Annie Clement, Ph.D., J.D. is a member of Florida State University’s Sport Management and Physical Education faculty, and currently teaches sports law, risk management, and research methods. Her aquatic experience includes the positions of head synchronized swimming coach at the University of Iowa and Ohio State University, where her teams were among the top three in the nation for a number of years. She has had continuous affiliation with aquatics over her career and considerable experience as an expert witness. Dr. Clement has also been the author of numerous articles and has made over one hundred presentations in the past five years. She is author of Law in Sport and Physical Activity, Legal Responsibility in Aquatics, and coauthor of Teaching Physical Activity and Equity in Physical Education. Also, Dr. Clement is a risk management consultant in sports and physical activity. She has served as the president of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), as president of the Ohio Teacher Educators, and as an officer and committee member of numerous organizations. In 1994, Annie Clement was named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor bestowed on only 0.5 percent of that Association.