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Nine Bailey Kennedy Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America© and Best Lawyers in America©: Ones To Watch (2021 Editions)

LAS VEGAS, NV (August 20, 2020) – In what has been a banner year for Bailey Kennedy LLP,  four additional attorneys joined the four attorneys previously included in Best Lawyers® The Best Lawyers in America© (2021 Edition). Additionally, one of Bailey Kennedy’s associates has also been named to the recently established Best Lawyers in America© : Ones to Watch (2021 Edition).

Eight Bailey Kennedy lawyers have been listed in Best Lawyers® The Best Lawyers in America© (2021 Edition) this year. Managing Partner John R. Bailey was recognized in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Law, and Litigation – Healthcare. Partner Dennis L. Kennedy was recognized in the areas of Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Healthcare Law, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants and Real Estate Law. Partner Joshua M. Dickey was recognized in the area of Appellate Practice.  Partners Joseph A. Liebman and Sarah E. Harmon were both recognized in the area of Commercial Litigation. Associate Kelly B. Stout was recognized in the area of Health Care Law and Associate Paul C. Williams was recognized in the area of Commercial Litigation. Attorney Mark H. Goldstein was recognized in the area of Real Estate Law. In addition, Associate Andrea M. Champion was recognized in the area of Corporate Law in Best Lawyers in America© : Ones to Watch (2021 Edition).

For more than three decades, Best Lawyers publications have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Their lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of lawyers evaluate their professional peers. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers. Best Lawyers peer-reviewed listings are now published in almost 75 countries around the world. The 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (2021) included more than 67,000 lawyers in 148 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and inclusion in this year’s publication is based on more than 9.4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. In August 2020 Best Lawyers released the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards which recognizes associates who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP 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. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, 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.

Five partners and three associates named to the 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers lists.

Partners John R. Bailey, Dennis L. Kennedy, Joshua M. Dickey, and Joseph A. Liebman have been named to the 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the Mountain States area of Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Partner Dennis L. Kennedy has also received the distinction of being named to the 2020 Mountain States’ “Top 10” and “Top 100” lists.

Additionally, Partner Joshua P. Gilmore and Associates Kelly B. Stout, Paul C. Williams, and Andrea M. Champion have been named to the 2020 Mountain States Rising Stars list. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the Mountain States area are selected to receive this recognition.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, 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 patented, rigorous, multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP is a Nevada law firm focusing on litigation, appellate law, hospital and healthcare law, business and corporate law, real estate law, administrative and gaming law, and ethics and professional responsibility law. John R. Bailey founded the firm in 2001 and serves as its Managing Partner.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP 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. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, 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.

John Bailey Appointed to Federal Judge Commission

He will serve on a panel created by Nevada Senators to vet candidates for the federal bench.

LAS VEGAS, NV (January 2020) Managing Partner Mr. John R. Bailey of Bailey Kennedy, LLP has been announced as a member of the Southern Nevada District Court Review Commission, a bipartisan panel created by Nevada’s Democratic senators, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen to vet candidates for recommendation to the White House as nominees to the federal bench. Mr. Bailey joins a panel of at least eight other highly respected names in the legal community from both the northern and southern parts of the state. The panel will help determine candidates who are “experienced, qualified, independent and selected through a nonpartisan process,” the senators are quoted as stating.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. The firm focuses on litigation, healthcare law, ethics and professional responsibility law, real estate 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.

Joshua P. Gilmore named on 2019 Super Lawyer’s Rising Star list

Partner Joshua P. Gilmore has been selected to the 2019 Super Lawyers Mountain States Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, 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 patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law.

Joshua P. Gilmore practices in the area of complex commercial litigation, handling matters involving breach of contract, fraud, antitrust and unfair competition, and business torts.  He also practices in the area of professional responsibility and legal ethics, handling matters involving legal malpractice, attorney disqualification, advertising, unauthorized practice of law, charging and retaining liens, and discipline defense for attorneys before the State Bar of Nevada.

For more information about Super Lawyers, visit www.superlawyers.com.

Founded in 2001, Bailey Kennedy, LLP 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. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, 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.