Nicole Duckett, general counsel for the Los Angeles Clippers, is leaving the team this month to launch a boutique legal consulting firm for an athletic clientele. Duckett’s LinkedIn profile identifies her as the first and only Black woman to serve as the top lawyer for an NBA team. Duckett, who spent more than 15 years as a litigator at three law firms in Los Angeles—class action firm Milberg, Mayer Brown, and now-defunct Thelen—joined the Clippers as the franchise’s top lawyer in 2015.