Colts Chief Legal Officer Dan Emerson set to retire later this year

INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — Indianapolis Colts Chief Legal Officer Dan Emerson is set to retire later this year after spending 42 years with the Colts, he announced.

Emerson was hired to represent the Colts by then-owner Robert Irsay back when the Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1984.

“Dan Emerson has played an integral role in so many significant decisions, negotiations, and projects since the Colts arrived here in 1984, including our lease with the city and the construction of Lucas Oil Stadium,” Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon said in a news release. “Our father and grandfather had so much trust in Dan’s judgement and the ultimate respect for him as a professional and a person, and he’s likewise been an invaluable resource to my sisters and me.”

“We can’t be more grateful to Dan for helping build our organization and business into what it is today, but we’re happy he’ll soon be able to spend more time doing what he loves most – being a husband, dad, and grandfather.”

Before working with the Colts, Emerson practiced law with the Bose McKinney & Evans firm in Indianapolis.

Elijah Hammans will succeed Emerson on the Colts’ general counsel.