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RIGHT NOW We want to hear from you. Send your info to news@vegasinc.com John R. Bailey, managing partner of the law firm Bailey Kennedy, and his law partner, Dennis L. Kennedy, will speak about legal ethics during the American Bar Association's 2012 spring meeting March 22-24 at Caesars Palace. The panel discussion, "Sinners in Sin City: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Client and Practice Development," also will feature William S. Boyd School of Law professor Jeffrey Stempel and Las Vegas legal marketing specialist Sarah Thornton. Local businessmen Mike Slanker, Phil Randazzo and Stuart Engs have teamed up to open Entrepreneur Stars, an educational resource that provides small businesses with access to the experience, resources and capital needed to fuel business creation and economic growth. The office is at 9505 Hillwood Drive, and information is available at www.entrepreneurstars.com. Sonia Church Vermeys, of counsel for the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, is president of Lutheran Social Services of Nevada's board of directors. Lutheran Social Services of Nevada was founded in 1985 and served the Southern Nevada community primarily as a food pantry and clothing closet until 1996, when the organization expanded to include supportive services for senior citizens, youth and low-income families. Vermeys joined the board in 2009. VERMEYS Kyle Clingo is senior vice president of operations, and Sachin Shah is senior vice president of finance and Nevada market chief financial officer for UnitedHealthcare of Nevada. CLINGO SHAH Shauna M. Hughes is chief operating officer at Gordon Silver Attorneys and Counselors at Law. She is also of counsel for the firm and is a member of the firm's Administrative, Gaming & Government Affairs Department. The focus of Hughes' practice is government affairs, regulatory law, entitlement processing on local, county, state and federal levels, and lobbying for clients. McDonald Carano Wilson announced the appointment of Thomas Sheets as co-chairman of the firm's Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group and Debbie Leonard as co- chairwoman of the firm's Appellate Practice Group. | 19 MARCH 2012 | Individual and corporate achievements in commercial real estate were honored at NAIOP Southern Nevada's annual Spotlight Event, held Feb. 25 at M Resort in Henderson. Nominations were judged independently by 38 NAIOP Southern Nevada committee members. The Philanthropic and Developing Leader Impact Award winners were selected through nomination and voting by local NAIOP members. The Associate and Principal Members of the Year, Special Recognition and Lifetime Achievement Awards were selected by the NAIOP Southern Nevada board of directors. Dana Berggren of Commerce Real Estate Solutions was named office broker of the year and associate member of the year. Thomas J. Schoeman, who retired last year as president and CEO of JMA Architecture Studios, received the lifetime achievement award. Impact Award winners and their categories: Industry Impact — Development, Law Offices of Craig P. Kenny & Associates; Industry Impact — Tenant Improvement, Offsite Office for the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas; Deal Maker Impact, Colliers International for Cosmopolitan resort Sheets rejoined the firm in 2011 after taking a leave to serve as general counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where he strengthened his knowledge of public policy in energy and natural resources law. Leonard joins Jeff Silvestri as co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group, which focuses on specialized advocacy skills needed for appeals from trial courts and administrative agencies. Brian W. Murphy, MD, MBA, is chief medical officer at Nathan Adelson Hospice. He will oversee medical services and the pharmacy. Dr. Murphy previously was a hospice and palliative medicine physician at Capital Hospice & Capital Palliative Care Consultants in Washington, D.C. Cynthia L. Alexander, a partner at Snell & Wilmer's Las Vegas office, has been elected to the board of directors of the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center. Founded in 2000, RMIC is a nonprofit organization that works to correct and prevent the conviction of innocent people in Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. facilities; Sustainable Impact, Vegas PBS/Clark County School District Technology Campus; and Economic Development Impact, U.S. Micro Corporation headquarters. Other Impact winners: Community Impact — Project (Public), Vegas PBS/Clark County School District Technology Campus; Community Impact — Project (Private), Robert Cohen Educational Campus; Community Impact — Company, McDonald Carano Wilson; Architecture Firm of the Year, Lee & Sakahara Architects; General Contracting Firm of the Year, Burke Construction Group; Engineering Firm of the Year, Cardno WRG; Brokerage Firm of the Year, Colliers International; and Development Firm of the Year, Thomas & Mack Development Group. Other individual award winners included: Philanthropic Impact, Frank Martin, Martin-Harris Construction; Developing Leader Impact, Hayim Mizrachi, CCIM, NAI Las Vegas; Industrial Broker of the Year, Daniel J. Doherty, SIOR, Colliers International; Principal Member of the Year, John Ramous, Harsch Investment Properties; Special Recognition, state Sen. Michael Roberson; Lifetime Achievement, Thomas J. Schoeman, AIA, JMA Architecture Studios. Barbara Barnett, Vicky Crichton, Joseph Denofrio, Barry Guca, Tammie Harris, Jeff Jonas and Sharla Scharpnick. The agents bring more than 100 years of combined real estate experience to Windermere Lake Las Vegas. Gay Kennedy is tax and accounting supervisor at ManagedPay, a locally owned human resource, payroll, employee benefits, workers compensation and insurance services company. MURPHY Jon Downer is a project manager at Danoski Clutts Building Group. Downer has more than 16 years of commercial construction experience. As project manager, Downer will oversee all aspects of projects from inception to completion. KENNEDY ALEXANDER Robyn Yates, owner/broker of Windermere Prestige Properties, announced the hiring of seven agents at its Lake Las Vegas office. The agents are Roxi Bardwell is regional manager at RMI Management, a first- service residential management company. Bardwell has nearly a decade of experience working in the community management industry. She has received the designations of certified manager of community associations, association management specialist and professional community association manager. BARDWELL SEE NOTES PAGE 6 5