Boyd Gaming Corp. will soon have a new legal chief for the first time in more than 20 years.
The Paradise, Nev.-based casino and hospitality company disclosed in a Dec. 9 securities filing that longtime general counsel Brian Larson will retire Dec. 15. Larson, a former partner at Snell & Wilmer, joined Boyd Gaming in 1993, and became the company’s top in-house lawyer five years later.
Over the next two decades, Larson oversaw teams of outside lawyers advising the company as it sought to expand its U.S. operations. In 2004, Larson worked with Cravath Swaine & Moore in handling Boyd ...