Gaming & Pari-Mutuel Law

Rutledge Ecenia has a well-established Gaming and Pari-Mutuel Law practice, and represents numerous businesses and individuals engaged in the gaming and pari-mutuel wagering industries. We offer comprehensive legal, regulatory and governmental services, including legal representation in litigation and before regulatory agencies as well as the Florida Legislature. The firm’s practice group includes a former Director of Florida’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, and Secretary of the Florida Department of Business Regulation, the principal regulatory authority for the gaming industry in Florida. We help our clients shape and successfully navigate the increasingly complex regulatory environment of the gaming and pari-mutuel wagering industries in order to achieve their business objectives. The firm represents every segment of the industry, including operators, manufacturers, trade associations, employees and lenders. The firm’s attorneys handle everything from routine licensing to gaming entitlements to complex administrative and commercial litigation. We work with Florida’s policymakers and tribunals to protect and promote our clients’ interests.

Their knowledge of the political process and relationships they have built with government officials have become significant advantages to our organization. From working with the various state agencies in Florida, the Governor’s office, and the Legislature, Rutledge Ecenia has always worked to secure our legislative priorities and to ensure that our appropriations needs are met in the annual budget.

- Bobby Schorr, Regional Vice President, Kelly Education

Rutledge Ecenia works 24/7 to ensure our goals are top of mind. Their lobbying team is a crucial component of our legislative success in Florida.

- Florida Academy of Physician Assistants

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