Adam Berger

is a partner in the firm’s Gaming Industry Group . Mr. Berger represents public and private companies involved in all facets of the gaming industry in a broad variety of corporate and regulatory matters.

Mr. Berger has extensive experience representing casinos, casino holding companies and gaming equipment manufacturers, as well as financial institutions including banks, private equity funds and hedge funds in connection with mergers and acquisitions, debt transactions, licensing, compliance matters and regulatory investigations. Additionally, Mr. Berger has represented clients in competitive licensing contests before various gaming agencies. Mr. Berger regularly advises clients on emerging developments and legislation affecting the brick-and-mortar and Internet gaming industries.

Outside of the traditional casino space, Mr. Berger has advised traditional gaming companies, media companies and financial institutions on matters related to the rapidly expanding sports wagering industry in the United States. Mr. Berger has also represented numerous companies involved in the fantasy sports and skill-based gaming industries.

As the immediate past Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Gaming Law Committee and a former Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Casino Law Section, Mr. Berger is a frequent speaker on gaming industry expansion, online gaming and sports betting across the country. Mr. Berger was named to Global Gaming Business Magazine's 40 Under 40 list in 2017.

Mr. Berger is a 2010 cum laude graduate of Villanova University School of Law and a 2007 magna cum laude graduate of The George Washington University.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2020-present
- Associate, 2012-2019
•Fox Rothschild LLP
- Associate, 2010-2012

Honors and Awards

•Listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2016-2020

•Selected as one of Global Gaming Business Magazine's 40 Under 40, 2017
•Selected as one of the New Jersey Law Journal's 2015 New Leaders of the Bar

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Contributor, Duane Morris Gaming Law Blog
•Co-author, Small Business Administration Updates Interim Regulatory Guidelines to Greatly Expand Accessibility of Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Gaming Businesses, Duane Morris Alert, April 24, 2020
•Co-author, Governor Returns Virginia Gambling Legislation with Amendments, Including Tax for COVID-19 Fund, Duane Morris Alert, April 17, 2020
•Co-author, Small Business Administration Updates Interim Regulatory Guidelines to Help Certain Gaming Companies, Duane Morris Alert, April 15, 2020
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•Co-author, Interim Regulatory Guidelines Preclude Gaming Businesses from Receiving Support Under the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program, Duane Morris Alert, April 3, 2020
•Co-author, Massachusetts Sports Wagering Bill Expected to Be Approved by July, Duane Morris Alert, April 1, 2020
•Co-author, Virginia General Assembly Passes Expansive Gambling Legislation, Duane Morris Alert, March 17, 2020

•Co-author, DOJ Reconsiders Its View on the Wire Act - What Happens Now? Duane Morris Alert, January 16, 2019

•Featured, The Art of Watching, Listening and Learning, Global Gaming Business, June 26, 2017

•Co-author, What's New in Pennsylvania's Latest Video Gaming Bill, Law360, March 19, 2015
•Co-author, Video Gaming Bill Reintroduced in Pennsylvania, Duane Morris Alert, March 18, 2015: Republished by Law360, March 19, 2015
•Co-author, Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee Introduces Bill That Would Allow Existing Casinos to Offer Internet Gaming, Duane Morris Alert, February 27, 2015
•Author, PA Gaming Industry at a Crossroads: Lessons from Atlantic City, Philadelphia Business Journal, February 23, 2015
•Author, What's Next For Pennsylvania's Gaming Industry? Law360, May 27, 2014
•Author, Tavern gaming: Did Pennsylvania gamble away a huge revenue opportunity?, Philadelphia Business Journal, March 13, 2014

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, Recent Trends & Developments in the Sports Betting and i-Gaming Industries, Clear Law Institute, Webinar, November 14, 2019
•Speaker, Trends in Internet Gaming, Law Practice CLE, Webinar, October 7, 2019

•Speaker, Recent Trends in the eSports Industry, Lawline CLE, June 17, 2019

•Speaker, Was it Worth the Gamble? Sports Wagering One Year Post-PASPA, NJSBA Annual Meeting and Conference, May 15, 2019

•Speaker, The Future Is on the Clock: Gaming, Intellectual Property and Employment Law in the New World of Sports Betting, Philadelphia, April 25, 2019

•Panelist, Data, Gambling and Privacy of Athletes, Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium - The Future of Sports, April 12, 2019

•Speaker, The Evolving Legal Landscape of Gaming in Pennsylvania 2019, Webinar, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, February 11, 2019

•Panelist, Sports Betting and the US Supreme Court - Now What? Duane Morris Alumni CLE, October 25, 2018

•Speaker, You Bet Your Life - Legalization of Sports Betting, Villanova Law Alumni Association Professional Development Committee CLE, Revolution House, Philadelphia, October 16, 2018

•Speaker, Gaming in New York and Beyond - Looking to the Future, Duane Morris LLP, New York, August 15, 2018

•Speaker, Trends in Internet Gaming and Other Developments in the Gaming Industry, myLaw CLE Webinar, July 27, 2018

•Speaker, Gaming Law: Understanding the Radical Revamp of Pennsylvania's Industry, PBI CLE, SugarHouse Casino, Philadelphia, June 20, 2018

•Speaker, Trends in Internet Gaming, Lawline CLE Webinar, June 18, 2018

•Panelist, The Money Line: Gaming, the Business of Sports, Sports Betting and the Supreme Court, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, April 26, 2018

•Speaker, The Big Bet: A Preview of the Supreme Court's Hearing on Legalized Sports Betting, The Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law Speaker Series, Villanova, October 11, 2017
•Speaker, Legal Issues in the Gaming Industry: A Focus on Gaming Expansion, Lawline CLE Webinar, September 8, 2017
•Speaker, Down the Shore 2017: What's Next for Atlantic City and the Gaming Industry?, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Atlantic City, August 10, 2017
•Speaker, What's Next for Atlantic City?, NJSBA 2017 Annual Conference and Convention, Atlantic City, May 17, 2017
•Frequent speaker on gaming and sports law topics at Villanova Law School, Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law
•Presenter, 2016: A Year to Hold'em or a Year to Fold'em, New Jersey State Bar Association: Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Webinar, December 9, 2016
•Presenter, Daily Fantasy Sports: A Legal View, Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium 2016, Villanova, Pennsylvania, April 1, 2016
•Presenter, Fantasy Sports: The Gate to Legal Inquiry Has Opened, New Jersey State Bar Association: Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Webinar, March 23, 2016
•Panelist, The Gaming Industry and the Future of Atlantic City, New Jersey State Bar Association: Continuing Law Education (CLE), May 15, 2015