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, Frederick J. Griffith III Adjunct Faculty Award, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
• Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers

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, 2009-2010
• 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