Cooper Levenson

Cooper Levenson, PA (CL) is a full-service law firm consisting of attorneys who concentrate in 25 practice areas across six offices in five states. CL has built its worldwide prestige because of its gaming law practice. CL has had a comprehensive active gaming law practice since the commencement of casino gaming in New Jersey in 1978. The firm has represented Atlantic City casinos in all regulatory and licensing matters from pre-construction to opening, and has handled mergers and acquisitions, including deal structuring, for casinos nationally.

The firm’s practice has expanded with the addition of new types of gaming and legalization of gaming across the United States. As gaming has expanded nationally, and new forms of gaming have been introduced, the firm’s geographic presence and breadth of practice has similarly expanded. In addition to decades of experience in licensing, compliance, contractual and operational matters regarding land-based casinos and gaming equipment suppliers, the attorneys in the Gaming Practice Group are also at the forefront of the newest developments in legal matters related to internet gaming, sports wagering, esports wagering, skill gaming, sweepstakes and social casinos.The firm’s clients are based all around the globe and operate in jurisdictions nationally and internationally. Cooper Levenson attorneys not only assist clients in the licensing and going-live process; they also help clients navigate new legislative and other developments in gaming states, and in those states considering legalized gaming, while remaining compliant.

Cooper Levenson’s gaming clients include land-based casinos, Internet gaming and sports wagering operators, platform providers, lottery vendors, providers of software and hardware to the gaming industry, nightclubs, social casinos, restaurants, financial institutions, private equity firms, payment providers, and other vendors to the gaming industry. The firms regularly provides clients with the latest information about the regulatory environment and market potential in gaming states as well as in those states contemplating gaming. Cooper Levenson has represented international operators and suppliers from their first interest in the United States and guided them through successful launches in multiple jurisdictions. The firm serves as a strategic advisor and member of a client’s team, and advises clients on matters including those related to licensing, operations, advertising,compliance, contracts, complex financings and transactions. The firm’s attorneys represent clients before gaming regulatory bodies across the United States.

Cooper Levenson attorneys do not believe the law should be static, and that clients are best served by listening to their concerns and educating regulators and legislatures about needed changes in laws and regulations to keep up with changes in technologies and practices. In this regard, Cooper Levenson attorneys have appeared before legislative bodies, and have drafted amendments to gaming laws and regulations which have been adopted.

Cooper Levenson is a full-service law firm that also provides clients with employment, tax, banking, real estate, land use and other practice group advice, as needed.

The firm’s gaming attorneys are frequent speakers at international and national conferences and have held leadership roles in highly regarded gaming organizations.Lloyd D. Levenson, the firm’s CEOand Co- chair of the Gaming Practice Group with Lynne Levin Kaufman, has been instrumental in the development and implementation of all aspects of gaming law, and is the founder of the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute for Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism (LIGHT) in the Stockton University School of Business.