Two Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican hospitals have been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2024-25 Best Hospitals, as high-performing hospitals for multiple procedures and conditions. Siena Hospital earned the rating in 10 categories, doubling its count from the previous year. Those areas included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, hip replacement, kidney failure, knee replacement, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, pneumonia and stroke. San Martín Hospital matched its previous-year performance by earning the ratings in two categories—heart failure and kidney failure.
Seven attorneys with Bailey Kennedy have been recognized in the 2024 edition of Mountain States Super Lawyers. They are: John Bailey, business litigation; Dennis Kennedy, “Top 10” and business litigation; Joshua Dickey, business litigation; Joshua Gilmore, business litigation; and Mountain States Rising Stars; Joseph Liebman, business litigation; Paul Williams, health care; and Rebecca Crooker, Rising Stars. Five attorneys with Pisanelli Bice were named to the list, including partners Debra Spinelli, James Pisanelli, Todd Bice, M. Magali Mercera and Emily Buchwald (Rising Stars). Bice and Pisanelli were included in the Top 100 lawyers, and Spinelli on the Top 50 Women lawyers list. John Naylor and Jennifer Braster of Naylor & Braster, Attorneys at Law, were also included on the list, with Braster receiving further recognition the Top 100 and Top 50 Women lists. Super Lawyers is a legal rating service that identifies top attorneys in each state across more than 70 practice areas.
The William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV appointed professor Lori Johnson as the inaugural Terry Pollman Professor of Law. This new professorship was established in honor of Terry Pollman, a founding faculty member of the law school. The professorship will be a multiple-year appointment that will rotate among Boyd’s legal writing faculty. Pollman served as president of the Association of Legal Writing Directors and held various leadership roles in the Legal Writing Institute.
Desert Hope Treatment Center, an addiction treatment provider in Las Vegas, promoted Kristin Berg to executive director. Berg has over 15 years of experience in the Las Vegas behavioral health industry and dual certification as a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and supervisor. In her new position, she oversees operations at Desert Hope’s inpatient and outpatient locations.
Yessica Romero, safety manager at the Penta Building Group, was elected to the board of directors for the National Association of Women in Construction’s Las Vegas chapter. The association empowers leaders in the construction industry by enhancing members’ careers through education, building technical skills and providing support and networking opportunities with women in the profession.