Leon Mead, managing partner of Mead Law Group, was honored by Chambers and Partners for construction litigation, ranking as Band 1 for the 17th consecutive time. Mead and his firm have handled construction law for over 30 years.
Bailey Kennedy received a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in Las Vegas for appellate practice, commercial litigation, health care law, litigation–health care and real estate law in the U.S. News Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list for 2023.
Nathan Adelson Hospice’s chief operating officer and chief nursing officer, Angela Collins, has been elected to the Nevada Nurses Association state board of directors as director at large, and also has been appointed to serve on its legislative committee.
Robert Yoder, vice president and senior trust officer of the Southern Nevada Trust and Estates Division at City National Bank, has been appointed to the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada. Yoder joins 27 business and community leaders on the board. Junior Achievement’s mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed.
Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance named Bill Arent its senior vice president, chief business development officer. He will lead the organization’s business development team, overseeing business attraction, expansion and retention efforts for the entire Southern Nevada region. He will develop and execute the organization’s business development plan and serve as the chief liaison with regional, national and international site selectors.
Southwest Medical has added two new providers to help meet the growing need for health services in the Las Vegas community. Domonique Katona, PA, joins Southwest Medical’s Siena Heights Healthcare Center location (2845 Siena Heights Drive, Henderson) and specializes in adult medicine. Savannah Pearson, APRN, joins the Rancho Urgent Care location (888 S. Rancho Drive) and specializes in urgent care.
Business law firm Howard & Howard added Joanna Myers to its intellectual property group in Las Vegas. She practices in many facets of intellectual property matters, entertainment and intellectual property litigation.
Shannon Petersen,
executive vice president and executive director of commercial banking for Nevada State Bank, was selected as a member of the 2022-23 International Women’s Forum Fellows Program. The class is the largest in the program’s 29-year history and includes 44 women from diverse backgrounds leading change in Afghanistan, Bahamas, Canada, China, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, the United States and, for the first time, the Palestinian Territories and Ukraine.
Urban Land Institute Nevada awarded its third annual Placemaking Awards for Excellence in six categories. The awards recognize places that generate improvement and progress; transform an area through design; engage and strengthen the community; promote activity and social interaction, and are being developed with a visionary idea. Henderson Mayor and ULI Nevada founding member Debra March was honored at the event as the 2022 Placemaker of the Year.
Nathan Adelson Hospice announced a new program to help homebound veterans in Pahrump. The Food Assistance Program launched on Veterans Day and is available to veterans living in Pahrump who are homebound, regardless of whether they are hospice patients. Volunteers package nonperishable food items and deliver them to wherever the veterans call home.
Southwest Medical Surgery Center West Charleston, at 2450 W. Charleston Blvd., was recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers for 2023, No. 1 in Nevada and one of roughly 500 facilities nationwide. Ambulatory surgery centers, also known as outpatient or same-day surgery centers, are health care facilities where surgical procedures not requiring a hospital stay are performed.
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This story appeared in Las Vegas Weekly.