980s: Represented Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones in the acquisition of the team and Texas Stadium…Continued to advise Jones and the Cowboys on a variety of franchise matters, including sponsorship contracts, the Collective Bargaining Agreement and salary cap, NFL broadcast arrangements, NFL Internet policies, stadium financing, estate planning, local broadcast partnerships, and NFL substance abuse programs. 1979: Promoted to partner of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering law firm. 1972: Served his 1st year as a member of WCP law firm.

COLLEGE: Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton in 1968…A knee injury, coupled with surgery, kept him from athletics his 1st 2 years…Played rugby as a junior and senior for the Tigers…Graduated from Yale Law School in 1971.

PERSONAL: Clerked for a federal judge in Connecticut for a year before joining WCP, a law firm with global offices…Father was in the Coast Guard…As a child, Dick moved all over the country with his parents, including Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, California, Washington, D.C., Florida and Massachusetts…Graduated from Mercersburg (PA) Academy, where he was student body president and captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams…Cass serves on the boards of the Greater Baltimore Committee, Kennedy Krieger Institute (a developmental disability facility), Maryland Science Center, Baltimore Community Foundation and the Bert Bell NFL Players Pension Plan…He has served on the boards of trustees for both Princeton and Mercersburg Academy…He continues as chairman of the Ravens’ All Community Team Foundation…Dick’s wife, Heather, owns an architecture firm, Cass and Associates…She is also a graduate of Yale (School of Architecture) and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects…Their daughter, Courtney, is a Columbia graduate who taught in New York City public schools for 3 years and has since earned a law degree from the University of Virginia…She is currently clerking for a federal judge in Baltimore…Their son, Willy, is a graduate of St. Albans, and is currently a senior at Yale…The Cass family resides in Baltimore and Chevy Chase, MD.