Sara Gonso Tait has joined Duane Morris LLP as a associate within the agency’s Company Observe Group in its Chicago workplace. Previous to becoming a member of Duane Morris, Tait was a associate at Ice Miller LLP.
“Sara is a marquee addition to our Agency who will instantly add to and develop our capabilities on this essential market,” stated Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor.
Tait serves as an advisor and authorized counsel many consumers – from Fortune 500 firms to start-ups – throughout the gaming trade and different extremely regulated markets together with crypto foreign money, hashish and alcohol. She supplies strategic recommendation and evaluation of legal guidelines and rules so purchasers can make the most of alternatives and keep away from threat. Tait beforehand served as government director of the Indiana Gaming Fee. In that function, she was chief regulator of Indiana’s 13 casinos, an trade that brings in additional than $500 million in tax revenues every year and employs greater than 12,000 folks. Tait was additionally accountable for regulating a major charitable gaming trade, boxing and blended martial arts, an unlawful playing police drive, paid fantasy sports activities and sports activities wagering. With broad expertise in legislative, authorities, regulatory and tribal affairs, she brings a singular perspective that features a big range of expertise with sophisticated and complicated mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies.
Tait additionally efficiently launched retail and cellular sports activities betting on an aggressive timeline and created a nationally praised and replicated regulatory surroundings.
Moreover, she was appointed by Governor Eric Holcomb to guide negotiations for the primary ever tribal-state compact for sophistication III gaming and subsequently shepherded the executed compact by way of the Indiana Normal Meeting. Tait additionally applied revolutionary expertise requests and numerous important capital funding tasks.
“Sara has a stellar background as a revered gaming regulator who has constructed a considerable apply since her departure from authorities,” stated Frank DiGiacomo, Duane Morris gaming trade group co-lead. “We anticipate that her background will improve the information and perception our Gaming Business Group can provide to prime tier purchasers within the gaming trade.”
Tait is a graduate of the Indiana College Robert H. McKinney College of Legislation (J.D., 2010) and Miami College (B.A., with honors, 2005).
