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VEGAS INC TOP LAWYERS EVENT RECAP LAS VEGAS SUN L A S V E G A S W E E K LY L AS V E G AS M AG A Z I N E VEGAS INC
EVENT RECAP
VEGAS INC BUSINESS
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TOP LAWYERS 2021 Kassi Beach House June 23, 2021, 6-8 PM
On the evening of Wednesday, June 23, Vegas Inc debuted the 2021 Top Lawyers honorees during private celebration at Kassi Beach House. The brightest minds in the legal industry gathered on the patio at the new venue inside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas for an unforgettable evening of cocktails, conversation and commemoration. The highly anticipated event, presented by City National Bank and sponsored by Schwartz Law, featured small bites and craft cocktails courtesy of Kassi Beach House and an interactive photo moment courtesy of Desert Cactus Booths. Upon arrival, guests received their certificates and posed for portraits with their awards to memorialize the evening. City National Bank treated the attendees to a special raffle, featuring some authentic signed Vegas Golden Knights memorabilia.
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TOP LAWYERS 2021 PEER-NOMINATED LIST APPELLATE
CANNABIS
Jennifer Braster | Naylor & Braster Tami D. Cowden| Greenberg Traurig Micah Echols | Clagett & Sykes Joel D. Henriod | Lewis Roca Frank A. Leavitt | Leavitt Law Firm Daniel F. Polsenberg | Lewis Roca Jarrod L. Rickard | Semenza Kircher Rickard Abraham Smith | Lewis Roca Jordan T. Smith | Pisanelli Bice Eric D. Walther | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Deborah Westbrook | Clark County Public Defender’s Office
Kevin M. Brenner | Connor & Connor Adam K. Bult | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Jennifer Gaynor | J. Gaynor Law
BANKRUPTCY Brett A. Axelrod | Fox Rothschild Ogonna Brown | Lewis Roca Rob Charles | Lewis Roca Andrea M. Gandara | Holley Driggs James T. Leavitt | Leavitt Legal Services Matthew McArthur | Ballstaedt Law Firm John F. Schneringer | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani Samuel A. Schwartz | Schwartz Law David A. Stephens | Stephens, Gourley & Bywater Philip Thomas Varricchio | Varricchio Law Firm
BUSINESS LITIGATION Mary E. Bacon | Spencer Fane Todd L. Bice | Pisanelli Bice Mark E. Ferrario | Greenberg Traurig JP Hendricks | Maier Gutierrez & Associates Dustun Holmes | Pisanelli Bice J. Randall Jones | Kemp Jones Nicole Lovelock | Jones Lovelock Michael Paretti | Snell & Wilmer James J. Pisanelli | Pisanelli Bice Lawrence J. Semenza, III | Semenza Kircher Rickard Christian T. Spaulding | Greenberg Traurig
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CIVIL RIGHTS Scott M. Abbott | Kamer Zucker Abbott Kathleen J. England | Gilbert & England Law Firm Kara B. Hendricks | Greenberg Traurig Patrick W. Kang | Ace Law Group Adam Levine | Law Office of Daniel Marks
CONSUMER PROTECTION Zachariah Larson | Larson & Zirzow Paul Ray | Paul C. Ray Chtd. Patrick Reilly | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
CRIMINAL Alanna Bondy | Sgro & Roger David Brown | Brown Brown & Premsrirut E. Brent Bryson | E. Brent Bryson, LTD. Charles Cano | Office of the Special Public Defender David Z. Chesnoff | Chesnoff & Schonfeld Kyle Cottner | Kaplan Cottner Osvaldo Fumo | Pitaro & Fumo K. Ryan Helmick | The Defenders Stacy L. Kollins | Clark County District Attorney’s Office Andrew M. Leavitt | Law Office of Andrew M. Leavitt Sunethra Muralidhara | Wright Marsh & Levy Benjamin J. Nadig | Law Office of Benjamin Nadig Michael Sanft | Mayfield, Gruber & Sanft Sean P. Sullivan | The Law Offices of Sean P. Sullivan Arnold Weinstock | Law Office of Dan Winder Mace J. Yampolsky | Yampolsky & Margolis
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ELDER
IMMIGRATION
Patrick Clifford | Clifford Senior Law Alice S. Denton | Denton Cho
Jocelyn A. Cortez | GWP Immigration Law Rodolfo Gonzalez | Gonzalez & Flores Darren Heyman | Heyman Law Group Xavier A. Mendez | Xavier A. Mendez Immigration Law Firm Martha Menendez | UNLV Immigration Clinic Ranee Samerthai | RST Law Group
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES Matthew McKissick | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Josh Reid | Fennemore
FAMILY Jennifer Abrams | The Abrams Law Firm Michael C. Flaxman | Leavitt & Flaxman Nedda Ghandi | Ghandi Deeter Blackham Jennifer Isso | Isso & Hughes Law Firm Benjamin J. Leavitt | Leavitt Law Firm Brandon K. Leavitt | Leavitt & Flaxman Jess R. Marchese | Law Office of Jess R. Marchese Daniel Marks | Law Office of Daniel Marks Samantha J. Mentzel | Sin City Divorce Jason Naimi | Naimi & Cerceo Romeo Perez | The Law Office of Romeo R. Perez Rock Rocheleau | Right Lawyers
GAMING Mark A. Clayton | Greenberg Traurig Glenn J. Light | Lewis Roca Karl F. Rutledge | Lewis Roca Frank Schreck | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Matthew Stafford | Stafford Consultancy Worldwide Mark Starr | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
INSURANCE AND HEALTH Charlotte Buys | Messner Reeves Leesa S. Goodwin | Bremer Whyte Brown & O‘Meara Josephine E. Sansone | Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial Mitchell J. Resnick | Resnick & Louis Roger W. Strassburg | Resnick & Louis Randall W. Tindall | Resnick & Louis
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Erin E. Grolle | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Michael McCue | Lewis Roca Bethany Rabe | Greenberg Traurig Lindsey Williams | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Howard Cole | Lewis Roca Patrick H. Hicks | Littler Jennifer K. Hostetler | Lewis Roca Christopher M. Humes | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Gregory J. Kamer | Kamer Zucker Abbott Kaine M. Messer | Gabroy Law Offices Laura J. Thalacker | Hartwell Thalacker Jason H. Weinstock | Law Office of Jason H. Weinstock
PERSONAL INJURY Marcus Berg | Moss Berg Injury Lawyers Brian Blankenship | Claggett & Sykes Law Firm Amanda J. Brookhyser | Garg Golden Law Firm Daven P. Cameron | Cameron Law Robert Cottle | The Cottle Firm Shane Cox | Bighorn Law G. Dallas Horton | G. Dallas Horton & Associates Neal Hyman | Law Offices of Neal Hyman Christopher D. Kircher | Semenza Kircher Rickard Dustin Marcello | Pitaro & Fumo David Menocal | Richard Harris Law Firm Christian Morris | Nettles Morris Law Firm Boyd Moss | Moss Berg Injury Lawyers Adam Muslusky | Muslusky Law Mike H.T. Nguyen | Nguyen & Associates Steven Parke | The Parke Law Firm Eric Roy | Eric Roy Law Firm Lawrence Ruiz | The Ruiz Law Firm Travis E. Shetler | Law Office of Travis E. Shetler Robert Sidell | Sidell Injury Law Kyle R. Tatum | Ace Law Group Evan Thalgott | Shumway Van Michael S. Valiente | Valiente Mott Injury Attorneys
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PUBLIC INTEREST Richard Scow | Clark County District Attorney’s Office Emily K. Strand | Pitaro & Fumo Mackenzie Warren | McDonald Carano
REAL PROPERTY Michael E. Buckley | Fennemore Mark H. Goldstein | Bailey Kennedy Brooke A. Holmes | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Bryan A. Lindsey | Schwartz Law Jim Mace | Greenberg Traurig Rebecca Miltenberger | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Terry Moore | Marquis Aurbach Coffing Jeffrey J. Steffen | Lewis Roca
SECURITIES Michael J. Bonner | Greenberg Traurig Maximilien Fetaz | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Jon Pearson | Holland & Hart Ellen Schulhofer | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
COMMUNITY CHOICE LIST PRESENTED BY CITY NATIONAL BANK As nominated by the public and reviewed by a panel of legal industry experts
+ COMMUNITY EXEMPLARY Puoy Premsrirut | Transactional/probate | Brown Brown & Premsrirut
+ CUSTOMER CARE
Kyle Morishita | Immigration | De Castroverde Law Group
+ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Leon F. Mead II | Construction Law | Mead Law Group
+ PRO BONO
Richard C. Gordon | Commercial Litigation | Snell & Wilmer
+ TRAILBLAZER
Ashley Watkins | Personal Injury | Sam & Ash
+ UP AND COMING
Brittany Shipp-Walker | Public Interest | City of Boulder City
TAX George P. Kelesis | Cook & Kelesis Scott MacTaggart | Lewis Roca Sagar Raich | Raich Law
TRANSACTIONAL/PROBATE Shauna S. Brennan | Outside General Counsel Shane Jasmine Young | Young Law Group Emily McFarling | McFarling Law Group Gregory S. Smith | Smith & Shapiro Stuart J. Taylor | Lee Kiefer & Park Kenneth A. Woloson | Kenneth A. Woloson Law Office
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MARKETING
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06.23.21 PHOTOGRAPHY BY WADE VANDERVORT
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Featured in the Las Vegas Weekly 7/8/21
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