MEMBERS

HARLAN W. GOODSON

Attorney at Law
The Law Offices of Harlan W. Goodson
1126 2nd Street, Suite 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
Office: 916-442-1562
Fax: 480-287-9243
Cell: 916-996-9915
Harlan@hgoodsonlaw.com

JEROME L. LEVINE

Holland & Knight LLP
633 West Fifth Street
Twenty-First Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Tel: 213 896-2565
Fax: 213 896-2450
Mobile: 310 892 0961
Email: jllevine@hklaw.com
Website: www.hklaw.com

JOHN K. MALONEY

2386 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95825
Tel: 1 916 485 5690
Fax: 1 916 485-5693
Cell 1 702 498-5288

JANE G. ZERBI

Dickstein & Zerbi
1530 J Street, Suite 250
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: +1 916 244 8550
Fax: +1 916 669 0350
E-Mail: jane@dz-law.com
AFFILIATED MEMBERS - COUNSEL

VICTOR GALLO

Vice President, Business Development
Youbet.com, Inc.
5901 Desoto Avenue
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Tel: 1 702 940 9610
Fax: 1 818 668 2101
Cell: 1 702 806 9869
Email: vgallo@youbet.com
Website: http://www.youbet.com

ERNEST C. MATTHEWS, IV

President & General Counsel
ISI – Maritime/Islands, Ltd.
1361 Invierno Drive
Palm Springs, CA 99264
Tel: +1 760 250 0404
Fax: +1 760 406 5881
Cell: +1 760 250 0404
Email: matthewsglobal@yahoo.com

JOHN N. ROBERTS

Executive Director
San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians
Tribal Gaming Commission
16300 Nyemii Pass Road
PO Box 2320
Valley Center, CA 92082
Tel: +1 760 291 5684
Cell: +1 858 603 5309
E-mail: JohnRobertsjd@earthlink.net

ROBERT S. TABOR

Maloney & Tabor Inc.
2386 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95825
Tel: 1 916 485 5690
Fax: 1 916 584 5690
Cell 1 916 812 9501
Email: rtabor@maloneytabor.com
Email: robert.tabor@att.net

IAN J. IMRICH

CEO / President
Law Offices of Ian J. Imrich, A.P.C.
10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1240
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: +01 310 481 2258 ext. 103
Fax: +01 310 481 4475
Email: ian@ijilaw.com
AFFILIATED MEMBERS - REGULATOR

BURKS "Dean" SHELTON

Chairman
California Gambling Control Commission
2399 Gateway Oaks Drive
Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95833
Telephone No.: (916) 263-0493
Facsimile No.: (916) 263-0499
Cell No.: (916) 417-9101
E-mail: dshelton@cgcc.ca.gov
AFFILIATED MEMBERS - CONSULTANT

ROBERT E. LYTLE

Principal
Lytle Consulting Services
405 El Camino Real, Suite 202
Menlo Park, CA  94025
Cell: +1 916 531 1551
E-Mail: lytleconsulting@yahoo.com


ALAN MEISTER

Vice President
Analysis Group, Inc.
333 S. Hope Street, 27th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Direct: (213) 896-4547
Office:  (213) 896-4500
Mobile: (310) 650-1595
Fax: (213) 623-4112
E-mail: ameister@analysisgroup.com
Website: http://www.analysisgroup.com

SANFORD I. MILLAR

Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
Ultimate Blackjack Tour, LLC
1925 Century Park East, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: + 1 310 789 1121
Fax: + 1 310 943 1805
E-mail: smillar@playubt.com
AFFILIATED MEMBERS - EDUCATOR

KATHERINE SPILDE CONTRERAS, Ph.D.

Chair, Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming
Associate Professor,
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, PSFA 430
San Diego, CA 92182-4514
Tel: +1 619 594 2780
Fax: +1 619 594 4443
E-mail: kspilde@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: www.sdsu.edu/htm

I. NELSON ROSE

Professor of Law
Whittier Law School
17031 Encino Hills Drive
Encino, CA 91436
Tel: +1 818 788 8509
Fax: +1 818 788 3104
E-mail: rose@sprintmail.com

Recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on gambling and the law.

Professor I. Nelson Rose is an internationally known scholar, author and public speaker, and is recognized as one of the world's leading experts on gaming law.

Prof. Rose is best known for his internationally syndicated column and 1986 landmark book, "Gambling and the Law®." He is the co-author of Internet Gaming Law, Blackjack and the Law, and the first casebook on the subject, Gaming Law: Cases and Materials (LexisNexis). Prof. Rose is co-editor-in-chief of the Gaming Law Review.

Harvard Law School educated, Prof. Rose is a consultant to governments and industry. He has testified as an expert witness in administrative, civil and criminal cases throughout the United States, in Australia and New Zealand, including the first NAFTA tribunal on gaming issues. Prof. Rose has acted as a consultant to major law firms, international corporations, licensed casinos, Indian tribes, and local, state and national governments, including the province of Ontario, the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, and the federal governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States.

With the rising interest in gambling throughout the world, Prof. Rose has addressed such diverse groups as the National Conference of State Legislatures, Congress of State Lotteries of Europe and the National Academy of Sciences. He has taught classes on gaming law to the F.B.I., at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, Sun Yat-sen University in China, the Universidad de Cantabria in Spain, Université de Toulouse in France, University of Macau, and as a Visiting Scholar for the University of Nevada-Reno's Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming. Prof. Rose has presented scholarly papers on gambling in Nevada, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Canada, England, Australia, Antigua, Portugal, Italy, Argentina and the Czech Republic.

EDUCATION:

  • Harvard Law School , Juris Doctor 1979
  • University of California at Los Angeles , Bachelor of Arts Political Psychology 1973, Magna Cum Laude

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW:

  • Hawaii 1979; United States District Court for the District of Hawaii 1979;
  • California 1980; United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit 1980;
  • Supreme Court of the United States 1991.

MEMBER:

  • American Bar Association, Gaming Law Committee;
  • California State Bar;
  • Hawaii State Bar Association;
  • National Council on Problem Gambling;
  • International Association of Gaming Attorneys;
  • International Association for the Study of Gambling;
  • European Association for the Study of Gambling; Government and Legal Affairs Committee, Promotion Marketing Association.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Whittier Law School Distinguished Senior Professor of Law; joined faculty January 1983.
    Courses: Gaming Law; International Gaming Law (taught in China, Spain and France).
  • University of Macau
    Masters and Postgraduate Programs in International Business Law Gaming Law, June 2007.
  • University of Ljubljana and Turistica College in Slovenia
  • Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, College of Business Administration, University of Nevada, Reno Visiting Scholar, Fall, 1993 to Spring, 1994.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

Consultant to Governments and Industry on Gambling Issues 1983 to Present.

Clients Include:

  • States of Arizona Department of Gaming,
  • Illinois Gaming Board, Michigan State Lottery;
  • Nevada and Atlantic City casinos;
  • California gaming clubs;
  • international corporations;
  • Indian tribes; race tracks;
  • Internet suppliers and operators; and major law firms.
  • Recognized and testified as an expert witness in legislative and administrative hearings, including the first NAFTA tribunal on gaming for the Federal government of Mexico; before the California Legislature,
  • Oregon Governor's Task Force on Gaming,
  • Hawaii House of Representative's Finance Committee;
  • on behalf of the Texas Comptroller and New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement; and,
  • in criminal and civil trials.
  • Advised the Federal governments of Canada and the United States

GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS:

  • California Gaming Policy Advisory Committee, 2002 to 2005;
  • Arizona Office of Problem Gambling Advisory Board, 2003 to 2005.
  • California Task Force on Problem Gambling 2005 - present.

PRO BONO PUBLICO:

  • Incorporated and obtained federal and state tax-exempt status for California Council on Problem Gambling in 1986,
  • Vice President and Legal counsel 1986-1999,
  • member Advisory Board 1999 to Present;
  • established first eye bank in Hawaii in 1981; served as legal counsel 1981-1983.

LEGAL PRACTICE:

  • Law Offices of Bruce C. Dinman 1982 to 1983, Honolulu, Hawaii. Of Counsel.
  • Hoddick, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack 1979 to 1982, Honolulu, Hawaii. Senior associate.
  • Professor Gary Bellow Harvard Law School, 1977. Research assistant.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT:

  • California State AssemblyConsultant 1975 to 1976.
  • Creative Games, a limited partnership General Partner, founder of manufacturing company, 1972 to 1975.

HONORS/EDITING:

  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, Gaming Law Review, 2005 to present, Editorial Board, 1996-2005;
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Gambling Studies, Harvard University 1988 to present;
  • Editorial Board, BASIS (Brief Addiction Science Information Source) Division on Addictions, Harvard Medical School, 1999 to present;
  • Board of Advisors, SC Digest/Gambling Issues Section, Strom Thurmond Institute,Clemson University, 1999 to present;
  • Board of Advisors, Centre International d’étude sur le jeu et les comportement à risque chez les jeunes (International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviors), McGill University, 2000 to present.
  • Affiliate, Centre for Research into the Social Impact of Gambling, Plymouth University, United Kingdom, 2001 to present.

Prof. Rose can be reached through his website: www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com.


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