Is the New Gaming Lawyer at Duane Morris the Michael Clayton of Las Vegas?

As a teenager in Las Vegas in the 1960s, David Johnson used to sneak backstage with friends and watch topless dance shows. It was a quirky small town back then, Johnson said. Now it’s a bigger, more sophisticated city, he said.

Johnson would know: Since graduating law school in 1978, he has been an integral lawyer in Las Vegas, serving as chief deputy attorney general in the gaming division of the Nevada attorney general’s office in the 1980s, as a trustee of the International Association of Gaming Advisors and in various other positions until his retirement in May 2014 from Global ...