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SPENCER KOPF has been a licensed attorney in the state of Texas for 45 years, practicing in the areas of corporate law, criminal law, sports and entertainment law, civil litigation, and contract negotiations.

At the age of 16, Spencer attended the University of Pennsylvania as a superior high school student. He attended Oklahoma City University on an academic and debate scholarship where he played baseball, basketball, and soccer and earned his B.A. and J.D.  A career-ending baseball injury destroyed any chance of a professional athletic career.

Still, throughout his life, Spencer has remained a determined athlete, playing sports at a professional level. Without the depth perception required to hit a 95-mile-per-hour fastball, he switched to high-arc slow pitch softball when he was enlisted by OCU All-American and Golden State Warrior Bud Koper to play for Major Brands (later Nelson's Paints), a team which would go on to win the National Championship. Currently, despite five cervical spinal surgeries, Spencer is training with legendary golf expert Leonard "Pro" Jones to earn his PGA card and hopes to compete at the U.S. Senior Open.

In the images below, Spencer can be seen playing baseball for the OCU Chiefs, shooting hoops with Willis Reed, hitting a grand slam for the Playboy Club, and playing a round of golf with the great Gary Player.

In 1982, he was appointed to the bench as a Municipal Court Judge in Collin County, and three years later was elected by his judicial peers to serve as the president of the Texas Municipal Courts Association – the first Municipal Court Judge from North Texas to be so honored. At 35 years old, Spencer was the youngest judge to ever serve in that capacity.  He was also nominated by the Supreme Court of Texas to serve on the Judicial Qualifications Review Commission. During his tenure as a judge, he became an instructor in courtroom procedure at the Texas Municipal Courts training center and assisted in drafting the manual for Texas Municipal Judges.

Recently, Spencer co-authored the The Unbroken Line with former Dallas Cowboy Billy Joe DuPree. The book recounts the true story of the 1982 National Football League labor strike, which he was instrumental in resolving. 

At one point in his legal career, Spencer represented one third of the Dallas Cowboys roster as their attorney. Today, he practices law all over Texas and speaks to audiences all over the country on a variety of topics including leadership, sports and entertainment law, and contract law.