Robert W. Stocker II

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Lansing Office

rstocker(at)dickinsonwright.com

Phone: 517.487.4715

Fax: 517.487.4700

Areas of Practice Emphasis

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

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
  • Chair of the ABA Annual Program on Gaming Enforcement, The Gaming Law Minefield, 2006-2009
  • 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

Honors/Clerkships

  • 2008 Edition of Chambers Global
  • 2008 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
  • 2007 Edition of Michigan Super Lawyers
  • 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)