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Some careers unfold through steady, predictable growth. Paul Wierbicki’s began amid collapse. As an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, he interned for Enron Corporation just before its historic bankruptcy—an experience that would define his approach to business and the law. Where others saw chaos and scandal, he saw lessons in transparency, risk, and accountability. Watching a […]

As BetMGM’s deputy general counsel, Jeremy Kolman has a unique and dynamic role in two of the most rapidly evolving industries: sports wagering and iGaming. Starting as a litigator in 2015 at Blank Rome in Philadelphia, Kolman knew very little about the niche practice area of gaming law.  However, when the Supreme Court repealed the […]

In an episode of “Pawn Stars” from Season 6 in 2012, a seller brought in some government of Texas currency he was looking to sell for $650,000. The value was “over the moon,” according to the expert Rick Harrison called upon to evaluate the notes.   The seller thought the expert had no idea what he […]

Most people don’t decide what they want to be when they’re 10. But when a friend of Stephanie J. Gilliard said she wanted to become an attorney, Gilliard decided that’s what she wanted to do, too, even though she didn’t know what a career in law entailed. There were no lawyers in her family, either, […]

The Golden State among the most litigious, it might become even more so come the new year when a host of new laws in California go on the books. Christine Kurek, vice president of legal at Activision Blizzard Inc., a publicly traded interactive entertainment company focusing on video games and esports, will be among those […]

The Barclays Center’s regular tenants, the NBA’s Nets and NHL’s Islanders, don’t always draw such a crowd. But last summer, the Brooklyn arena played host to the Overwatch League finals, drawing 20,000 zealous spectators to London Spitfire’s victory over Philadelphia Fusion in an action-packed video game competition where the best players in the world went […]

Sometimes the best runs start with a bad hand. It was 2005, and Michael Magazzu had just earned his J.D. from Widener University. A pair of clerkships already under his belt—the first with a county prosecutor, the second with a public defender—the 25-year-old set his sights on a more prestigious gig working for a criminal […]

In Australia, the first Tuesday of every November is the Melbourne Cup, the most prestigious thoroughbred horse race in the country and a nationwide tradition since 1861. In 2017, it was also the day that Vanguard spoke with attorney Sean Hughes of Tabcorp, a major sponsor of the Melbourne Cup carnival and one of the […]