Rutledge Named Gaming Law Committee Chair of American Bar Association Business Law Section

Press Release

11/28/2016

LAS VEGAS – Karl Rutledge of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP has been appointed as chair of the Gaming Law Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section.

Rutledge is a partner in the Gaming Practice Group in the firm’s Las Vegas office. He focuses on Internet gaming, sweepstakes, contests, privacy policies and website terms and conditions.

His one-year term as chair of the ABA Business Law Section Gaming Law Committee begins immediately. Rutledge previously served as the Committee's Director of Programs.

“I’m honored to be selected to lead the Gaming Law Committee. As the industry grows it’s imperative that we understand the importance of working with counterparts in other areas of the business world to improve each others’ understanding of our impact on the country’s economy,” said Rutledge.

Rutledge’s gaming business experience includes working with established and emerging Internet gaming companies on risk analysis and creative business structuring, advising companies that run sweepstakes and contests, advocating on their behalf with governmental agencies, and drafting website privacy policies and terms and conditions of use for companies. 

His accolades include being named in Best Lawyers in America, Nevada Business Magazine’s Legal Elite, Top 100 Attorneys in Southern Nevada and Top 20 Up and Coming Attorneys in Nevada, named as a Rising Star in Mountain States Super Lawyers, featured in Global Gaming Business Magazine as an emerging leader in the gaming industry, and recognized as an AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell.

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