The State Bar of Nevada honored members at its annual meeting. Donald Campbell won the Presidential Award. He has practiced law in Nevada for more than 35 years. Brandi and Jasen Cassady of Cassady Law Offices were named Volunteers of the Year. Snell & Wilmer’s Karl Riley was named Young Lawyer of the Year. The bar awarded a posthumous Medal of Justice to Mitch Cobeaga and collectively to Nevada Legal Services, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Washoe Legal Services, the Southern Nevada Senior Law Program and Volunteer Attorneys of Rural Nevada.
The Nevada Justice Association gave Lifetime Achievement Awards to William Patterson “Pat” Cashill and Don Tingey. James Ohrenschall was named Consumer Advocate of the Year. Sean Claggett was named Trial Lawyer of the Year.
Richard Bryan received the Helldorado Hall of Fame Pioneer award. A former Nevada governor and U.S. Senator, Bryan focuses his practice on government relations at Fennemore Craig.
Cynthia Leung was chosen to serve as chief judge of the Las Vegas Municipal Court. Leung has presided over Las Vegas Municipal Court Department 1 since 2008, and takes over as chief judge from Department 5 Judge Cedric Kerns.
Robert Anderson, a partner with Snell & Wilmer, is the Henderson Chamber of Commerce chairman of the board.
Luis Ayon began his solo practice, Ayon Law, after being a partner at Maier Gutierrez Ayon. Maier Gutierrez Ayon is now Maier Gutierrez and Associates.
Bob Massi and his son, Robert Massi, opened Massi & Massi Attorneys at Law.
The 2017 Working Mother magazine’s 50 Best Law Firms for Women includes Fisher Phillips, Fox Rothschild, Holland & Hart, Latham & Watkins and Littler Mendelson.
Dr. David Orentlicher will join the UNLV Willliam S. Boyd School of Law as the Cobeaga Law Firm Professor of Law and co-director of the UNLV Health Law Program.
The BTI Consulting Group interviews legal experts to compile its list of firms that rank highly regarding cybersecurity and privacy issues. Greenberg Traurig is among the companies that were named a Leading Cybersecurity Law Firm. Firms with a Southern Nevada presence that landed on the Honor Roll of Cybersecurity Law Firms include Akerman, Armstrong Teasdale, Ballard Spahr, Fisher Phillips, Fox Rothschild, Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, Holland & Hart, Jackson Lewis and Littler Mendelson.
Employment attorney Jennifer Hostetler has returned to Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie following two years as chief deputy attorney general for the personnel division in the Nevada Attorney General’s office. Hostetler’s practice focuses on the defense of employers in state and federal court against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, and violation of wage and hour laws.
Kyle Morishita practices immigration law with De Castroverde Law Group.
Bruce Johnson was named partner at Ballard Spahr. His practice focuses on real estate and commercial finance and investment transactions, and on the development and financing of energy generation and transmission projects.
Joel Henriod was made managing partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie. His law practice focuses on appeals and complex litigation.
Martin Little and Alexander Villamar joined Howard and Howard. Little concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, construction and personal injury. Villamar concentrates his practice in commercial and business litigation, insurance defense, personal injury, and appellate law.
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie’s Brian Blakley joined the founding board of directors for Nevada Rise Academy, a charter school being planned to serve at-risk children.
Human Resource Executive magazine’s “Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” includes Littler Mendelson’s Patrick Hicks on the list of Top 100 of the Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys. Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie’s Howard Cole was named one of the top 20 labor lawyers.
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie’s Karl Rutledge is chairman of the Gaming Law Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section. Rutledge’s practice focuses on Internet gaming, sweepstakes, contests, privacy policies and website terms and conditions.
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie partner Paul Matteoni is vice president of the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Nevada.
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie partner Sean McGuinness is regional vice president of the Irish Network USA. He is a founding member of the Nevada chapter.
Law awards: Chambers Global 2017
Greenberg Traurig
• Mark Clayton — gaming (Band 1)
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
• Anthony Cabot — gaming law (Star Individual)
Law awards: Chambers USA
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
• David Arrajj — gaming & licensing (Leaders in their Field / Star Individual in Chambers Global)
• Jennifer Carleton — gaming & licensing
• Paul O’Gara — gaming & licensing
• Frank Schreck — gaming & licensing (Leaders in their Field / Star Individual in Chambers Global)
• The firm also won awards for corporate/commercial, gaming & licensing, litigation: general commercial and real estate
Dickinson Wright
• Michael Feder — general commercial litigation
• Kate Lowenhar-Fisher — gaming & licensing
• Jeffrey Silver — gaming & licensing (Band 1)
• The firm also won awards for gaming & licensing (Recognized Practitioner)
Fennemore Craig
• Michael Buckley — commercial & real estate
• Jeffrey Zucker — real estate and corporate transactions
• The firm also won awards for corporate/commercial and real estate
Fisher Phillips
• Scott Mahoney — labor & employment
• Mark Ricciardi — labor & employment
• The firm also won awards for labor & employment
Greenberg Traurig
• Michael Bonner — corporate/commercial, gaming & licensing
• Mark Clayton — gaming & licensing, nationwide-gaming & licensing
• Mark Ferrario — litigation: general commercial
• Jodi Goodheart — real estate
• John Jeppsen — corporate/commercial
• Jim Mace — real estate
• Gregg Vermeys — real estate
• The firm also won awards for corporate/commercial, gaming & licensing, litigation: general commercial and real estate
Holland & Hart
• Bryce Alstead — environmental
• Fritz Battcher — corporate/commercial
• Gian Brown — corporate/commercial
• Karen Dennison — real estate
• David Garcia — corporate/commercial
• J. Stephen Peek — litigation: general commercial
• Scott Scherer — gaming & licensing
• Frederick Schmidt — environment
• The firm also won awards for corporate/commercial, gaming & licensing, litigation: general commercial and real estate
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
• Anthony Cabot — gaming & licensing
• Howard Cole — labor & employment
• Von Heinz — litigation: general commercial
• Sean McGuinness — gaming & licensing
• Dan Waite — litigation: general commercial
• The firm also won awards for gaming & licensing and litigation: general commercial
McDonald Carano
• Kathleen Drakulich — environmental
• John Frankovich — real estate
• Andrew Gabriel — corporate/commercial & real estate
• Greg Giordano — gaming & licensing
• Sylvia Harrison — environmental
• A.J. “Bud” Hicks — gaming & licensing
• Pat Lundvall — commercial litigation
• George Ogilvie — construction litigation
• The firm also won awards for litigation, gaming & licensing and real estate
Mountain State Super Lawyers
Dickinson Wright
• Cynthia Alexander — commercial & business litigation
• Gabe Blumberg — commercial & business litigation (Rising Star)
• Elizabeth Brickfield — estate planning & administration
• John Dawson — estate planning & administration
• Michael Feder — commercial & business litigation (Top 100)
• Eric Hone — commercial & business litigation
• Jennifer Ko Craft — intellectual property (Top 100, Top 50 Women)
• John Krieger — intellectual property (Top 100)
• Var Lordahl — estate planning & administration (Rising Star)
• Kate Lowenhar-Fisher — gaming
• Joanna Myers — intellectual property (Rising Star)
• Joel Schwarz — commercial & business litigation
• Jeffrey Silver — gaming
• Kendal Weisenmiller — estate planning & administration (Rising Star)
Fennemore Craig
• Michael Buckley — real estate
• Christopher Byrd — business litigation
• Thomas Fell — bankruptcy: business
• Gary Goodheart — business litigation
• Kevin Hejmanowski — general litigation (Rising Star)
• Samuel Lionel — business litigation
• Brad Richardson — business litigation
• Brenoch Wirthlin — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Jeff Zucker — business/corporate
Fisher Phillips
• Scott Mahoney — labor & employment
• Mark Ricciardi — labor & employment
Gordon Law
• Aviva Gordon — business law
Holland & Hart
• Bryce Alstead — energy & resources (Rising Star)
• Robert Cassity — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Philip Hymanson — business litigation
• Bryce Kunimoto — business litigation
• Christopher Myers — securities & corporate finance (Rising Star)
• J. Stephen Peek — business litigation
• Patrick Reilly — business litigation
Howard & Howard
• W. West Allen — intellectual property litigation
• Stephanie Buntin — intellectual property (Rising Star)
• Seaton Curran — intellectual property (Rising Star)
• Wade Gochnour — construction litigation
• Robert Hernquist — business litigation
• James Kohl — business litigation
• Matthew Kreutzer — franchise/dealership
• Brian Pezzillo — construction litigation
• Robert Rosenthal — employment & labor
• Jason Weiland — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Jay Young — business litigation (Top 100)
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
• Michael Alonso — gaming
• John Bragonje — construction litigation
• Anthony Cabot — gaming
• Robert Charles Jr. — bankruptcy: business
• Howard Cole — employment & labor
• Zachary Gordon — intellectual property (Rising Star)
• Von Heinz — business litigation
• Joel Henriod — appellate
• Marla Hudgens — general litigation (Rising Star)
• Dale Kotchka-Alanes — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Glenn Light — gaming (Rising Star)
• Scott MacTaggart — business/corp
• Kristen Martini — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Michael McCue — intellectual property litigation
• David McElhinney — civil litigation: defense
• Sean McGuinness — gaming
• David Mousel — gaming
• Matthew Park — business litigation
• Daniel Polsenberg — appellate
• Leif Reid — administrative law
• Dan Waite — business litigation
• Meng Zhong — intellectual property litigation (Rising Star)
Marquis Aurbach Coffing
• Phillip Aurbach
• Christian Balducci (Rising Star)
• Chad Clement (Rising Star)
• Terry Coffing
• Nicholas Crosby
• Micah Echols
• Jason Gerber
• Tye Hanseen (Rising Star)
• Brian Hardy (Rising Star)
• Avece Higbee
• Chen Juan
• Adele Karoum (Rising Star)
• Albert Marquis
• Scott Marquis
• Terry Moore
• Jared Moser (Rising Star)
• Cody Mounteer (Rising Star)
• Candice Renka (Rising Star)
• Geraldine Tomich
• Liane Wakayama (Rising Star)
Naqvi Injury Law
• Farhan Naqvi — personal injury, motor vehicle accidents and product liability (Rising Star)
Pisanelli Bice
• Todd Bice — (Top 100)
• Dustun Holmes — (Rising Star)
• James Pisanelli — (Top 100)
• Ava Schaefer — (Rising Star)
• Debra Spinelli — (Top 100, Top 50 Women)
Snell & Wilmer
• Bradley Austin — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Bryan Blaylock — business/corporate (Rising Star)
• V.R. Bohman — civil litigation: defense (Rising Star)
• Patrick Byrne — business litigation
• Justin Carley — business litigation
• Joshua Cools — PI – products: defense (Rising Star)
• John Delikanakis — business litigation
• Kelly Dove — appellate (Rising Star)
• Alexander Fugazzi — business litigation
• Charles Gianelloni — civil litigation: defense (Rising Star)
• Blakeley Griffith — bankruptcy: business (Rising Star)
• Daniel Ivie — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Robert Kinas — bankruptcy: business
• Kade Miller — business/corporate (Rising Star)
• Bob Olson — bankruptcy: business
• Michael Paretti — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Robin Perkins — civil litigation: defense (Rising Star)
• Morgan Petrelli — PI – products: defense (Rising Star)
• Karl Riley — business litigation (Rising Star)
Solomon Dwiggins & Freer
• Dana Dwiggins — trust & estate (Top 50 Women)
• Jordanna Evans — trust & estate (Rising Star)
• Ross Evans — trust & estate (Rising Star)
• Alan Freer — trust & estate
• Joshua Hood — trust & estate (Rising Star)
• Alexander Leveque — trust & estate (Rising Star)
• Jeffrey Luszeck — trust & estate (Rising Star)
• Mark Solomon — trust & estate
• Brian Steadman — trust & estate (Rising Star)
• Jeremy Welland — trust & estate (Rising Star)
Sylvester & Polednak
• Allyson Noto — business litigation
• Kelly Schmitt — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Jeffrey Sylvester — business litigation
Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
• Jeremy Alberts — civil litigation: defense (Rising Star)
• Scott Lachman — personal injury defense: general (Rising Star)
• Tim Mott — personal injury defense: general (Rising Star)
• Lee Roberts — construction litigation
• Marisa Rodriguez — personal injury defense: general (Rising Star)