Selecting A Gaming Law Firm

Dickinson Wright has a proud history and a bright future. We’ve been in operation for more than 130 years and are one of the most respected law firms in the region. Our more than 240 lawyers have established reputations for success and performance across our 40-plus specializations, and our exceptionally experienced and diverse litigators always pride themselves on exceeding client expectations.

Few areas of law are as necessarily complex as gaming. That’s why Dickinson Wright developed the Gaming Practice Group to be the gaming industry’s full-service solution to the myriad issues facing both the national and international gaming industry.  With offices throughout Michigan and in Washington, D.C., as well as an association with the Ramirez Law Firm in Macau, China, the Dickinson Wright Gaming Practice Group has the qualifications and expertise to cover the entire spectrum of the gaming industry.

An Experienced Gaming Law Firm

For the most experienced gaming law firm, the best choice is Dickinson Wright.  Dickinson Wright was at the forefront of the entry of casino gaming into the state of Michigan and have experience with:

  • Drafting state and international gaming laws and regulations
  • Drafting and overseeing voter approval of a gaming amendment to the Michigan constitution
  • Obtaining gaming licenses for two of Detroit’s three casinos
  • Negotiating tribal/state gaming compacts
  • Protecting casinos from environmental attacks
  • And much, much more.

Our reputation for experience, however, extends far beyond commercial casino gaming. Our lawyers have argued for patent regulations for the gaming industry, provided advice in the complicated field of internet gaming,  provided expertise for Indian gaming and Indian casinos, and provided comprehensive legal services for casino construction, just to name a few examples.  Some of the diverse clients that have chosen Dickinson Wright as their gaming law firm include:

  • Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
  • Baily Technologies, Inc.
  • GTECH Corporation
  • MGM Grand Detroit, LLC
  • PokerTek, Inc.
  • Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.
  • Ukrainian Gaming International, LLC

Don’t gamble with the future of your casino or gaming enterprise.  Email one of these Dickinson Wright gaming attorneys right now by clicking on their email address below.


Robert W. Stocker II
517-487-4715 or
rstocker@dickinsonwright.com
215 S. Washington Square, Suite 200
Lansing, MI
48933-1816

Dennis J. Whittlesey
202.659.6928 or dwhittlesey@dickinsonwright.com
1901 L Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C.
20036-3506

We also have more than 20 additional gaming lawyers located in Ann Arbor; Bloomfield Hills; Detroit; Lansing; Macau,China and Washington, D.C.,

To learn more about our firm visit the Dickinson Wright homepage