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David B. Falk (born 1950)〔Araton, Harvey. ("Agent Makes Capital For an Elite Clientele" ), ''New York Times'', August 14, 1991. Retrieved March 26, 2008.〕〔Hirschberg, L. ("The Big Man Can Deal" ), ''The New York Times'', November 17, 1996. Retrieved March 26, 2008.〕 is an American sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association. Falk began his career representing professional tennis players for Donald Dell's ProServ and is best known for representing sports icon Michael Jordan for the entirety of Jordan's career.〔〔Hyman, M. ("Sparks Fly at Management Powerhouse SFX" ), ''Business Week'', June 18, 2001. Retrieved June 16, 2007.〕〔Ratto, Ray. ("MJ anything but Falk's puppet" ), ''ESPN.com'', January 20, 2000. Retrieved July 25, 2007.〕 Besides Jordan, Falk has represented more than 100 other NBA players, and is generally considered to be the most influential player agent the NBA has seen.〔〔("Agents again at forefront of NBA labor dispute" ), ''CNN/SI'', December 28, 1998. Retrieved June 16, 2007.〕〔Migala, Dan. ("Career Spotlight: David Falk" ), ''WorkInSports.com'', June 4, 2001. Retrieved June 30, 2007.〕〔 During the peak years of Falk's career in the 1990s, he was often considered the second-most powerful person in the NBA behind Commissioner David Stern,〔〔Marantz, S.("The man with a plan" ), ''The Sporting News'', October 14, 1996, available online at findarticles.com. Retrieved June 16, 2007.〕〔Benes, A. ("Fame Jam" ), n.d.. Retrieved June 16, 2007.〕〔("Agents Provocateurs ), n.d.. Retrieved June 21, 2007.〕 and in 2000 he had at least one client on all but two NBA teams.〔D'Alessandro, D. ("Without Ewing, Knicks are a Greek tragedy" ), ''The Sporting News'', october 2, 2000, available online at findarticles.com. Retrieved June 16, 2007.〕 He was listed among the "100 Most Powerful People in Sports" for 12 straight years from 1990 to 2001 by ''The Sporting News'',〔("The TSN 100 History" ), ''The Sporting News'', 2001. Retrieved June 16, 2007.〕 and was also named one of the Top 50 Marketers in the United States by Advertising Age in 1995.〔 Falk negotiated the then-highest contracts in NBA history for Patrick Ewing and Danny Ferry. He also negotiated professional sports' first $100 million contract for Alonzo Mourning as part of an unprecedented free agency period, during which his company, FAME, changed the entire salary structure of the NBA, negotiating more than $400 million in contracts for its free agent clients in a six-day period.〔("David and Rhonda Falk" ), ''Syracuse University News'', April 23, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2015.〕 In January 2007, Falk re-launched FAME, and today serves as its founder and CEO. He represented 9 players in 2012;〔("HoopsHype - NBA Agents - David Falk ). Retrieved May 23, 2013.〕 in the prime of his sports agent career in the 1990s he represented as many as 40 players at a time.〔Wise, Mike. ("Is Falk Calling the Shots For Players in N.B.A. Talks?" ) ''The New York Times'', December 28, 1998. Retrieved March 26, 2008.〕〔DuPree, David. ("Falk says Jordan still client, friend" ), ''USA Today'', November 15, 1999. Retrieved June 30, 2007.〕 == Personal life == Falk was born to a middle-class Jewish family on Long Island, New York, the second of three children.〔Len Hochberg. ("In Labor Dispute, David Falk Is Representing Power" ), ''Washington Post'', September 6, 1995, available online at highbeam.com. Retrieved August 19, 2007.〕〔〔Halberstam, David (1999). ''Playing For Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made.'' New York: Random House.〕 Falk's father had never finished high school and owned two butcher shops on Long Island, while his mother, Pearl Falk, had two master's degrees, spoke six languages, and had worked as an interpreter in World War II for Nelson Rockefeller in Latin American affairs.〔〔David Segal. ("David Falk: Is the Sports Agent a Spoiler?" ), ''Washington Post'', July 21, 1996, available online at highbeam.com. Retrieved August 19, 2007.〕〔 Falk described his mother, a teacher and inspirational force as "a perfectionist", and called her "the biggest influence in my life", the one who drove him to achieve great heights.〔〔〔 "Nothing was really ever good enough. I brought home my college board scores—I think I got just under 1,400 the first time. She was crushed. She didn't understand how I could do so poorly. I think that I share a lot of those qualities. She used to have an expression that I would say is the guiding principle of my life: Always shoot for the stars and never settle for second best."〔 Falk's mother was an avid New York Knicks fan, a fact which influenced Falk's career decision upon his career path.〔 Longtime childhood friend and colleague, Attorney Reid Kahn, remembers Falk proclaiming that he wanted to represent professional athletes in the fourth grade.〔 Another high school friend noted that Falk was not good enough to make any of the teams at Douglas MacArthur High School (Levittown, New York), but that he was an ardent sports fan who frequently watched baseball games at Shea Stadium.〔 He graduated Syracuse University in 1972, with a degree in economics,〔 and subsequently, George Washington University Law School, where he earned a J.D. with honors in 1975.〔 During his law school years, his parents separated.〔 Falk maintained minimal contact with his father, but remained very close with his mother until her death in 1988.〔 Falk lives in Rockville, Maryland with his wife, Rhonda (Frank). Rhonda served as an undergraduate admissions counselor for George Washington University for five years, where she recruited students from the New England area as well as from the Caribbean. For 10 years she worked as a production manager for STSC, a software company in Rockville, Maryland. She later moved into the software publishing division and managed the distribution and sales of software through international resellers around the world. She also serves on the board of directors of Woodmont Country Club.〔 The Falks have two daughters, Daina,(born 1983) an honors graduate of Duke University and an accomplished Beverly Hills photographer,〔http://www.artla.com/assets/Users/daina-falk/resume/resume.pdf〕 and Jocelyn (born 1988), a dean's list student majoring in television and communication at Syracuse University.〔("Syracuse University College of Human Services and Health Professions Advisory Board: David Falk" ). 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