Thomas B. Shepherd III was elected Vice President/President-Elect of the International Association of Gaming Advisors at the IAGA Summit held in Singapore, October 23 – 25, 2012. IAGA’s International Gaming Summit is one of the gaming industry’s premier summits and brings together leaders of the gaming industry from all sectors - operators, suppliers, attorneys, accountants, investors, bankers, regulators and other advisors. For 2011, he was selected as the "Jackson, MS Best Lawyers Gaming Law Lawyer of the Year" and as "Lawyer of the Year in Mississippi" by the Mississippi Business Journal.