Robert W. Stocker II

Member & Gaming Practice Leader

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 regulations implementing legislation.

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

Bally Technologies, Inc.

County Road Association Self Insurance Fund

Global Cash Access, Inc.

MBI International

Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation

Michigan State University Foundation

Shuffle Master, Inc.

Ukrainian Gaming International, LLC

WMS Gaming, Inc.

Wolverine Energy, L.L.C.

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

State Bar of Michigan, Member
Chair, Gaming Law Committee, American Bar Association
Chair of the ABA Annual Program on Gaming Enforcement, The Gaming Law Minefield, (2009-2010)
International Masters of Gaming Law, Founding Member and Past 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

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases Involving Casino Businesses, Collier Guide to Chapter 11 Practice (2010)
Co-Author, "Gambling with Bankruptcy: Navigating a Casino through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings," Drake Law Review, Vol. 57, 2009
Co-Author, "The Child Protection Registry Acts: Feel Good Legislation Run Amok," 2007
Author, Michigan Detroit Casino Supplier and Occupational Licensing Process, 2007
"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
The Michigan Gaming Law Legal Resource Book, co-editor, 1999
Author, Captive Insurance Manual, 2002
Co-Author, Guidebook to Conducting Business in Michigan, 2002
American Gaming Summit, co-author, "Overview of Gaming in Michigan," 1998

Experience

Law Clerk, Hon. W. Wallace Kent, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan (1968-70)