Email: rstocker@dickinsonwright.com

Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Gaming
• Corporate
• Indian Law
• Insurance
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Representative Clients

• Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
• Bally Technologies, Inc.
• Boyd Gaming Corporation
• County Road Association Self Insurance Fund
• Global Cash Access, Inc.
• GTECH Corporation
• MBI International
• Michigan State University Foundation
• Ukrainian Gaming International, LLC
• Wolverine Energy

Prominent Assignments

• Extensive hearing practice before the Michigan Gaming Control Board
• Drafting Referendum Approved Amendment to Michigan Constitution
• Drafting of legislative amendments to the Michigan Compiled Laws
• Drafting of motions, briefs, and opinion memoranda in diverse areas of insurance coverage, regulatory and gaming matters, and general and commercial business matters

Education

• J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1968
• B.A. (with honors), Denison University, 1965

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1969

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, State Bar of Michigan
• Member, International Association of Gaming Advisors
• Founding Member and President, International Masters of Gaming Law
• Editorial Board Member, Gaming Law Review
• President, The Thomas M. Cooley Law School Legal Authors Society
• American Inns of Court (Thomas M. Cooley Law School Chapter, 1999-present; President, 2000-2002)
• Thomas M. Cooley Law School: Adjunct Professor of Business Organizations (2001-present), Business Planning (1984-present) and Gaming Law (1997-present)
• Board Member and Secretary, Potter Park Zoological Society
• President, International Masters of Gaming Law, 2008

Publications and Presentations

• "Remedying the Lose-Lose Game of Compulsive Gambling: Voluntary Exclusions, Mandatory Exclusions, or an Alternative Method?" The John Marshall Law Review, Volume 40, Summer 2007
• Co-Author, The Child Protection Registry Acts: Feel Good Legislation Run Amok, 2007
• Author, Michigan Detroit Casino Supplier and Occupational Licensing Process, 2007
• Co-Chair of the ABA Annual Program on Gaming Enforcement, The Gaming Law Minefield, 2006-2007
• Author of Captive Insurance Manual, 2002
• Co-Author of the Guidebook to Conducting Business in Michigan, 2002
• The Michigan Gaming Law Legal Resource Book, co-editor, 1999

Events and Seminars

• Robert W. Stocker II serves as chairman of the 2008 Gaming Law Minefield National Institute
• Robert W. Stocker II serves as chairman of the 2007 Gaming Law Minefield National Institute

Honors/Clerkships

• 2007 Edition of the Super Lawyer in America
• Legal Marketing Association, Your Honor Award, 1999, First Place: Strategic Marketing
• Legal Marketing Association, Your Honor Award, 1999, Second Place: Promotional Materials
• Recipient, Fredrick Griffith III Adjunct Professor Award, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1998)
• Law Clerk, Hon. W. Wallace Kent, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan (1968-70)