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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Extensive hearing practice before the Michigan Gaming Control Board
Drafting Referendum Approved Amendment to Michigan Constitution
Drafting of legislative amendments to the Michigan Compiled Laws
Drafting of motions, briefs, and opinion memoranda in diverse areas of insurance coverage, regulatory and gaming matters, and general and commercial business matters.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
Bally Technologies, Inc.
County Road Association Self Insurance Fund
Global Cash Access, Inc.
GTECH Corporation
MBI International
Michigan State University Foundation
Shuffle Master, Inc.
Ukrainian Gaming International, LLC
Wolverine Energy, L.L.C.
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Corporate
Gaming
Indian Law
Insurance
Mergers & Acquisitions
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Listed in Chambers Global
Listed in Best Lawyers in America,
Recipient, Fredrick Griffith III Adjunct Professor Award, Thomas M.
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
State Bar of Michigan, Member
International Masters of Gaming Law, Founding Member and President
International Association of Gaming Advisors, Member
Gaming Law Review and Economics, Editorial Board Member
Thomas M. Cooley Law School: Adjunct Professor teaching Business Organizations (2001-present), Business Planning (1984-present) and Gaming Law (1997-present)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Potter Park Zoological Society, Board Member and Secretary
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School Legal Authors Society, President
American Inns of Court (Thomas M. Cooley Law School Chapter, 1999-present; President, 2000-2002)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Co-Author, "Gambling with Bankruptcy: Navigating a Casino through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings," Drake Law Review, Vol. 57, 2009
"Remedying the Lose-Lose Game of Compulsive Gambling: Voluntary Exclusions, Mandatory Exclusions, or an Alternative Method?" The John Marshall Law Review, Volume 40, Summer 2007
Co-Author, The Child Protection Registry Acts: Feel Good Legislation Run Amok, 2007
Author, Michigan Detroit Casino Supplier and Occupational Licensing Process, 2007
Chair of the ABA Annual Program on Gaming Enforcement, The Gaming Law Minefield, 2006-2009
Author of Captive Insurance Manual, 2002
Co-Author of the Guidebook to Conducting Business in Michigan, 2002
The Michigan Gaming Law Legal Resource Book, co-editor, 1999
EXPERIENCE
Law Clerk, Hon. W. Wallace Kent, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan (1968-70)
EDUCATION
Denison University, B.A. 1965 (with honors)
University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1968 | 