Joseph M. Kelly, Ph.D., J.D., is a Professor of Business Law at State College at Buffalo, and an associate of Catania, Ehrlich & Suarez Law Offices and Catania Gaming Consultants, Inc. He is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Nevada, and Wisconsin. He is also co-editor of Gaming Law Review.

Professor Kelly is considered an expert in the field of gaming and has been an invited speaker on gaming topics throughout the world, including Berlin, Rome, London, Barcelona, Madrid, Cannes, Edinburgh, New Delhi, Australia, Costa Rica, South Africa, and Switzerland.  His extensive writings include works on British, German, Native American, West Indian, and Internet gambling law. Professor Kelly’s law review publications have been cited on nine occasions as authority by federal district and appellate courts, as well as state appellate and supreme courts.

Professor Kelly’s article on Internet gambling law has been cited in the chapters on Internet gambling by The Gambling Review Report, which was presented to British Parliament by the Secretary of State of Culture Media and Sport in July 2001.  He co-authored a report on “Problem Gambling and Self Exclusion,” which was accepted on August 14, 2002, by the South African Responsible Gambling Trust. Another of his works was “Enforcement of Casino Gambling Debts,” Am. Jur. Proof of Facts, 3rd series, vol. 71, 193-320 (2003) and he was the co-author of “Enforcement of International Gambling Debts in “Am. Jur. Proof of Facts, 3rd series, vol. 87, 1-124 (2006).

Professor Kelly has been used as an expert witness for Park Place Casino, Boyd Gaming, and Harvey’s Casino as well as card clubs in San Jose California.  He has appeared as an expert witness before the Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission (2004), the South African Parliamentary Committee on Trade and Industry (2003)and as recent as 2007 appeared as an expert poker witness in the trial of R v Kelly (Gutshot) in Snaresbrook Crown Court (London), UK.

Professor Kelly will be speaking on Day 1 - Wednesday 26th May
14:45 -15:30 in Room 2, Regulatory Trends & Policies
Key Success Factors for Global Regulators

And Day 2 - Thursday 27th May
12:00 - 12:30 in Room 2, Global Legal Update
The Progress of Federal iGaming Legislation in America