Dowling Aaron, a full-service law firm with four offices throughout California, will merge with Fennemore Craig, which has six offices in Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada, creating a firm with 350 lawyers and allied legal professionals to be called Fennemore Craig Dowling Aaron, effective Oct. 1. Key practice areas include agribusiness, water law, business and finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, construction, health care, business litigation, tax, trusts and estate planning, corporate, bankruptcy, natural resources and environmental, ERISA and benefits, intellectual property, labor relations and employment law, and emerging business.
Two Nevada attorneys, Tisha Black and James Wadhams, partnered to form a new statewide law firm called Black & Wadhams Attorneys at Law, which has experience in establishing, protecting and defending businesses in Nevada. From complex business transactions, acquisitions and mergers to “bet the company” business litigation, the firm has experience in business law and provides services and solutions for its clients that span legislative and regulatory advocacy.
Trosper Public Relations was awarded two Gold Hermes Creative Awards. The firm was recognized in the marketing materials category for the Henderson Professional Fire Fighters’ Safe Pools Rule! 2020 summer safety campaign collateral, as well as Gardner Companies’ UNLV Harry Reid Research & Technology Park’s 2020 marketing brochure. Additionally, Trosper received a 2020 Videographer Award - Award of Distinction for its production capturing the grand opening event for the research and technology park.
NuSpine Chiropractic hired Tirzah Garner as clinic coordinator for the Green Valley location. Garner brings nearly 10 years of experience in sales and customer service and specializes in membership sales and marketing. In addition, she has 18 years of experience in group fitness and training.
Six workforce development professionals from Workforce Connections, the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and the Vegas Chamber were certified by the national organization ACT as job profilers, including Jake McClelland, LVGEA; Celia Rouse, Stavan Corbett, Robbie DeBuffand Carol Polke, Workforce Connections; and George Hempe, Vegas Chamber. This specialized and data-driven training will allow these professionals to help local employers hire the right person the first time. The new job profilers are part of Nevada’s Work Ready Community initiative aimed at connecting employers to a ready workforce.
Acoustic Design Systems hired Anjali Winther and Jeff Sutherland as the company’s first commercial business development manager and residential business development manager, respectively. Winther will work to grow the company’s commercial division, which serves commercial property organizations, multifamily and HOA associations, builders and more. Sutherland will establish and maintain relationships with production and custom homebuilders, generate new business and foster existing business relationships.
Sunrise Health System, part of the HCA Healthcare Far West Division, including Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Sunrise Children’s Hospital, MountainView Hospital and Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, announced all four locations were recipients of various Healthgrades 2020 Five Star and Excellence Awards for women’s care. All 13 of the awards fall into two main categories—obstetrics and gynecology, and labor and delivery. Both categories recognize Sunrise for exceptional clinical outcomes while caring for women during labor and immediately after delivery of their newborn, as well as women undergoing gynecologic procedures. Healthgrades is an online health care information resource connecting almost 1 million patients daily with physicians and hospitals.
Madison Blau BenShimon was honored by Realtor Magazine and the National Association of Realtors as one of their 30 Under 30 in the nation. Blau BenShimon works as a member of the Ivan Sher Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices – Nevada Properties, based primarily in the firm’s Summerlin office. She has closed more than $56 million in real estate transactions during her career, including more than $19 million during 2019.
Prime Trust, an open-banking financial solutions provider, announced the addition of more than 30 new employees and executives, including Tom Pageler as president and chief operating officer. Pageler will be responsible for all operations and guide the company. The company’s C-team now includes the following executives: George Georgiades, general counsel; Kevin Lehtiniitty, chief product officer; Stephen Cheng, chief compliance officer; Amanda Ortega, chief of regulatory affairs; Rodrigo Vicuna, chief financial officer; Tiago Requeijo, certified data analyst; Alec Gorge, chief technology officer; Melissa Laci, head of product for Banq; Tom Brandle, chief information security officer; and Kati Vue, vice president operations.
Sun Commercial Real Estate welcomed Samuel Rudd to the company and promoted Alexandria Malone. Rudd will serve as the vice president of operations and brings over 20 years of operations management experience in commercial real estate lending and portfolio management, small business portfolio management, risk analysis, asset recovery and contract review. Malone has been promoted to an associate. She joined Sun Commercial in 2019 as a transaction coordinator on the investment services group and brings with her experience in marketing, client management and business development.
Nevada State College was recognized as one the safest four-year colleges in America, according to Niche.com’s 2020 Safest College Campuses in America. The college ranked 19th out of 1,362 colleges and universities. The ranking is based on key statistics and student reviews by using data from the U.S. Department of Education. The survey considered several factors, including campus crime rate, local crime grade, alcohol-related arrests, drug-related arrests and more. The school recently implemented the State Safe mobile safety app, which allows students access to multiple University Police services.