Orrick Partner Jeremy Kudon’s Public Policy Role for Sports Industry Highlighted in New York Times Feature

February.01.2019

Orrick partner Jeremy Kudon, head of the firm’s Public Policy practice, is among the influencers cited in this New York Times feature on the increasing momentum to legalize sports betting in states across the country.

The Sunday magazine story examines the efforts of professional sports owners, mobile operators, and casinos to persuade policymakers of the merits of legalizing sports betting through sound regulation in the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year permitting New Jersey to legalize sports betting.

Orrick’s public policy team, led by Jeremy, represents the NBA, MLB and PGA Tour in ongoing efforts in various states to enact sports betting legislation. In the New York Times story, Jeremy’s related work securing legislative wins for clients DraftKings and FanDuel on both fantasy sports and now mobile sports betting is prominently featured.

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

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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.”

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