Law360 Features Orrick as a Sports & Betting Practice Group of the Year

February.12.2020

Law360 today highlighted Orrick’s groundbreaking work as a Sports & Betting Practice Group of the Year in this feature, which observed that we “continued to be a key architect of state-by-state legalization of sports betting” in the aftermath of a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing states to permit gambling on sports.

The publication also noted the growth of the firm’s work in the sports industry, including our role as national counsel for the NCAA in concussion litigation.

“Orrick has been looking to expand its influence in the industry with more than two dozen attorneys across multiple practice areas advising sports and betting industry clients, particularly with its public policy group, which has the firm once again at the center of legislation to legalize sports betting and daily fantasy sports,” Law360 wrote.

Among other efforts, the article cited our work on behalf of Major League Baseball, the NBA, the PGA Tour and fantasy sports industry in shaping sports betting legislation in states around the country.

Jeremy Kudon, co-chair of Orrick’s Public Policy Group, told the publication: “Our goal is to continue to build out and to become truly a destination firm for leagues, teams and operators and other entities in the gaming space that of course touch on sports.”

Last month, we added partner Ed Bedrosian, the top gaming regulator in Massachusetts, to our public policy team to serve as head of the firm’s gaming regulatory practice.

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Jeremy Kudon Partner, State Legislative & Regulatory, Gaming & Gambling

New York

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Jeremy Kudon Partner

New York

No other group in the United States - whether at a law firm, public affairs firm, or inside the Beltway - can match Jeremy and Orrick's record of success in the state legislatures. Unlike others, who specialize in tracking bills, identifying contract lobbyists (and taking a % of their fee), or developing expensive media and PR campaigns, Jeremy and his team don't specialize in any one area of state government affairs; they specialize in EVERYTHING. They learn your business, work with you on your objectives--both overall and in the state legislatures, identify threats/opportunities, develop a budget, hire contract lobbyists, draft legislation, prepare advocacy pieces, attend legislative conferences, travel to state capitols and educate members about your issue, testify before committees, develop and implement grassroots and PR campaigns, coordinate roll calls, and coordinate every aspect of both the state and overall campaign to add the most possible value to your business.

Just listen to what the media and our clients have to say – The New York Times profiled our efforts in passing online sports betting and daily fantasy sports legislation in an extensive above-the-fold report and in an episode of their podcast, “The Daily.” And from an interview with TechCruch, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said Jeremy and Orrick’s Public Policy team have “helped us go from a tech company that didn’t know a whole lot about legislative affairs and regulation to really being sophisticated there” and praised that “For anyone who’s in a disruptive industry and might be regulated, they really did a fantastic job.”