After Being Promoted to General Counsel of the Rockets, Clay Allen Talks about the Journey, and Significance of the Promotion

There are a litany of ways that attorneys rise to the level of general counsel of a professional sports team. For Clay Allen, the recently appointed general counsel of the Houston Rockets, the journey was about patience and a “dream.” We recently visited with Allen, who actually grew up in Houston and vividly remembers the championship years, and has become the first openly gay general counsel of a professional sports team. Question: What does your rise say with regard to being with on