eighth Lawyer of the Year Award in Gaming Law

In the 2025 version of The Best Lawyers in America, McDonald Carano celebrated our eighth Lawyer of the Year award in Gaming Law.  A.G. Burnett obtained the award in 2025, 2023 and 2020.  A.J. “Bud” Hicks obtained the award in 2024, 2021, 2018 and 2012.  Rick Trachok obtained the award in 2022.  A.G. Burnett and Dennis Gutwald additionally each obtained the Lawyer of the Year award in Administrative & Regulatory Law in 2025.

Lawyer of the Year honors are awarded to just one lawyer in a particular space of legislation in a particular area who achieves “extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.” Only 0.4% of these in non-public observe obtained the Lawyer of the Year distinction. Though they every serve shoppers from all over the world with gaming pursuits all through the state of Nevada, A.G., Bud and Rick are positioned in our Reno workplace in order that they obtained the awards for the northern Nevada area and Dennis is positioned in our Las Vegas workplace so he obtained the award for the southern Nevada area.

Bud has been acknowledged in The Best Lawyers in America since 2012, Rick has been acknowledged since 2017, and A.G. and Dennis have been acknowledged since 2020. Our Gaming Law Practice can be ranked within the highest Tier 1 class in Reno and Las Vegas in The Best Law Firms in America. Our Gaming Law Practice can be ranked within the highest Band 1 class in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers additionally ranks extra of our gaming legislation attorneys than every other legislation agency in Nevada.

About McDonald Carano

In 2024, McDonald Carano celebrated its 75ᵗʰ Anniversary of serving Nevada’s authorized, enterprise, authorities, and civic communities. More than 60 legal professionals and authorities affairs professionals serve Nevada, nationwide, and worldwide shoppers from our workplaces in Reno, Las Vegas, and Carson City. McDonald Carano gives transactional, litigation, regulatory, and authorities affairs providers to startups, companies, non-public corporations, commerce associations, nonprofits, public entities, high-net-worth people, and household workplaces all through Nevada. We are deeply dedicated to supporting native communities by volunteering our time, assets, and providers, together with professional bono authorized providers, to nonprofit organizations, charitable foundations, and public service entities. We are proud to be your Nevada legislation agency since 1949.

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