RLM Finsbury and Sard Verbinnen & Co are working the ouster of Wynn Resorts board member and co-founder Kazuo Okada, who resigned Feb. 21 just before shareholders voted to oust him.

The company alleges that Okada, who failed in a court push to stop the shareholders' special meeting Feb. 22, engaged in improper conduct in dealings with Philippine officials in pursuing a casino there. Wynn's board said Okada was "unsuitable" following a report by the firm of former FBI director Louis Freeh said there was evidence he acted improperly under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Okada, who has engaged RLM Finsbury, blasted Wynn on his way out the door last week. "Since the year 2000, Steve Wynn has orchestrated a deliberate campaign to deceive me," he said in a lengthy statement from the PR firm, adding that Wynn "betrayed our friendship," a management and shareholders agreement and Universal Entertainment, for which Okada is founder and chairman.

Las Vegas-based Wynn, which is working with Sard Verbinnen's New York office, said 86M shares voted with 99.6% moving to remove Okada. Institutional Shareholder Services had issued a report recommending Okada's removal. The Wall Street Journal reported that Wynn still owes Okada $1.9B.

Okada said he will continue to fight claims by and against him in Nevada state court.