Snell & Wilmer partner Leon Mead II was selected a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. An invitation-only honorary society for trial lawyers, LCA is composed of fewer than one-half of 1 percent of American lawyers. Snell & Wilmer attorney Kelly Dove was appointed to the Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada. The standing committee comprises six judges appointed by the Nevada Supreme Court, 12 attorneys appointed by the State Bar of Nevada and 12 lay members appointed by the governor. In addition, Taylor Anello, Brian Blaylock and Sherry Ly joined the staff of Snell & Wilmer. Anello focuses on commercial litigation, Blaylock on corporate and securities law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, and Ly on business and commercial litigation.
Sherry Ly
Leon Mead
Ken Lund
Brian Blalock
Anthony Golden
Paola Armeni
Kelly Dove
Bryan Gresh
Michael Lowry
William Gonzalez
Rebecca Haines
Taylor Anello
Rebecca Haines is an associate at Jeffrey Burr.
Richard Jost is an adjunct professor at the UNLV Boyd School of Law. Jost is a director at Fennemore Craig. He will teach a weekly course on privacy, publicity and defamation, with a focus on unmanned aerial systems and privacy.
Amy Rose is legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. She oversees legal strategy for the affiliate and leads all litigation the ACLU of Nevada undertakes.
Michael Lowry and Kenneth Lund were elected shareholders at Thorndal Armstrong Delk Balkenbush & Eisinger.
Rebecca Miltenberger and Alisa Nave-Worth are shareholders at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Miltenberger is a member of the firm’s real estate department. Nave-Worth is a member of the firm’s government relations department.
Annemarie Gourley is assistant to Managing Partner Mark Ricciardi and Of Counsel David Dornak at Fisher & Phillips. Gourley has worked in the legal industry for more than 25 years.
Retired Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court A. William Maupin joined the law firm of Naylor & Braster. Maupin will focus on litigation, litigation consulting and alternative dispute resolution.
Anthony Golden was elected partner at Fisher & Phillips. He represents public and private employers in appellate matters, employment discrimination, labor management relations, unfair competition and trade secrets litigation, Family and Medical Leave Act issues, wage and hour law, and health care.
Former Clark County Family Court Judge William Gonzalez joined De Castroverde Law Group to lead its family law department. Gonzalez will work with attorney Jennifer Gastelum.
Thomas J. Salerno of Gordon Silver served on the Plan Issues Advisory Subcommittee of the ABI Bankruptcy Review Commission.
The government affairs affiliate of Kolesar & Leatham will be led by Bryan Gresh. Gresh is a former television reporter with decades of political and legislative consulting and advocacy experience.
The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada honored a number of attorneys during its annual 2014 Pro Bono Awards benefit luncheon. Those recognized included Pro Bono Attorney of the Year: Doreen M. Spears Hartwell; Lied Award for Most Hours for Law Firm: Lewis Roca Rothgerber; Lied Award for Most Cases for Law Firm: Gordon Silver; Lied Award for Most Hours for Attorney: Mark J. Connot; Lied Award for Most Cases for Attorney: Israel “Ishi” Kunin; Law Firm of the Year: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; William S. Boyd Award of Excellence: Bill Boyd; Justice Nancy Becker Pro Bono Award of Judicial Excellence: Justice Kristina S. Pickering and Judge Rob Bare; Vince A. Consul Memorial Pro Bono Award: Tracy A. Difillippo; Louis Wiener Service Award: Josef M. Karacsonyi; Myrna Williams Children’s Pro Bono Award: William P. Curran; Award of Excellence: Bita Khamsi and John J. Piro; Public Interest Law Student of Distinction: Bailey Bortolin; Ask-A-Lawyer Community Commitment Award: Stefana Laurentia Ghita; Volunteer Surrogate Award: Richard Erlich.
Gordon Silver attorney Paola Armeni is chief administrative officer for the Las Vegas Business Academy’s executive board.
Kling Law Offices, which specializes in estate planning, elder law, asset protection and business planning, moved to 8906 Spanish Ridge Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas.
Local medical marijuana law firm Ashcraft & Barr is joining with Vicente Sederberg, one of the nation’s leading cannabis law firms. Ashcraft & Barr attorneys will be of counsel to Vicente Sederberg, serving as the lead attorneys in Nevada, while Vicente Sederberg attorneys will provide marijuana industry expertise.
The Legal Marketing Association’s southwest chapter, which includes Nevada, has a new board of directors. Members include Nathalie Daum of Gordon Silver, president; and Becky Linford of Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders, secretary.
STARS OF LAS VEGAS LAW
Bailey Kennedy, Campbell & Williams, Kemp Jones & Coulthard and Lewis Roca Rothgerber were recognized as top litigation firms in the 2015 edition of Benchmark Litigation.
Named as Future Stars were: From Bailey Kennedy: John Bailey, general commercial; Dennis Kennedy, antitrust, class action, general commercial. From Campbell & Williams: Donald Campbell, personal injury; J. Colby Williams, appellate, First Amendment, general commercial, personal injury, product liability, wrongful death. From Kemp Jones & Coulthard: William Coulthard, general commercial. From Crockett and Myers: Jim Crockett, personal injury. From Eglet & Wall: Robert Eglet, personal injury, product liability; David Wall, personal injury. From Kemp Jones & Coulthard: J. Randall Jones, general commercial, mass tort, personal injury, product liability; Mark Jones, bankruptcy, intellectual property, mass tort, personal injury, product liability; Will Kemp, general commercial, mass tort, personal injury, product liability. From Laxalt & Nomura: Don Nomura, general commercial, medical malpractice, product liability. From Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: Jeffrey Rugg, antitrust, general commercial.
The publication also named local Litigation Stars for Nevada. From Bailey Kennedy: Dennis Kennedy, antitrust, class action, general commercial; John Bailey, general commercial; Joseph Liedman; and Joshua Dickey. From Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: Jeffrey Rugg, antitrust, general commercial; Kirk Lenhard, general commercial; Tamara Peterson, general commercial. From Campbell & Williams: Don Campbell, personal injury; J. Colby Williams, appellate, First Amendment, general commercial, personal injury, product liability, wrongful death. From Crockett and Myers: Jim Crockett, personal injury. From Eglet & Wall: David Wall, personal injury; Robert Eglet, personal injury, product liability. From Fennemore Craig: John Mowbray, construction, general commercial. From Holland & Hart: Stephen Peek, general commercial. From Kemp Jones & Coulthard: J. Randall Jones, general commercial, mass tort, personal injury, product liability; Mark Jones, bankruptcy, intellectual property, mass tort, personal injury, product liability; Will Kemp, general commercial, mass tort, personal injury, product liability; William Coulthard, general commercial. From Laxalt & Nomura: Don Nomura, general commercial, medical malpractice, product liability. From Lewis Roca Rothgerber: Daniel Polsenberg, antitrust, professional liability; Daniel Waite, real estate; Von S. Heinz, general commercial, insurance, securities. From (then) Lionel Sawyer & Collins: David Frederick, general commercial, securities; Paul Hejmanowski, general commercial; Rodney Jean, bankruptcy, general commercial; Samuel Lionel, general commercial; Todd Kennedy, antitrust, general commercial, product liability; Todd Touton, general commercial. From McDonald Carano Wilson: Jeff Silvestri, appellate, general commercial, intellectual property. From Morris Law Group: Steve Morris, antitrust, general commercial, Insurance, intellectual property. From Pisanelli Bice: James Pisanelli, general commercial; Todd Bice, general commercial. From Santoro Whitmire: Nicholas Santoro, general commercial.