Jack F. Bair Senior Vice President and General Counsel Jack Bair, considered to be one of Major League Baseball's sharpest executives, has served as a trusted counselor and key strategist to the San Francisco Giants baseball team for the past 16 seasons. Bair is specifically responsible for all of the team's legal matters and administering its numerous contractual rights and obligations. He is also responsible for managing the team's many and complex relations with the City & County of San Francisco and other governmental entities. Bair has distinguished himself throughout his tenure by handling several important matters, such as supervising Spring Training, negotiating collective bargaining agreements with unionized employee groups, participating in the administration of the team's Latin American operations and coordinating the development of China Basin Park and its historical elements at McCovey Point. The San Mateo native played a leading role in the Giants' successful effort to develop a new ballpark in Downtown San Francisco, perhaps highlighted by directing the 1996 "Yes on B" campaign for the Giants. Bair also coordinated the effort to select the site for the new ballpark and worked extensively on its design with the project architect. Prior to joining the Giants, Bair worked as a Deputy City Attorney for the City & County of San Francisco as the attorney assigned to direct the legal effort to save the Giants in 1992 from being sold and relocated to Florida. He previously practiced law at the San Francisco law firm of Farella, Braun & Martel. Bair, who lives in San Francisco, is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and Yale Law School.

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