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STATE BAR OF
NEVADA
GAMING
LAW
SECTION
Executive Committee Biographies
(Revised
October 2008)
Jeffrey R. Rodefer, Chairman.
Firm
Name: Boyd Gaming Corporation
Address:
6465 S. Rainbow Boulevard, 4th Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89118
Phone: (702) 696-1117
Fax: (702) 696-1111
E-mail:
jeffreyrodefer@boydgaming.com
Term
Expires: May 2009.
Jeff is Vice President of Legal
Affairs, Assistant General Counsel and Corporate
Compliance Officer for Boyd Gaming Corporation.
Previously, Jeff served over 13 years in the
Nevada Attorney General’s Office, including more than 8
years as counsel to the Nevada Gaming Commission and
Nevada State Gaming Control Board where he last held the
position of Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General.
During his tenure with the state, he also
represented the Nevada Tax Commission, Nevada Department
of Taxation, State Board of Equalization and the Nevada
Department of Transportation.
He is the author of the Nevada Property Tax
Manual (1st ed. 1993, State of
Nevada), the Nevada Gaming Law Index
(1st ed. 1999, State Bar of Nevada) and
Internet Gambling in
Nevada: Overview of Federal Law
Affecting Assembly Bill 466, 6 Gaming Law Review 393
(2002). Jeff
is a 1985 graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno
receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration (Finance and Accounting) and received his
Juris Doctorate degree in 1988 from Willamette
University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.
In addition to the State Bar of Nevada, Jeff is a
member of the State Bars of
California, Colorado and
Oregon.
He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Committee
on Functional Equivalency for the State Bar of Nevada.
Mark
A. Clayton, Vice Chairman.
Firm
Name: State Gaming Control Board
Address:
555 E. Washington Avenue, Suite 2600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Phone: (702) 486-2022
Fax: (702) 486-2045
E-mail:
mclayton@gcb.nv.gov
Term
Expires: May 2009.
Mark was appointed by Governor
Kenny Guinn in February 2005 to be a Member of the State
Gaming Control Board.
Before joining the Board, he held the position of
Vice President of Corporate Law for Caesars
Entertainment, formerly Park Place Entertainment, in
Las Vegas.
Mark was also General Counsel for the Aladdin
Resort and Casino in Las Vegas,
as well as the Showboat, Inc. in Las
Vegas and Atlantic City.
Prior to that, he served as the Chief of the
Corporate Securities Division for the State Gaming
Control Board in Carson City.
Michael J. Bonner.
Firm Name: Kummer Kaempfer
Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario
Address: 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, 7th Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Phone: (702) 792-7000
Fax: (702) 796-7181
E-mail:
mbonner@kkbrf.com
Term
Expires: May 2011.
Mike is the Managing Partner of the
law firm Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario.
His practice concentration is in the areas of
business transactions, securities and gaming law.
Mike is a Las Vegas
native, a 1978 graduate of the
University
of Nevada,
Las Vegas and a 1981 graduate of the
University of California,
Los Angeles School of Law.
He practiced as a partner with a predecessor law
firm until 1994, when he co-founded Kummer Kaempfer
Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario as one of its original
stockholders.
Lou
Dorn.
Firm
Name: Colony Resorts LVH Acquisitions, LLC
Address:
3000 Paradise Road
Las
Vegas, Nevada 89109
Phone:
(702) 732-5919
Fax:
(702) 732-5927
E-mail:
ldorn@colonyresortslvh.com
Term
Expires: May 2011.
Lou serves as Vice President and
General Counsel for Colony Resorts, the new owner of the
Las Vegas Hilton, and is responsible for overseeing all
legal matters concerning the Las Vegas Hilton.
Lou was previously an associate with the law firm
of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., where his practice was
concentrated on business, finance and gaming matters.
Lou is the former Chief of the Corporate
Securities Division for the State Gaming Control Board
in Carson City.
Prior to joining the State Gaming Control Board,
Lou served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of
Nevada, where he represented
Nevada Gaming Commission and the State Gaming Control
Board.
During his five years with the Attorney General’s
Office, Lou also represented the Nevada Department of
Transportation and the Nevada Department of Taxation.
Lou received his B.A. degree from the
University of Nevada,
Reno in 1990,
and his J.D. degree from Lewis and Clark School of Law
in 1994.
Dennis
Gallagher.
Firm
Name: Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.
Address:
1 Caesars Palace Drive
Las
Vegas, Nevada 89109
Phone:
(702) 407-6243
Fax:
(702) 407- 6420
E-mail:
dgallagher@harrahs.com
Term
Expires: May 2009
Dennis is currently Vice President
Chief Regulatory & Compliance Officer.
Other positions within Harrah’s he has held
include Vice President Legal Affairs for Harrah’s
Central and Western Divisions, General Counsel-Riverboat
Division and Associate General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary.
Dennis was with the Schreck-Brignone law firm practicing
primarily gaming, administrative and commercial law.
He was also the General Counsel to Powerhouse
Technologies, Inc.
His legal career includes service as a Deputy
Legislative Counsel for the Nevada Legislature and a
Deputy Attorney General-Gaming Division for the State of
Nevada.
Dennis also served as Chief of the Investigation
Division of the State Gaming Control Board.
He is a graduate of
Ohio University and California Western School
of Law.
Dennis is admitted to practice law in
Nevada, California,
Colorado and Tennessee.
P.
Gregory Giordano.
Firm
Name: Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.
Address:
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Phone:
(702) 784-5200
Fax:
(702) 784-5252
E-mail:
pggiordano@swlaw.com
Term
Expires: May 2010.
Greg is a partner and the
Coordinator of the Gaming Law Practice Group of the
Las Vegas office of the law firm of Snell &
Wilmer L.L.P.
Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer in January 2006,
Greg was a shareholder in the Gaming and Regulatory Law
Department of the law firm of Lionel Sawyer & Collins
for almost 13 years.
Prior to that, Greg served for 4 years as the
Chief of the Corporate Securities Division of the Nevada
State Gaming Control Board, and before that Greg served
as a Deputy Attorney General with the Nevada Attorney
General's Office for 5 years, with the last 1 ½ years
thereof in the Gaming Division.
Greg graduated summa cum laude
in 1978 with a B.A. degree in Business
Administration/Accounting and History from the College
of Notre Dame (now known as Notre Dame de Namur
University) in
Belmont,
CA.
He obtained his J.D. degree from the Santa Clara
University School of Law in 1981.
Besides the State Bar of Nevada and its Gaming
Law Section, Greg is also a member of the State Bar of
California, the ABA, and the International Association of
Gaming Advisors, where he is a Trustee.
Greg is also named in The Best Lawyers in
America®, Gaming Law, 2005-2008 editions, and Chambers
USA -
America’s Leading
Lawyers for Business, Gaming & Licensing, 2005-2008
editions.
Greg also currently serves on the editorial board of
Business Law Today
magazine, published by the ABA’s Section of Business
Law, as the Vice Chair of the ABA General Practice, Solo
& Small Firm Division’s Gaming Law Committee, and as a
member and previously as a past Chair and Co-Chair of
the ABA’s Section of Business Law’s Committee on Gaming
Law.
John
A. Godfrey.
Firm
Name: Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
Address:
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1800
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Phone:
(702) 784-7777
Fax:
(702) 784-7778
E-mail:
jgodfrey@pnkmail.com
Term
Expires: May 2011
Jack is Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of Pinnacle Entertainment,
Inc., a diversified gaming company that owns and
operates casinos in Indiana,
Louisiana, Missouri,
Nevada and Neuquen Argentina.
Prior to joining Pinnacle in August 2002, he was
a partner in the law firm of Schreck Brignone Godfrey in
Las Vegas where his practice was devoted to gaming law
with an emphasis on publicly traded corporations,
financing, compliance and licensing investigations.
In addition to representing numerous gaming
clients, Jack has served as counsel to the Nevada Resort
Association.
Prior to entering private practice in 1984, he served as
Deputy State Industrial Attorney for the State of
Nevada, 1977-1980, as Deputy Attorney General, Nevada
Attorney General's Office, Gaming Division, 1980-1983
and as Chief Deputy Attorney General, Gaming Division,
1983-1984.
Jack is a formerTrustee
of the International Association of Gaming Advisors
(“IAGA”) and served as that organization’s President for
the 1996-1997 term.
In October 1997, Jack was inducted as a
Counsellor of IAGA.
Jack received his B.A. degree in 1973 from the
University
of South Florida
and his J.D. degree in 1976 from the
University of San Diego,
School
of Law.
He was admitted to practice law in the States of
California and
Nevada
in 1977. He
is an active member of the Nevada Bar and an inactive
member of the California Bar.
Sean
McGuinness.
Firm Name: Lewis & Roca, LLP
Address:
50 W. Liberty Street, Suite 410
Reno,
Nevada 89501
Phone:
(775) 823-2900
Fax:
(775) 8232929
E-mail:
smcguinness@lrlaw.com
Term
Expires: May 2010.
Sean practices
primarily in the areas of gaming, corporate and
administrative law at Lewis & Roca, LLP in
Reno, Nevada. He has represented clients with
licensing and regulatory matters before the Nevada State
Gaming Control Board, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the
Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Colorado Division of
Gaming and the National Indian Gaming Commission. Sean
was involved in the drafting of the initial gaming
regulations for the Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission. He
has also participated in gaming-related matters in such
other jurisdictions as California,
Louisiana, Manitoba,
New Mexico and
North Dakota. Prior to joining
Beckley Singleton, Sean was Vice President and General
Counsel for The Regent Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
(1997-2001), had a private gaming law practice in
Mississippi (1994-1997), and served as Compliance
Director for the Mississippi Gaming Commission
(1992-1993).
He is admitted to practice law in
Nevada, Colorado,
Iowa and Mississippi.
Sean received his J.D. from
Drake
University.
Scott
Scherer.
Firm
Name: Holland & Hart
Address:
777 E. William Street, Suite 200
Carson
City, Nevada 89701
Phone:
(775) 684-6000
Fax:
(775) 684-6001
E-mail:
sscherer@hollandhart.com
Term
Expires: May 2011
Scott is a partner in the law firm of Holland & Hart,
practicing primarily in the area of regulatory and
administrative law with special emphasis on gaming
regulatory matters and legislative affairs. Scott’s
career highlights include serving as a Supervising
Deputy Attorney General in the Gaming Division of the
Nevada Attorney General’s Office, General Counsel and
Chief of Staff to the Governor, two-term Nevada
Assemblyman and member of the Nevada Commission on
Ethics. At
the request of the Mississippi Attorney General, Scott
assisted the Mississippi Legislature in drafting the
Mississippi Gaming Control Act.
He also served four years as a member of the
Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Scott’s corporate experience includes serving as
Associate General Counsel and Executive Director of
Corporate Development for International Game Technology
(IGT) and Acting Managing Director of IGT Africa.
A native of
Las Vegas, Scott received his undergraduate
degree from The Johns Hopkins University (1981) and his
law degree from the University of Washington School of
Law (1984).
Bryan
L. Wright.
Firm
Name: KSL Resorts
Address:
50-905 Avenida Bermudas
La Quinta, CA 92253
Phone:
(760) 564-8000
Fax:
(760) 564-8003
E-mail:
bwright@kslresorts.com
Term
Expires: May 2009
Bryan
is Vice President & General Counsel of KSL Resorts,
headquartered in La Quinta, California.
At KSL Resorts, Bryan acts as the chief legal advisor to
executive management, oversees all aspects of the legal
functions of KSL and its subsidiaries, and serves as a
member of the KSL Executive Committee.
Prior to that, Bryan was Senior Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of
MGM
MIRAGE from July 2001 through June 2008 and was the
Compliance Officer for MGM MIRAGE from August 2001 through December 2006.
Prior to joining MGM
MIRAGE in 2001,
Bryan
worked for Boyd Gaming Corporation from 1993 to 2001,
serving as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel &
Assistant Secretary.
Bryan also served
as an associate attorney at Snell & Wilmer,
Phoenix, Arizona,
from 1987 to 1993.
Bryan received his juris doctorate from the
University of Kansas School of Law in 1987 and was
elected as a member of the Order of the Coif.
He graduated, cum laude, with a B.A. in Political
Science and Spanish from
Kansas State
University in 1984.
Bryan is an active
member of the State Bars of Nevada
and Arizona and an inactive
member of the State Bar of Colorado.
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