Super Bowl LIX Ref Draws on Law Training to Make Big Game Calls

Feb. 7, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans will kick off Sunday night with a Harvard Law School graduate and former Big Law partner in the middle of the action.

Referee Ronald Torbert is a former equity partner at Dykema Gossett, as well as general counsel for AlliedSignal Automotive and construction company Barton Malow. Torbert, who worked out of Dykema’s offices in Detroit and Lansing, Michigan, is set to take the field for his second Super Bowl.

Dykema CEO Leonard Wolfe called his ex-colleague—who retired from practicing law in 2019—a “proud part” of the firm’s legacy and a “star” trial lawyer. ...

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