STEPHEN D. SCHRIER

Partner
Blank Rome LLP
301 Carnegie Center, 3rd Floor
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tele: +1 609 750 2654 
Fax: +1 609 897 7374
Cell: +1 609 206 7030
Email: Schrier@BlankRome.com

Stephen D. Schrier is a partner withBlank Rome LLP, an international law firm. He practices in the firm’s Cherry Hill, NJ and Philadelphia, PA offices.

Mr. Schrier is a senior litigator with extensive experience at the trial and appellate levels. He handles complex litigation and arbitration involvinggaming, employment law, restrictive covenants, real estate, healthcare, contract and construction claims.

Mr. Schrier places particular emphasis on gaming law, handling regulatory matters for casino licensees and casino vendors. He was recently successful in obtaining the first commercial gaming license for an Indian Tribe, and won licenses for a racino facility and a stand alone slot casino under Pennsylvania's new gaming act. For the past eighteen years, he has taught casino law as an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers Law School in Camden, NJ. He has lectured domestically and internationally on casino subjects.

Mr. Schrier was selected by his peers to the 2006 & 2007 editions of Best Lawyers in America. In addition, he has consistently been named as one of New Jersey’s “Super Lawyers” by New Jersey Monthly Magazine and by New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine. He was also selected as a "2005 Awesome Attorney" by South Jersey Magazine.

Prior toentering private practice, Mr. Schrier was a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, Gaming Enforcement Division, where he was responsible for insuring that New Jersey gaming establishments and vendors were in compliance with state regulations during their initial license investigations and ongoing operations.

Mr. Schrier received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado and his Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law. He served as a law clerk to the Hon. Neil F. Deighan, Jr. of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

He is a member of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, the International Masters of Gaming Law, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and American Bar Associations.

He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the U.S. Court for the District of New Jersey, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Practice Areas:

• Gaming Law and Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law Litigation

Education:

• University of Colorado (BA '76)
• Rutgers School of Law (JD '79)