Nov. 18, 2015 — Patrick Kane, an associate in the San Diego office of Maurice Wutscher, has been appointed to serve the California Horse Racing Board as a hearing officer.
Mr. Kane will assist the board in ensuring the integrity and safety of the racing industry. He will conduct and oversee hearings, adjudicate decisions and issue findings of fact and conclusions of law.
In his equine practice, Mr. Kane focuses on the representation of industry participants at administrative hearing and appeals, purchase and sale agreements, partnership and limited liability creation, gaming law, regulatory matters, and equine-related negligence actions.
Mr. Kane graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona where he majored in Animal Science and was a graduate of the Race Track Industry Program. There, he received the Mildred Vessels Scholarship Award and the Race Track Industry Program’s Scholarship Award.