Who’s Who Legal (WWL) has again recognized Stephen D. Wilson as “one of the world’s leading practitioners” in the 2023 edition of WWL: Sports & Gaming.

Since 1996, WWL has identified the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law.  WWL’s findings are based on recommendations and feedback from eminent private practitioners in the sector or industry in question as well as from corporate counsel or other clients who have worked closely with the nominees.  WWL: Sports & Gaming recognizes lawyers who advise clients active in the gambling, gaming, leisure, and sports sectors, in addition to providing commercial and regulatory-focused advice.

WWL has recognized Mr. Wilson as one of the world’s highest-ranking attorneys in the fields of Sports, Gaming, and Entertainment in directories including:

  • Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Gaming 2023
  • Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Gaming 2022
  • Who’s Who Legal 2016 – Compendium Edition
  • Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Entertainment 2015
  • Who’s Who Legal 2015 – Compendium Edition
  • Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Sports & Entertainment Lawyers 2013

In its Who’s Who Legal publications, WWL has noted:

  • Wilson was “nominated by [his] peers as one of the world’s leading practitioners in this field.”
  • Wilson was selected based on “independent research with clients and peers as being among the country’s highest-ranking lawyers for inclusion” in WWL: Sports & Gaming, “one of [WWL’s] most competitive editions.”
  • Wilson is “a worthy winner based on excellent reviews from [his] clients.”

Mr. Wilson is a Partner and Practice Group Manager of the Sports & Entertainment and Intellectual Property groups at Beggs & Lane, a full-service law firm founded in 1883.  He has more than 25 years of legal experience, and represents clients in the sports, gaming, and entertainment industries throughout the USA and internationally.