Alvin J Hicks

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A.J. “Bud” Hicks is Senior Counsel at McDonald Carano and has been serving as Chair of the Gaming Law Practice for more than 40 years. Mr. Hicks is one of Nevada’s most experienced gaming law practitioners and focuses his practice in the areas of gaming law and related corporate, litigation, and transactional matters, representing many premier national and international resort gaming operators and gaming equipment suppliers, as well as Nevada’s largest Native American gaming operation.

He served as Chief Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada on gaming matters and as counsel to the Nevada Gaming Commission in a landmark case that upheld the constitutionality of Nevada’s gaming regulatory structure and that helped rid Las Vegas’ gaming industry of the last vestiges of organized crime. Mr. Hicks also assisted the Nevada Gaming Control Board on numerous investigatory matters, assisted the Nevada gaming authorities in establishing procedures for dealing with the entry of publicly traded companies into the Nevada gaming industry, and represented the Nevada gaming authorities before the Nevada legislature on gaming matters for multiple legislative sessions. Mr. Hicks has more than 48 years of experience handling matters relating to the gaming industry throughout the U.S. and internationally.