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Government relations

Business transactions

Negotiated renewal of exclusive five-year pari-mutuel services agreement with the Nevada Pari-Mutuel Association and its eighty plus member Nevada race-book operators.

Instrumental in the issuance of a pre-opening agreement with the National Indian Gaming Commission leading to the licensing and opening of a new class III tribal casino in Northern Oklahoma within six months of execution of a closure order by the Federal commission.

Obtained Management Contractor approval from the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Negotiated, drafted and closed an $80 Million exchange sale of all assets of a Las Vegas resort under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Negotiated, drafted, executed and supervised an interim gaming operation lease for a Las Vegas resort.

Drafted and obtained approval of a casino-changeover plan and a chips and tokens redemption plan with Nevada State Gaming Control Board.

Negotiated and drafted joint development and license agreements between gaming manufacturers, entertainment companies and gaming software developers.

Advised, developed and implemented corporate reorganization and restructure which mitigated exposure to potential employment-related claims and threatened litigation.

Drafted and implemented internal regulatory gaming compliance programs accepted by the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Member, Association of Corporate Counsel

Member, International Association of Gaming Attorneys

Member, International Masters of Gaming Law

Member, Nevada State Bar Association

J.D., California Western School of Law, 1991

B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1987

Glenn Wichinsky is a second generation gaming executive and currently acts as Corporate Counsel for BMM Testlabs in Las Vegas, Nevada in addition to representing other corporate gaming clients through his private practice located in Las Vegas, Nevada and Boca Raton, Florida.

He received his undergraduate education while attending the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, while on a music scholarship. He then pursued his legal studies and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. While engaged in legal studies, Glenn served as a Legislative Assistant to the Majority Floor Leader of the California State Assembly, Assemblyman Mike Roos, and as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Eugene Gualco, Presiding Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court.

Glenn maintained a private legal practice in Las Vegas and South Florida for 18 years specializing in domestic and international business transactions, joint ventures and gaming law and regulation before entering corporate gaming and legal affairs in 2000. He served as President of Global Gaming and Technology, Inc., a Las Vegas based public gaming company; President, Director and General Counsel of Virtgame Corporation, a San Diego based public gaming company, General Counsel and Compliance Officer for Quest Entertainment, a private gaming company based in Houston, Texas; and as a Member of the Executive Management Committee of Revive Partners, LLC, a gaming division and affiliate of the Mandalay Resort Group.

In addition to his professional experience, Glenn was a General Partner in the Mardi Gras Casino in Las Vegas for over 20 years and also was managing partner of the Regency Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. He authored, presented and had published one of the early recognized gaming studies entitled “Legalized Gambling as a Means of Solving Some Fiscal Urban Problems” in 1975. Glenn is also recognized in Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, and Who’s Who in America.

Glenn is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, the Gaming Law Committee of the State Bar of Nevada, the Florida Bar Association and an Affiliate Member of the International Masters of Gaming Law. He has been granted numerous nonrestricted gaming licenses by the State of Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission, and has also been granted a key gaming license by the Colorado Division of Gaming.

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ERIC L. ABBOTT

SAM BASILE

GREGORY R. GEMIGNANI

KEVIN P. MULLALLY

MARK LERNER

KATIE S. LEVER

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THOMAS F. SMOCK

JOHN M. SULLIVAN

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