Question: Bobby Samini was lead counsel for the former owner of which NBA team from 1981-2014?

Context articles: Donald Sterling
Bradley Haddock
Tony Buzbee
Brian Altman
Paul Sprenger
Kendrick Moxon
James Fleissner
1976–77 Buffalo Braves season
Karl Hudson-Phillips
Bobby Samini

Donald T. Sterling (born Donald Tokowitz; April 26, 1934) is a Jewish-American businessman.
 He was the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers professional basketball franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 2014.
Bradley E. Haddock (born 1955) is a corporate lawyer from Wichita, Kansas and served as the executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. until January 2009.
 Koch is the largest privately held company in the United States.
 During his distinguished career at Koch, Brad served as lead counsel for several key businesses, including Koch’s refining, chemicals, and asphalt businesses, and the group of 10 global manufacturing and engineering businesses that became Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC.
 While at Koch, he led or significantly participated in more than 70 domestic and international acquisitions.
Tony Buzbee is an American trial lawyer who has been involved in multiple high-profile cases.
 In 2014 it was announced that Buzbee would be lead counsel for Governor Rick Perry of Texas after he was indicted on two felony counts which were later dismissed in 2016.
 In 2009, Buzbee won the largest jury verdict against British Petroleum (BP) in history.
 Buzbee is the managing partner of the Buzbee Law Firm in Houston, Texas.
 On November 2, 2015, Buzbee was awarded Attorney Of The Year by Texas Lawyer Magazine.
Brian Altman (born 16 August 1957) QC is an English lawyer who has been lead Counsel for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse since 10 January 2017.
 Altman was First Senior Treasury Counsel at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) from 2010-13.
Paul C. Sprenger (September 8, 1940 – December 29, 2014) was an American attorney.
 Sprenger is best known as lead counsel of "Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.", a discrimination case involving female iron miners in Minnesota.
Kendrick Lichty Moxon is an American Scientology official and an attorney with the law firm Moxon & Kobrin.
 He practices in Los Angeles, California, and is a lead counsel for the Church of Scientology.
 Moxon received a B.A. from American University in 1972, and a J.D. degree from George Mason University in 1981.
 He was admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar association in 1984, and the State Bar of California in 1987.
 Moxon's early work for the Church of Scientology involved legal affairs, and he also held the title of "reverend".
 He worked out of the Scientology intelligence agency known as the Guardian's Office (GO), and was named as an unindicted co-conspirator after the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into criminal activities by Scientology operatives called "Operation Snow White".
 An evidence stipulation in the case signed by both parties stated he had provided false handwriting samples to the FBI; Moxon has since said that he did not "knowingly supply" false handwriting samples.
James P. Fleissner (Jim) is an American attorney and a Professor of Law at Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia.
 While at Mercer, Fleissner has remained Special Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Special Counsel.
 As Deputy Special Counsel, Fleissner was lead counsel in litigation regarding motions filed by journalists to quash subpoenas and contempt proceedings in the CIA leak grand jury investigation.
The 1976–77 NBA season was the Braves seventh season in the NBA.
 The Braves were purchased by John Y. Brown, Jr., the former owner of the Kentucky Colonels in the now defunct American Basketball Association for $6.2 million.
 As part of an agreement with the Braves' former owner, Paul Snyder, Brown would give Snyder money received in player deals to reduce the purchase price.
 The sell-off began shortly after the season, as the Braves sold newly acquired Moses Malone.
 Malone was acquired in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers after the ABA dispersal draft.
 Malone was now off to the Houston Rockets.
 The selling of players continued into the season as Bob McAdoo was sold to the New York Knicks.
 While the deals helped Brown pay virtually nothing for the franchise, it turned a promising franchise into a rebuilding one.
 Attendance fell off as the Braves finished in 4th place with a 30-52 record.
 The only spotlight was rookie Adrian Dantley, who captured Rookie of the Year honors with 20.3 points per game.
 However Dantley himself was traded following the season to the Indiana Pacers for Billy Knight.
Karl Terrence Hudson-Phillips, ORTT, QC (20 April 1933 – 16 January 2014) was an Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago and a judge of the International Criminal Court.
 He was also lead counsel in the murder trial of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.
Bobby Samini (born October 12, 1970) is an American trial attorney and the President and founding member of Samini Scheinberg, PC.
 Samini has represented many high-profile clients, including serving as lead counsel to former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling in highly publicized litigation with the National Basketball Association, TMZ, and V. Stiviano.
 Samini also represents several class action plaintiffs against Zillow in an ongoing lawsuit connected with numerous employment law violations and financial management firm SAIL Venture Partners in a breach of contract action brought by Award-winning singer and actress Cher.
 Samini has been described as a "celebrity attorney" and currently represents DJ Paul of the Oscar winning hip hop group, Three 6 Mafia.