Justin G. Mignogna
Senior Associate
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Phone: +1 856 874 4248
- Duane Morris LLP
40 Lake Center Drive
401 Route 73 North, Suite 200
Marlton, NJ 08053
USA
Justin Mignogna's practice focuses on the gaming industry, as he assists clients in navigating the sophisticated and evolving regulatory framework governing commercial and tribal gaming, which includes casinos, sports wagering operators, internet-based gaming entities, pari-mutuel tracks, sports data service providers, and other gaming-facing businesses. As a gaming attorney, Mr. Mignogna has experience with analyzing and interpreting federal, state, and tribal gaming laws and regulations and advising clients on the same. Mr. Mignogna represents the interests of clients in litigation matters, as well as before gaming regulatory bodies, assisting clients with initial application preparation through regulatory investigative requests and final licensure approval. Mr. Mignogna has handled regulatory licensing matters in several jurisdictions across the United States, including Native American gaming regulatory agencies.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Mignogna served as a law clerk to the Honorable Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Mr. Mignogna is a 2018 cum laude graduate of Rutgers Law School, where he was the senior articles editor for the Rutgers University Law Review, and a cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
Areas of Practice
- Gaming
- Litigation
- Appellate
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Education
- Rutgers Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2018
- Senior Articles Editor, Rutgers University Law Review - University of Pittsburgh, B.A., cum laude, 2013
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Senior Associate, 2025-present
- Associate, 2021-2024 - McCarter & English LLP
- Associate, 2019-2021 - Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina, 2018-2019
Professional Activities
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Treasurer, Casino Law Section, 2024-2025 - Member of the Rutgers Law Camden Alumni Association
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "Federal vs. State Control: Senate Hearing Reveals Divisions on the Future of Sports Betting Regulation," Duane Morris Gaming Law Blog, December 17, 2024
“Sun Chemical v. Fike: NJ Product Liability Act Claims Can Be Paired With NJ Consumer Fraud Act Claims,” New Jersey Defense Magazine, 2020
“Pokémon Go, Augmented Reality Games, and How the Insurance Industry Will Help Protect a Distracted Society from Becoming Even More Distracted,” 70 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 675, 2018
Representative Matters
Represented LexisNexis Risk Solutions in obtaining a Sports Gaming Supplier License from the Ohio Casino Control Commission, a Sports Betting Service Provider Temporary License from the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission, renewal of both its Sports Wagering Supplier License and its i-Gaming Supplier License by the West Virginia Lottery, approval from the Michigan Gaming Control Board of an exemption from its supplier licensing requirements, a temporary Information Services License from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, an Ancillary Sports Wagering Vendor License from the Washington State Gambling Commission, an Event Wagering and Fantasy Sports Supplier License from the Arizona Department of Gaming, a Sports Gaming Vendor Registration from the Tennessee Sports Wagering Council, a Sports Wagering Temporary License from the Maine Gambling Control Unit, a Gaming License/Vendor Registration from the Seminole Tribe of Florida d/b/a Seminole Gaming, a Vendor Registration from the Virginia Lottery, a sports wagering Supplier License from the North Carolina State Lottery Commission, a Certificate of License, Class II & Class III Vendor from the Muckleshoot Gaming Commission, renewal of its Sports Betting License, Vendor Minor by the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission/Colorado Division of Gaming, and a Vendor License from the Tulalip Tribal Gaming Agency.
- Represented AC Ocean Walk LLC, which does business as the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in highly contested litigation involving a failed partnership for the operation of a beach club and nightclub located at the casino hotel resort, obtaining a judgment from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Atlantic County affirmed on appeal by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division dissociating the former partner from the partnership and dissolving the partnership.
Successfully represented pro bono client by defeating parole revocation charges and obtained immediate release of client to reinstated parole following evidentiary hearing.