(Las Vegas, Nev.) Out of approximately 8, 599 active attorneys throughout the State of Nevada, Managing Partner John Bailey, Partners Dennis Kennedy, Joseph Liebman and Associate Mark Hesiak of the law firm Bailey Kennedy have been named among the top 200 in Southern Nevada to be selected as a “Legal Elite”. Out of 100 Attorneys, Partner Joseph Liebman and Associate Paul Williams were listed as “Best Up and Coming” Attorneys. Partner Joseph Liebman made the “Top 10 Attorneys List” for garnering the most points in the rankings. Rankings were unveiled in Nevada Business magazine’s 2014 Legal Elite program in this month’s issue. The magazine’s annual list of Legal Elite is determined by votes from attorneys in the state.
Bailey is the managing partner of Bailey Kennedy LLP. He is the acting Chairman and member of the Moral Character and Fitness Committee of the Nevada State Bar and was General Counsel for the State Republican Party. Bailey served on the Board of Directors of SHFL entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHFL) and was Chairman of its Governance Committee. He is a past Chairman and member of the Nevada Athletic Commission. He serves as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for a Better Nevada and The Public Education Foundation. Mr. Bailey has been recommended for a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Senators John Ensign and Harry Reid.
For the last 39 years, Mr. Kennedy has represented many of the country’s leading drug, food, health care, insurance, tobacco, hotel-casino, and other companies in both the enforcement and defense of their rights. Mr. Kennedy was (1998-2013) the co-editor of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual, the definitive authority on Nevada civil practice and procedure. He serves periodically as an adjunct professor of law at the Boyd School of Law (UNLV) where he teaches health care law and Nevada Civil Practice (civil procedure, evidence, and ethics).
Mr. Liebman practices in the area of civil litigation, including contract and real estate disputes, product liability defense, professional liability defense, and health care litigation. Mr. Liebman has been an associate attorney with Bailey Kennedy since 2008. He was named “2011 Legal Elite” by Nevada Business Magazine. Prior to joining Bailey Kennedy, Liebman worked as an associate attorney at John H. Cotton & Associates and practiced in the areas of commercial litigation and professional liability defense. Mr. Liebman is a member of the Nevada and Clark County Bar Associations. He received his Juris Doctorate magna cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2006. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Northern Arizona University in 2001.
Hesiak practices in the areas of complex civil litigation and appellate advocacy, including disputes involving commercial and corporate law, business torts, healthcare law, professional
responsibility and legal ethics. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and its 2011 recipient of the James E.
Rogers Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award. He served as editor-in-chief of the Nevada Law Journal from 2010-2011 and as a judicial extern to the Honorable James C. Mahan, United States District Court, District of Nevada. Hesiak received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois.
Williams practices in the areas of complex civil litigation and appellate advocacy, including disputes involving commercial and corporate law, business torts, healthcare law, professional
responsibility and legal ethics. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and was the articles editor for the Nevada Law Journal from 2010-2011. Williams, who received his Bachelor of Science degree from Weber State University, served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Donald M. Mosley, Dept. 14, Eighth Judicial District Court.
Nevada Business magazine’s Legal Elite is an annual ranking of Nevada attorneys. Nominations were made by members of the State Bar of Nevada and ranked by the number of votes each attorney received from both inside and outside of his or her respective firm.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. The firm focuses on litigation, appellate work, healthcare law and administrative law. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, municipalities, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820
LAS VEGAS (June 11, 2014) Associate Attorney Joshua P. Gilmore of the law firm Bailey Kennedy has been named “Rising Star” in the 2014 Super Lawyers Mountain States listing. Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in the Mountain States area, which consists of Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, are selected to receive this honor.
A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous, multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. Its Rising Stars program was founded in 1998 and recognizes the top up-and-coming lawyers who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.
Gilmore practices primarily in the area of complex commercial litigation, including disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, antitrust and unfair competition, and business torts. His clients include restaurateurs, medical providers, transportation companies, property management companies, financial services companies, and business owners. He also represents clients in matters involving professional responsibility and legal ethics, including legal malpractice, discipline defense, and attorney disqualification.
Gilmore joined Bailey Kennedy as an Associate Attorney in the fall of 2009 after receiving his Juris Doctorate degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he graduated summa cum laude and ranked second in his class. Gilmore was also the recipient of one of the 2010 Las Vegas Business Press Rising Star Awards.
For more information about Super Lawyers, visit www.superlawyers.com.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. The firm focuses on litigation, appellate work, healthcare law and administrative law. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, municipalities, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820
LAS VEGAS (June 11, 2014) Three partners from the law firm Bailey Kennedy in Las Vegas have been determined by Super Lawyers to be among the top attorneys in Nevada and the Western United States. Managing partner John R. Bailey, partner Dennis L. Kennedy and partner Joshua M. Dickey have been named “Mountain States Super Lawyers” in the 2014 edition. No more than five percent of attorneys in the Mountain States area of Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are selected as Super Lawyers each year.
A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.
Bailey, Kennedy and Dickey are all shareholders at Bailey Kennedy. Bailey is the firm’s founder and managing shareholder, whose legal practice focuses on healthcare law, gaming and corporate litigation. Kennedy’s practice focuses on business and professional liability litigation and Dickey’s legal practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including disputes in such areas as commercial law, corporate law, business torts, and healthcare law.
Mr. Bailey is the acting Chairman and member of the Moral Character and Fitness Committee of the Nevada State Bar and was General Counsel for the State Republican Party. He served on the Board of Directors of SHFL entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHFL) and was Chairman of its Governance Committee. He is a past Chairman and member of the Nevada Athletic Commission. He serves as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for a Better Nevada and The Public Education Foundation. Mr. Bailey has been recommended for a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Senators John Ensign and Harry Reid.
Mr. Bailey is one of Nevada’s most renowned healthcare litigators and has been named a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2007. He has been named a “Mountain States Super Lawyer” every year since 2009 and was named a “Nevada Super Lawyer” in both 2007 and 2008.
Under Bailey’s direction, Bailey Kennedy was the only law firm in Nevada on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States for both 2010 and 2011 and has been named a “Best Place to Work” by the Las Vegas Business Press, Vegas Inc. and Nevada Business magazine.
For the last 39 years, Mr. Kennedy has represented many of the country’s leading drug, food, healthcare, insurance, tobacco, hotel-casino, and other companies in both the enforcement and defense of their rights. Mr. Kennedy was for 10 years the co-editor of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual, the definitive authority on Nevada civil practice and procedure. He served as an adjunct professor of law at the Boyd School of Law (UNLV) for seven years, where he taught healthcare law and Nevada Civil Practice (civil procedure, evidence, and ethics).
Kennedy has been named one of the Top 75 “Mountain States Super Lawyers” every year since 2007. Since 1991, Kennedy has been named one of the “Best Lawyers In America” for Bet-The-Company litigation, commercial litigation and healthcare law. He has been listed with a “Band 1” ranking in the Chambers USA category of Litigation: General/Commercial in Nevada every year since 2003.
Dickey has been named a “Mountain States Super Lawyer” every year since 2010. The organization selected him as a “Mountain States Rising Star” in 2009 and a “Nevada Rising Star” in 2008. He is a member of the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Nevada and was on the editorial staff of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual.
For more information about Super Lawyers, visit www.superlawyers.com.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. The firm focuses on litigation, appellate work, healthcare law and administrative law. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, municipalities, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.
International Guide to Top US Firms and Attorneys Recognizes Bailey Kennedy, LLP along with Managing Partner John R. Bailey, and Partner Dennis L. Kennedy for his 12th Consecutive Year
LAS VEGAS (June 3, 2014) Chambers USA, an international guide to the country’s top attorneys and law firms, has recognized Bailey Kennedy as a Top US Firm in General/Commercial Litigation. Managing Partner John R. Bailey and Partner Dennis L. Kennedy have also been recognized as Top US Attorneys in the category of General/Commercial Litigation in the 2014 Legal Ranking.
Chambers USA identifies the most outstanding law firms and lawyers through intensive research based on “their legal knowledge and experience, their ability, their effectiveness, and their client-service”. Firms and lawyers are placed in ranking bands which range from 1 through 6. Dennis L. Kennedy was ranked as a “Band 1” in General/Commercial Litigation while John R. Bailey and the law firm of Bailey Kennedy LLP were ranked as “Band 3” in General/Commercial Litigation.
Bailey focuses on corporate litigation, gaming, and health care law. He is the managing partner of Bailey Kennedy LLP. He is the acting Chairman and member of the Moral Character and Fitness Committee of the Nevada State Bar and was General Counsel for the State Republican Party. He served on the Board of Directors of SHFL entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHFL) and was chairman of its Governance Committee. He is a past chairman and member of the Nevada Athletic Commission. He serves as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for a Better Nevada and The Public Education Foundation. Mr. Bailey has been recommended for a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Senators John Ensign and Harry Reid.
Kennedy is a shareholder at the law firm Bailey Kennedy and has represented many of the country’s leading drug, food, health care, insurance, tobacco, hotel-casino, and other companies in both the enforcement and defense of their rights. He is a former adjunct professor of law at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law where he taught health care law and Nevada Civil Practice (civil procedure, evidence, and ethics). Mr. Kennedy was for over ten years the co-editor of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual — the definitive authority on Nevada civil practice and procedure. He is also active in the community and serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.
Chambers USA ranks the leading firms and lawyers in an extensive range of practice areas throughout America. The guide is read by industry-leading companies and organizations throughout the US and worldwide. It is also widely used by firms in all states for referral purposes. The research conducted each year for Chambers USA combines 12 months of unbiased and in-depth client interviews with an evaluation of the significant legal achievements of law firms and their lawyers. The rankings and editorial comment about lawyers are independent and objective. Inclusion in this section of the guide is based solely on the research team’s findings.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by managing partner John R. Bailey. It has been named among the “Best Places to Work” in Las Vegas and Nevada by Las Vegas Business Press, In Business Las Vegas and Nevada Business magazine. The firm focuses on litigation, appellate work, healthcare law and administrative law. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, gaming companies, municipalities, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.