2015-05-17 - VEGAS INC - Las Vegas

V E G A S I N C . C O M | M AY 17 - M AY 2 3 , 2 015

Gavel hangs over housing market

BY HOWARD RIELL SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC

The Las Vegas housing market is being hobbled by legal wrangling and disagreements over homeowners association foreclosure proceedings that have resulted in thousands of homes sitting empty and untouchable in legal limbo. ¶ “It’s a huge issue in Nevada right now,” said attorney Jacob Hafter, the principal of Hafterlaw in Las Vegas.

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CONTENTS PUBLISHER Donn Jersey (donn.jersey@gmgvegas.com)

EDITORIAL

NOTEWORTHY STORIES

05 06 18 Q&A WITH JOHN DELIKANAKIS

The commercial litigator at Snell & Wilmer discusses his job as a counselor to clients, the value of efficiency, the role of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and three maxims to live by.

THE NOTES People on the Move, P4

MEET: FUNNEL CAKE CAFE

Denette Braud, who owns an award-winning mobile dessert shop, combines a simple business philosophy with a creative menu to keep customers coming back.

TALKING POINTS Contracts with gaming companies are a different animal, P7

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION

A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P17 The List: Advertising agencies and public relations firms, P22

EDITOR Delen Goldberg (delen.goldberg@gmgvegas.com) MANAGING EDITOR Dave Mondt (dave.mondt@gmgvegas.com) DIGITAL EDITOR Sarah Burns (sarah.burns@gmgvegas.com) ASST. MANAGING EDITOR/BUSINESS Brian Deka (brian. deka@gmgvegas.com) STAFF WRITERS Andrea Domanick, Adwoa Fosu, Ana Ley, J.D. Morris, Amber Phillips, Kyle Roerink, Cy Ryan, Eli Segall, Conor Shine, Jackie Valley, Pashtana Usufzy, Katie Visconti, Ian Whitaker COPY DESK CHIEF John Taylor COPY EDITORS Jamie Gentner, Brian Sandford SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS EDITOR Craig Peterson DIGITAL COORDINATOR Adelaide Chen EDITORIAL CARTOONIST Mike Smith LIBRARY SERVICES SPECIALIST Rebecca Clifford-Cruz RESEARCHER Julie Ann Formoso OFFICE COORDINATOR Nadine Guy

ART ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Liz Brown (liz.brown@gmgvegas.com) DESIGNER LeeAnn Elias PHOTO COORDINATOR Mikayla Whitmore PHOTOGRAPHERS L.E. Baskow, Christopher DeVargas, Steve Marcus

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MARKETING & EVENTS EVENT MANAGER Kristin Wilson EVENTS COORDINATOR Jordan Newsom DIGITAL MARKETING ASSOCIATE Jackie Apoyan

PRODUCTION VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING Maria Blondeaux ASSISTANT PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Paul Huntsberry PRODUCTION MANAGER Blue Uyeda PRODUCTION ARTIST Marissa Maheras, Dara Ricci ART DIRECTOR Sean Rademacher GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Michele Hamrick, Carlos Herrera TRAFFIC SUPERVISOR Estee Wright TRAFFIC COORDINATORS Kim Smith, Meagan Hodson

CIRCULATION DIRECTOR OF CIRCULATION Ron Gannon ROUTE MANAGER Joel Segler

WITH RESORTS SOLD, NEIGHBORHOOD BOUND FOR UPGRADES Casinos on or near the Strip don’t sell every week. But in a span of a few days, two properties changed hands, right next door to each other.

M Resort operator Penn National Gaming announced plans April 29 to buy the Tropicana for $360 million. Two days later, New York’s Trinity Hotel Investments finalized its purchase of Hooters Casino Hotel. The real estate investment company paid about $70 million.

Both resorts have a history of financial problems.

The Tropicana went bankrupt in 2008 with other resorts held by its then-owners but has narrowed losses and boosted revenue in recent years, though it remains stuck in the red. Last year, it had almost $110 million in revenue but lost $19 million, a securities filing shows.

At Hooters, owners filed bankruptcy in 2011, just a week before the property was scheduled to be auctioned at a foreclosure sale.

But with the economy on the mend, the hotels’ new owners are betting that better days lie ahead. Penn landed its first resort on the Strip, and Trinity made its first acquisition in Las Vegas.

Trinity is expected to change the hotel’s name but keep its Hooters restaurant. Penn says it plans to evaluate possible changes, including more retail space and hotel rooms.

Don’t expect a flurry of deals on the Strip, but for now, Tropicana Avenue has a lot of money flowing its way.

— ELI SEGALL

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CORRECTIONS ■ A photo caption in the May 10 edition of VEGAS INC contained incorrect information.

What Darren Sher, owner of Omnitone Recording Studios, actually said was that recording artists and musicians he works with have worked with such stars as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Sheena Easton, Celine Dion, David Foster and Dr. Dre. ■ The story “Report: 55 percent of Nevada homes in foreclosure also heavily underwater” in the May 3 edition of VEGAS INC incorrectly stated the relationship between homes being underwater and being foreclosed. Being underwater on your mortgage doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll lose your home to lenders. However, in Nevada, if your home is in the foreclosure process, the property is likely to be underwater as well.

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LAW QUARTERLY Christian Orme, Jeffrey Hall and Jacob Reynolds were promoted to partner at Hutchison HALL ORME & Steffen.

Orme practices business and commercial litigation, tort litigation and product liability as well IGELEKE as premises REYNOLDS liability law. Hall practices business and commercial litigation, aas well as bankruptcy, condemnation and eminent domain law. Reynolds practices commercial, health care, business, employment and intellectual property litigation. In addition, Joshua Igeleke Jr. is an associate attorney at the firm. He practices corporate and commercial law, business law and commercial litigation, real estate law and employment law.

Robin Perkins, an attorney at Snell & Wilmer, was elected to the board of directors of the Animal Foundation. Perkins practices business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis in financial services litigation and construction litigation. Perkins is a member of the Animal PERKINS Law Section of the Nevada Bar Association and the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

P. Gregory Giordano and Robert McPeak are partners at McDonald Carano Wilson.

Giordano practices gaming law, specifically publicly traded corporations and regulatory compliance, administrative law and procedures, and antitrust law. He was the first chief of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board’s corporate securities division, where he oversaw licensing investigations and supervised the analysis and monitoring of publicly traded corporations associated with Nevada gaming licenses. McPeak focuses on real estate law and land-use planning.

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deputy district attorney. The firm will focus on business transactions, privileged licensing and disciplinary matters, commercial litigation and representation of people and groups involved in government investigations.

R. Gardner Jolley, William Urga and Bruce Woodbury, three of the founders and senior shareholders of Jolley Urga Woodbury & Little, were inducted into the Clark County Bar Association’s “40 Year Club” for 45 years of service to the Las Vegas legal community.

Linda Williams practices commercial litigation and insurance defense, and Vincent AIELLO WILLIAMS Aiello practices business succession and asset protection planning, real and intellectual property development, employment law and fiduciary litigation matters at Kolesar & Leatham. Before graduating from law school in 2010, Williams served in the U.S. Marine Corps and as a Metro Police officer for 20 years. Aiello worked as in-house counsel for Beazer Homes.

Three Southern Nevada attorneys were recognized by the International Law Office and Lexology. They are Edwin Keller Jr., Kamer Zucker Abbott; Riley Clayton, Hall Jaffe & Clayton; and Michael McCue, Lewis Roca Rothgerber. McCue won the 2015 Client Choice award.

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Cami Perkins joined Holley, Driggs, Walch, Puzey & Thompson as a shareholder.

Perkins concentrates on corporate and real estate transactions and business commercial litigation.

Bruce Alverson, managing partner of Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders, was recertified in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Dominic Gentile, Michael Cristalli and Ross Miller formed ALVERSON a law firm with offices at Tivoli Village. Gentile has 44 years of legal experience and teaches at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law. Cristalli is a trial attorney and adjunct professor at the Boyd School of Law. Miller is a former two-term Nevada secretary of state and was Clark County

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Scholarship recipients Tasha Schwikert, Brooke Luna and Mackenzie Warren celebrate with mentor Paola Armeni, a partner at Gentile, Cristalli, Miller & Armeni, during the Las Vegas Business Academy’s fourth anniversary celebration at Twist Restaurant inside Mandarin Oriental.

The Best Lawyers in America, a company that ranks attorneys, awarded the following attorneys Lawyer of the Year designations: Maria Nutile, Nutile Pitz & Associates, health care; Mark Ferrario, Greenberg Traurig, commercial litigation, banking and finance, construction, labor and employment, real estate; Gregory Garman, Gordon Silver, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law-Chapter 12, commercial, creditors’ rights, debtors’ rights, litigation, real estate, workouts and restructurings; J. Randall Jones, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, bet-the-company, commercial, construction, land use and zoning, real estate; Edwin Keller Jr., Kamer Zucker Abbott, employment law-management, labor law-management, labor and employment; Will Kemp, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, employment law-management, labor law-management, labor and employment; Steven Oshins, Oshins & Associates, tax law-business and succession planning, community property, family businesses, income tax, limited liability companies, partnership, tax planning, trusts and estates, trusts and estates-asset protec-

tion, corporate, estate planning, gift planning, planning for closely held businesses, probate, succession planning, tax, trust administration; Edward Quirk, Greenberg Traurig, copyright, patent and trademark; Ellen Schulhofer, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, corporate; Jeffrey Silver, Gordon Silver, administrative/regulatory law-liquor, regulatory, gaming law-administrative, casino, Internet casino law, licensing, land use and zoning; Laura Thalacker, Hartwell Thalacker, employment law-management, labor lawmanagement, litigation-labor and employment; Mark Tratos, Greenberg Traurig, copyright, litigationintellectual property, trademark; J. Colby Williams, Campbell & Williams, bet-the-company, commercial, First Amendment; Carol Davis Zucker, Kamer Zucker Abbott, employment law-management, labor lawmanagement, litigation-labor and employment.

Steven Hollingworth, Brian Eagan and Jeffrey Luszeck are partners at Solomon, Dwiggins & Freer.

Hollingworth previously served as of counsel at the firm. He focuses on estate, gift and tax planning. Eagan focuses on fiduciary matters. Luszeck primarily practices business, trust and estate litigation.

William B. Palmer III joined Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders as an associate attorney. He practices health care law and professional liability defense.

Timothy R. Mulliner joined Duane Morris as special counsel, with a focus on commercial litigation and labor and employment matters.

Erin Barnett joined McDonald Carano Wilson as a real estate associate.

Steve Good is chairman of Fennemore Craig’s management committee, succeeding Tim Berg, who served in that capacity for 10 years. The shareholders of the firm elected Sarah Strunk as chairwoman of the firm’s board of directors and appointed Jay Kramer as a member of the firm’s five-person management committee. Good is a commercial transactions lawyer with an emphasis on complex tax planning and the structuring of business entities. Strunk practices business and finance law. Kramer focuses on real estate transactions and finance.

Joseph Brown, a director at Fennemore Craig, resigned from the Nevada Gaming Commission.

During his tenure, Brown acted on the Caesars and Stations casinos bankruptcies, the licensing of City Center, Cosmopolitan and SLS, and the resolution of Dotty’s licensing issues.

James Yee of Howard & Howard led a three-year effort to win a positive written opinion from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office acknowledging that his client’s power conversion technologies are patentable in 148 countries.

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LAW QUARTERLY Q&A WITH JOHN DELIKANAKIS

Be a counselor for your client, not just a hired gun John Delikanakis joined Snell & Wilmer in 2005 because of a bitter dispute between two prominent doctors. “It was hard-fought and protracted litigation,” Delikanakis recalled. “Kelly Evans represented one doctor, and I represented the other. Although everything was a fight in that case, it was a clean fight. I liked the way he litigated. We got the case resolved.” The admiration must have been mutual, because sometime afterward, Evans approached Delikanakis about joining Snell & Wilmer’s Las Vegas office — and “the rest is history,” Delikanakis says.

How do you view your role as a commercial litigator?

It’s twofold, really. Whether in a courtroom or at a negotiation, my job is to intelligently and convincingly advocate a client’s position to effect the client’s goals. My job is also to act as a counselor with a litigator’s perspective to help shape a client’s litigation goals, guide them away from litigation when it makes business sense to do so, or to prepare a client for an inevitable lawsuit so we are ready to effectively and efficiently prosecute or defend it. I’ve found that an ongoing counselor’s role builds longlasting relationships with clients, as opposed to just being “a hired gun” on an as-needed basis. In doing so, I think I enjoy the best of both worlds.

Why Las Vegas? Why Nevada?

At first, out of necessity, and later out of an appreciation for Las Vegas and Nevada. Prior to coming to Nevada in 1996, I would have been hard pressed to correctly place it on the map. I just knew it was big and it was out West. I grew up in a suburb of Chicago, spent my college years in New York’s Hudson Valley and afterward lived and worked in New York City, Greece and Chicago. The West was just not on my radar.

John Delikanakis, of the law firm Snell & Wilmer, stresses the importance of learning clients’ business After law school and while clerking for a justice operations. (CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS/STAFF) on the Nebraska Supreme Court, I got a notion that I wanted to be a litigator. I’d heard that things were pretty good in states like Idaho, Wyoming, Utah “Nevadans are sometimes quirky and always independent in thought and deed. and Arizona, so I started applying for litigation poI like that. This really is a unique place.” sitions. It was a bit of an adventure. I came to Las — John Delikanakis Vegas, interviewed with the Thorndal Backus Armstrong firm and was hired. It was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot. Some of my best friendships started ing laws, education reform and economic policies generally don’t need to reinvent the wheel or “get up at that firm. that are crucial to fostering diversified economic to speed” on a particular area of the law or industry.

As time passed, Las Vegas and Nevada grew on growth. It is run by a group of young, smart people.

Clients also want lawyers who understand their me. I’ve come to love the giant empty spaces up We have our work cut out for us, but I know we will business. For a few years, I served as associate gennorth and the cloudless sky. Nevadans are somesucceed. eral counsel for Park Place Entertainment, which times quirky and always independent in thought later was acquired by Harrah’s. One of the more and deed. I like that. This really is a unique place.

What maxims do you live by? frustrating things I encountered as an in-house I have a few. The first is “family first.” lawyer was dealing with outside counsel who had What do commercial clients look for in a The second is one I learned from a mentor from no understanding of the company or its operations. lawyer?

New York City, Andrew Lanyi. He was an extraordiThe firms and lawyers that educated themselves on Efficiency is a word I rightfully hear over and over nary man. He liked to say that patience, knowledge our business got the assignment more often than from clients. Ligation is expensive for businesses and and discipline were the keys to success. not. often consumes a lot of management’s time and emoThe last maxim I learned from my crew coach tions. I think large, regional law firms are well suited at Vassar, Scott Sanford, who always said, “Row You are on the board of the Las Vegas Global to provide efficient representation to commercial your own boat” — in other words, don’t look over Economic Alliance. Please tell us about that. clients, because our base of expertise and experito other boats during a race, as the motion of doThe LVGEA is an economic development policy ence representing different industries is so broad ing so checked the progress of our own racing shell group of like-minded Las Vegas business leaders, and deep. Whether the litigation relates to energy, and also mentally distracted us from concentratprofessionals, educators and politicians. It is the immigration, employment, tax, mining, securities, ing on doing what was necessary to win. I’ve always successor to the Nevada Development Authority. intellectual property or Indian law, I’m able to find thought it’s a pretty good maxim to live by in genIt’s exciting. The LVGEA has shown exceptional a colleague who has the knowledge the client needs eral. leadership by identifying and vigorously supportand has prior experience in the client’s industry. We

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LAW QUARTERLY

BY THE NUMBERS

$212,568 Median sales price of a single-family home in Southern Nevada in April, up 3.7 percent from March and up 10.7 percent from a year ago, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

1,000 Number of startups that attended the second-annual Collision Conference, a networking event for tech companies, investors, marketers, developers and visionaries. The conference took place May 5-6 at the World Market Center.

38,000+

Denette Braud owns Funnel Cake Cafe and has won the Urban Chamber of Commerce 2013 “Micro Business of the Year” and Bite of Las Vegas “Best Bites” awards. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

Number of Tesla Powerwall batteries ordered to date, according to CEO Elon Musk. The new stationary storage batteries, which start at $3,000, are sold out until mid-2016.

Catering to the tastes of customers keeps food truck fresh

7,296 Number of Southern Nevada single-family homes on the market without an offer at the end of April.

That’s up 0.5 percent from March and up 13.6 percent from last year, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

6.4 PERCENT Share of homes sold in Nevada during the first quarter that were flipped, the third-highest rate in the nation behind the District of Columbia and Florida, according to RealtyTrac.

$100 MILLION Amount of investment Banjo, a social data company, received from SoftBank, a Japanese telecommunications and finance company, and BlueRun Ventures, a California investment firm. Banjo, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., opened a second office at the InNEVation Center in 2013.

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Describe your business.

The Funnel Cake Cafe is a mobile business specializing in gourmet funnel cakes, from the traditional strawberry and whip to the notso-traditional bacon, banana split, peach cobbler, s’mores and more.

We work festivals, corporate events, parties, fundraisers and more.

FUNNEL CAKE CAFE Address: 9360 W. Flamingo Road #110-253, Las Vegas Phone: 702-518-8175 Email: denette@funnelcakecafe.com Website: funnelcakecafe.com Hours of operation: Varies Owned/operated by: Denette Braud In business since: 2006

munity through our “Care 2 Share” program, in which we donate proceeds to individuals and nonprofits in need.

What is the hardest part about doing business in Las Vegas?

The location limitations on food trucks.

What are the biggest challenges running a food truck?

What is the best part about doing business here?

We had many more challenges when we operated from a pop-up tent. We see a food truck as a blessing. But I would say finding locations to make ourselves available on a daily basis is the biggest challenge. Luckily, we stay pretty busy catering private parties and corporate events, but they are not open to the public and therefore limit sales.

The energetic lifestyle of Las Vegans and the smalltown mentality. We have been able to brand ourselves and get to know great people who have become loyal customers and will travel anywhere in the city to find us. Their continued support and friendship are the bests part about doing business in Las Vegas and what make us successful.

What are some of your favorite events to work?

What obstacles has your business overcome?

We favor the larger events that draw thousands of people for the best exposure, such as Foodie Fest, Taste & Sounds of Soul, Life Is Beautiful, Bite of Las Vegas and First Friday.

The recession was the biggest obstacle to overcome.

We were continually challenged to keep the business running while people were losing jobs, homes and spending less.

What is your business philosophy?

How can Nevada improve its business climate?

Our philosophy is simple: Serve a quality product and take good care of our customers. We consider our customers VIPs; we can’t survive without them, so it’s important to show our appreciation by providing them the best quality and service they deserve.

Eliminate some of the costly fees of doing business and work closer with small businesses to help promote more growth all around.

What’s the most important part of your job?

It’s most important to keep our loyal customers happy and generate new customers by keeping the Funnel Cake Cafe in the public eye while also giving back to the com-

What have you learned from the recession?

Not to give up and give into it; instead, position your business accordingly. We kept our prices low, negotiated better rates when possible and offered more specials to make it more affordable for families to go out and enjoy dessert.

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requirements and audit rights. usiness transactions with GUEST COLUMN: gaming companies involve n Other regulatory SONIA CHURCH VERMEYS AND unique issues because restrictions.

The Gaming Control ANGELA TURRICIANO OTTO gaming is highly regulated.

Board and Gaming Commission Gaming laws and policies affect have issued additional policy notices contracts that gaming companies enter that a landlord might address in a into with lenders, buyers, vendors and service providers. lease to protect its gaming license. For example, licensees Here are some issues that can arise with such leases. are prohibited from investing or becoming involved in a medical marijuana facility or establishment, although it n Privileged license. A holder of a privileged gaming is unclear whether a licensee leasing space for a medical license is subject to the gaming laws, regulations and marijuana business would constitute such involvement. policies of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission. As a result, before a gaming n Complimentary programs. Often, gaming licensee enters into a lease, it will conduct a background operators establish free and promotional programs to investigation on the tenant. build patron loyalty and want the programs to be available throughout the establishment, including in leased space. n Termination right. Although gaming operators may As such, leases usually prescribe an agreement between offer other amenities and experiences, the most important the parties concerning promotions and point-of-sale part of a resort company’s business is gaming. To protect processes. For example, the tenant might provide free food its ability to conduct gaming, landlords typically insist on and beverage service, and the landlord would reimburse the the right to terminate a lease if the landlord’s association tenant for the cost of service. with the tenant could jeopardize its license or if the Nevada In Nevada, many businesses have leases and other Gaming Control Board or Nevada Gaming Commission ongoing contractual relationships with gaming companies. requires the tenant to get licensed or be found suitable and For that reason, it is critical that business owners and the tenant fails to do so or maintain such a status. executives understand the gaming issues related to their n Taxes. A gaming licensee is responsible for paying transactions and strategize the best way to address them. live entertainment taxes, even if the live entertainment was conducted by a tenant. Bar, nightclub and showroom Angela Turriciano Otto is a shareholder and Sonia Church leases, therefore, typically contain provisions about the Vermeys is of counsel at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. collection and payment of any taxes, including reporting

SMITH’S WORLD

Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las Vegas Sun. His work also is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate.

See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

On Conor Shine’s lasvegassun.com story “County commission passes resolution supporting strict regulations for Uber”: Background checks for Uber drivers seem reasonable. If Uber failed because they didn’t allow background checks, then that is on them. They just need to focus on getting their foot in the door. — JosephTunstall

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LAW QUARTERLY ANALYSIS

No surprise that pilots blocked from striking

BY ELI SEGALL STAFF WRITER

When Allegiant Air pilots lost in court in their attempt to go on strike, the airline dodged huge financial losses and a lot of angry fliers, while the aviators refused to give up their labor fight.

Perhaps this shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Airline pilots face more barriers than almost any other set of U.S. workers to legally go on strike, experts say, and such walkouts rarely occur. One lasted just minutes before then-President Bill Clinton stepped in and prevented a work stoppage.

Allegiant pilots’ legal defeat, however, has not deflated their union, the Teamsters, who promised to appeal and have not dialed back their rhetoric toward the airline.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon granted Las Vegas-based Allegiant a preliminary injunction, barring the Teamsters and its members from striking, picketing, or taking part in a sick-out, slow-down or other “concerted action” that aims to disrupt the discount carrier’s regular operations.

The strike-that-never-was had an impact, though. Allegiant’s once ever-soaring stock price dropped sharply after the aviators threatened to walk.

Moreover, the Federal Aviation Administration stepped up scrutiny of Allegiant due to the labor spat. Company officials said last month that the FAA planned to block Allegiant from flying to more airports beyond its existing route network and from flying additional planes beyond its current fleet until the outcome of the litigation emerged.

Allegiant claimed a strike would cost it millions of dollars per day and erode its standing with passengers, who “would certainly be less likely to fly Allegiant in the future.”

Strikes are designed to force companies — fearful of a shutdown and the ensuing financial losses — to give labor groups what they want.

Gordon sided with the airline, citing the “potential harm to Allegiant’s reputation” and adding that canceled flights lead to “unhappy customers, particularly where alternative options are not readily available.”

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Allegiant Air pilots picket in front of the Allegiant Air headquarters in Summerlin on Jan. 13. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF FILE)

A strike’s potential harm to Allegiant “is significant,” he wrote, but the possible damage to pilots “is negligible.”

An hour before Allegiant announced the ruling, Teamsters officials said they would appeal the decision. The union described Allegiant as a company “that has blatantly violated” workplace rules.

“For our airlines to run safely and efficiently, pilots must have a voice,” Allegiant pilot and union leader Cameron Graff said in the news release.

U.S. labor law requires airlines and unions to follow a lengthy list of steps — negotiations, mediation, arbitration, cooling-off periods and possible White House intervention — that can last several months, if not a year or more, before both sides can legally pull the trigger on such threats as a strike or a lockout.

The Teamsters argued that Allegiant illegally changed workplace rules and benefits while the two sides negotiated a collective bargaining agreement. The company allegedly eliminated pay protection and changed seniority rules, among other actions. This gave the pilots a right to strike, the union claimed.

Allegiant argued a strike would be illegal because the Teamsters had

not “exhausted” the dispute-resolution steps called for by the Railway Labor Act, which covers the airline industry.

In his ruling, Gordon wrote that he didn’t intend “to diminish the obvious frustration” Allegiant aviators have with the current pilot-scheduling system — the biggest bone of contention between the union and the airline.

But, he wrote, Allegiant “has tried” to teach its pilots about the system and has developed, with their input, a way to make it more transparent and predictable.

All told, “it would be unlawful for the pilots to strike at this point,” Gordon wrote.

The Railway Labor Act was designed to ensure uninterrupted interstate commerce, and the U.S. Supreme Court has described the mandated steps “as ‘purposefully long and drawn-out,’ ” said employment lawyer E. Scott Smith, a partner with Fisher & Phillips in Atlanta.

“It makes the parties jump through all those hoops,” Smith said.

Violence was not uncommon in railroad labor disputes in the late 1800s and early 1900s. With unions and companies “beating each other up,” Congress passed the labor act in 1926 to find ways to resolve disputes

in an industry crucial to the U.S. economy, said lawyer Gary Kaplan, a partner with Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago.

Airlines were added to the law in 1936. Just four worker strikes occurred at major U.S. carriers between 1990 and 2002, with six presidential interventions in that time to prevent walkouts, according to a 2003 report from the U.S. agency now known as the Government Accountability Office.

American Airlines pilots, for instance, went on strike in February 1997, but Clinton intervened minutes later, ordering the 9,000 aviators back to work and convening an emergency board to review the dispute.

The last pilots strike at a major U.S. carrier was in 2010, when Spirit Airlines’ 2,600 aviators stopped working for five days.

The labor law often “wears parties out,” prompting them to throw in the towel and reach an agreement, said attorney Randy White, a partner with Conner & Winters in Dallas.

That didn’t happen with Allegiant.

Its pilots voted in August 2012 to join Teamsters Local 1224 but still do not have a collective bargaining agreement under the union.

The Teamsters sued Allegiant in November 2013 to restore workplace rules and benefits while they negotiated a new deal, and Judge Gordon ordered Allegiant last July to bring back some of the rules and benefits, but not everything the union had sought. Allegiant appealed, and the case remains open.

Meanwhile, the airline and the union have been in federally monitored mediation since April 2014, court records show.

Allegiant pilots voted in mid-January to authorize a strike, and the Teamsters announced April 1 that the airline’s more than 500 aviators would walk off the job the next day.

But hours later, U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro granted Allegiant a temporary restraining order, halting the plans.

Shares of Allegiant Travel Co., the carrier’s parent, dropped nearly 6.6 percent that day to $179.65 apiece.

The stock sold for as low as $153.76 on April 27, down 22 percent from a high of $197.33 on March 17.

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9 THE VEGAS SUNDAY INC MAY 17- MAY 23

LAW QUARTERLY MGM Resorts might rename, revamp Monte Carlo

BY J.D. MORRIS STAFF WRITER

Big changes could be on the horizon for the Monte Carlo resort.

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren said in a recent interview that his company, which owns Monte Carlo, sees a lot of potential in the property and may make adjustments.

Although he didn’t reveal details, Murren indicated that a wide range of options is on the table, including a name change.

The opportunity arose with the planned opening of the Park, a shopping and entertainment area that MGM Resorts is building between Monte Carlo and New York-New York.

Murren pointed to that as one factor motivating his company to examine Monte Carlo.

He also referred to Monte Carlo as a “gateway” that is “cradling” the arena MGM Resorts is building in the same area as the Park. The arena and the Park are scheduled to open in spring 2016.

Asked specifically whether there is any truth to reports of a possible name change for the property, as discussed by the Vital Vegas blog, Murren didn’t rule it out.

“It clearly is an underutilized asset today,” Murren said. “We have big, big plans for Monte Carlo over time, and I wouldn’t rule anything out.”

Murren didn’t detail a timeline for determining changes to Monte Carlo, but he was emphatic about the property’s prospects.

“I would say we look at that property with a more positive lens than just about any property we own right now,” he said.

Monte Carlo opened in 1996 as a $344 million joint venture between Mirage Resorts and Circus Circus Enterprises, both of which later became part of what is now MGM Resorts. It was meant to evoke the Place du Casino in Europe, and an executive said around the time of its opening that the property sought to offer “the experience of royalty for a value price,” according to a Las Vegas Sun archive.

A makeover for the roughly 3,000room resort could be similar to what Caesars Entertainment was thinking when it transformed the Imperial Palace into the Quad, then the Linq hotel, as it built the Linq promenade area, said real estate broker Michael Parks of CBRE Group.

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LAW QUARTERLY Law firm Gordon Silver figuring out what’s next after wave of resignations

BY ELI SEGALL

Nevada Senate Democrats Debbie Smith and Aaron Ford listen to Republican Majority Leader Michael Roberson during Senate floor debate in Carson City.

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Senate passes bill regulating Uber, similar firms in Nevada

BY STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

CARSON CITY — Nevada senators approved a bill this month that would allow ride-hailing companies such as Uber to operate while raising tens of millions of dollars to help the state budget shortfall.

Senators voted 18-1 for Assembly Bill 175, which would create regulations for “transportation network companies” that allow people to hail a ride using a smartphone. The proposal had failed twice.

Democrats who had voted against the proposal in previous iterations said they doubted proponents’ assertion that a tax on cab and Uber rides would raise $100 million and wanted time to verify the projection.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford said a newer projection showed the tax would raise about $72 million, enough to provide additional funds to the UNLV medical school project, the state highway funds and other budget items.

Democratic Sen. Mark Manendo was the lone no vote.

He said cabdrivers must undergo FBI background checks while road-sharing drivers don’t.

“I always have been a public safety person,” Manendo said in a speech on the Senate floor. “I don’t want to risk something happening to our friends, our family, our constituents and our tourists.”

Uber briefly operated last fall in Nevada before a judge issued a restraining order against the company, saying it wasn’t following rules for taxicabs. Uber ceased operations and sought permission from the Legislature to re-enter the market under an alternate framework.

The bill has been called the most-lobbied of the session, with small armies of lobbyists representing Uber and its cab company opponents.

Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak joined Sheriff Joe Lombardo, anti-drunken driving advocates and cab operators for a news conference in Las Vegas decrying the bill and saying it circumvented the rigorous standards for cabs.

“The only reason for creating an alternative system is to weaken those standards for the benefit of one or two companies,” said Brent Bell, president of the Livery Operators Association, which represents cabs and limos. “If allowed, Nevadans will pay the price in the long run.”

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Months after the biggest law firm in Las Vegas shut down, another influential firm has an uncertain future as waves of attorneys pack their belongings and go.

Gordon Silver, known for its big bankruptcy practice, has been hit with numerous resignations and is now “assessing the prospects of what to do,” newly elected managing shareholder Mark Dzarnoski said last week.

Dzarnoski assumed the post recently after predecessor Greg Garman quit to help launch a new firm — Garman Turner Gordon — with about 15 Gordon Silver attorneys, including bankruptcy department founder Gerald “Jerry” Gordon and litigator Erika Pike Turner.

Gordon had been with the firm since he graduated from law school in 1973.

Reasons for the departures could not immediately be learned.

“I’d rather not answer that,” Gordon said when asked why he is leaving. “It’s complex, obviously, for me.”

Gordon Silver was founded in 1967 and says it’s one of the oldest and largest law firms in Nevada.

The resignations have shrunk its roster of local attorneys and sparked rumors that it’s on the brink of closing.

Others who left in recent months include criminal-defense lawyer Dominic Gentile, who has started another breakaway firm with ex-Gordon Silver shareholders, Dzarnoski said.

Gentile did not return a call for comment.

Dzarnoski said it was “premature for me to give you any statement” on Gordon Silver’s plans. Also, there are “no decisions” about whether the firm will move from its three floors of office space at the Hughes Center, widely viewed in the real estate industry as the best office park in Las Vegas.

Gordon Silver has handled several highprofile bankruptcy cases, including those of the mothballed Fontainebleau resort, Jerry’s Nugget, Hooters Casino Hotel, Las Vegas Monorail and the Riviera.

The firm had 39 local attorneys in spring 2014, making it the sixth-largest in the valley at the time, according to VEGAS INC research. It had about 24 lawyers as of May 11, Dzarnoski said.

The firm also has a few employees at small satellite offices in cities such as Reno and Phoenix.

Two local attorneys — both veterans and from different firms — said Gordon Silver was hoping to land the bankruptcy of exist-

ing client Caesars Entertainment. But the debt-laden casino giant filed the case in Illinois.

Las Vegas-based Caesars is using Chicago lawyers with bankruptcy heavyweight Kirkland & Ellis, as well as attorneys in a few Eastern U.S. cities, to handle what many people expected to be a long, complicated case — and thus a cash cow for law firms.

“That was a blow” to Gordon Silver, one of the local attorneys said.

Gordon declined to comment on that.

Dzarnoski said any law firm with bankruptcy lawyers would have considered Caesars to be a “prime client” with a “very lucrative” case. However, he said he was “not willing to say” whether Gordon Silver was counting on getting the work.

Caesars Entertainment spokesman Stephen Cohen said he didn’t know whether Gordon Silver had been considered.

Meanwhile, if the firm vacates its offices, it would be a big setback for landlord the Blackstone Group, which bought the 68-acre Hughes Center for $347 million in 2013.

Gordon Silver is renting 54,000 square feet in a nine-story tower at 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, a local broker said. The tower’s current asking rent is $2.90 per square foot, so at that rate, Gordon Silver’s rent comes out to $156,600 per month, according to the broker.

John Woo, who oversees the office park as portfolio manager for Blackstone unit Equity Office, did not return calls for comment.

Hughes Center listing broker Ryan Martin, of Colliers International, also did not return a call.

Gordon Silver’s troubles come after powerhouse law firm Lionel Sawyer & Collins — the largest in Las Vegas as of last spring with 64 lawyers — closed in late December.

The closure came after nearly 20 attorneys, including co-founder Sam Lionel and some who just made partner, left en masse for rival Fennemore Craig.

In its bankruptcy liquidation filing in January, Lionel Sawyer & Collins reported having about $932,000 in assets and $3.4 million in liabilities. The bulk of its debts, $2.8 million, were apparently tied to a credit line with Western Alliance Bank, court records show. The lender operates locally as Bank of Nevada.

Still, one of the local attorneys who heard rumors last week of Gordon Silver’s supposedly pending demise issued a note of caution.

“Law firms are fragile things,” he said.

“Once these rumors start swirling, they become self-fulfilling prophecies.”

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LAW QUARTERLY FORECLOSURES, FROM PAGE 1

‘A classic case of two competing legitimate interests’ in the courts about this right now.”

Over the past several years, scores of valley homeowners who abandoned their homes and stopped paying their mortgages also stopped paying their HOA assessments. Association officials started foreclosure proceedings on many of the homes.

“There is a statute that says an HOA lien is a priority lien,” Hafter said. That means that in most cases, when an HOA forecloses, it wipes out all other liens.

In a pivotal case, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in September 2014 that properly executed foreclosure sales extinguish bank notes.

“What the Supreme Court said last September was that if it was done properly, according to statute, it wipes out the mortgage,” Hafter said. “(So) you have to demonstrate in court that all the notices were properly served, that everything was done properly, and it’s all a question of fact, which can only ultimately be settled at trial. So now it’s a case-bycase basis; we can’t fast-track any of them.”

“The problem is that because it is unsettled, no title insurance company will give you insurance on a house that’s foreclosed upon by an HOA,” Hafter continued. “So you have to go to the court and clean title, which is taking forever — years. It’s basically locking up all this real estate, and so you had all these cases in the courts about foreclosure processes.”

The result is a multitude of valley homes that have bad title and are locked up in limbo.

“You can’t do anything with them except rent them or live in them,” Hafter said.

THE ISSUE “The problem to be addressed is whether the homeowners association properly notified all interested parties when they went to foreclose on that home,” said Keith Lynam, a Realtor at Platinum Real Estate Professionals and 2015 president of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. “It is certainly a concern.”

The biggest worry going forward, Lynam said, “is if (the issue) doesn’t get addressed and lenders pull back as they said they would.”

“This is a classic case of two competing legitimate interests,” said Henderson attorney Avi Cutler of

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A pool is drained at a foreclosed home in Henderson. (STAFF FILE)

“You have to demonstrate in court that all the notices were properly served, that everything was done properly, and it’s all a question of fact, which can only ultimately be settled at trial. So now it’s a case-by-case basis; we can’t fast-track any of them.”

— Jacob Hafter, attorney at Hafterlaw

Ballon Stoll Bader & Nadler. “Banks have a legitimate case to be put first on houses they lent money toward the purchase of. Homeowners have a legitimate argument to not be stuck with HOA fees of neighbors who’ve abandoned their houses or ceased making their payments.”

Additional problems can ripple through the home market as a result.

“We don’t feel it’s good for the real estate market,” said Joseph Decker, administrator of the real estate division of the state Department of Business and Industry. “If you live in a community and one of your neighbors goes into default with the HOA — let’s say your house is worth $300,000 market value, and your neighbor goes into default for $5,000 in assessments — and that association forecloses, they extinguish the first lien your neighbor owed to his bank. Then they turn around and sell the house at auction for $20,000 in order to collect what they are owed.”

An investor might buy the house for $20,000, making the HOA happy but negatively affecting the market value of surrounding houses.

THE FUTURE What needs to happen to make the situation better?

“That’s a good question,” Decker admitted. “The HOA super-priority exists, but really what we are trying to work on is a situation in which the lender’s first mortgage is not necessarily extinguished, where the lender gets notice that the HOA is going to foreclose and is provided an opportunity to protect its investment or security.”

Notification is the key, lawyers say — and it is what the Legislature has been working on.

State lawmakers are considering a measure that would provide a 60-day “right of redemption” after a foreclosure sale to allow the lender or homeowner to satisfy the HOA lien and recover the property.

But not everyone is in favor of such a law.

“I think the Supreme Court got the law right in its decision,” said Noah Allison, an attorney and principal in Three Lock Box, a Las Vegas construction control company. “I have listened to some of the exotic constitutional and equitable arguments

against the super-priority lien by some extremely capable lawyers, but I don’t see those arguments getting very far. If the banks have provable advance notice of the HOA lien foreclosure yet do nothing to stop it, then tough luck. You snooze, you lose.”

The intent of the HOA super-priority law was “to coerce banks sitting on houses in foreclosure and going derelict in neighborhoods to do something about it,” Allison said.

“Nobody wants to live near a house with dead shrubs, cracked paint and a swamp where the pool should be.”

HOAs have stepped in to fix such problems, Allison said, “and they deserve to be paid for their efforts. Until (the ruling), banks ignored HOAs. Now, maybe they won’t.”

But the court’s decision doesn’t solve the problem, at least with certain federally underwritten home loans, said Wilbur M. Roadhouse, a director with Fennemore Craig.

“The Federal Housing Finance Agency, as conservator, has taken the position that federal law precludes involuntary extinguishment of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac liens,” Roadhouse said. “Briefs have been filed in certain actions in federal court in Nevada, with oral arguments set to be heard as early as June 2.”

Banks understandably are unhappy with how things have played out.

“If you had a $300,000 first trust deed wiped out by a $20,000 HOA lien foreclosure, would you be happy?” Roadhouse asked.

Decisions are expected that could help clear the murky waters.

“There are other court cases coming down that will settle that part of the equation,” Lynam said. “The banks have stated that these were not properly recorded, that they weren’t properly notified of the foreclosure proceedings. There is some legislation that’s being brought forth that I think will help, that will determine what ‘properly notified’ means.”

Hafter said HOA foreclosures should work the same way as any other foreclosure.

“It should give the third-party buyer at the auction the legal right to it and let them start insuring those properties,” he said.

That’s starting to occur, albeit slowly.

“Some of the courts,” Hafter said, “are starting to rule for these buyers.”

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LAW QUARTERLY Calendar of events TUESDAY, MAY 19

Network with local commercial real estate professionals.

Network After Work Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: $12 for the first 100 tickets sold, $15 regular price, $20 at the door with RSVP, $25 at the door without RSVP Location: Hard Rock Cafe, 4475 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit networkafterwork.com

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35th annual Las Vegas Perspective Time: 8 a.m. Cost: $95 Location: Four Seasons, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas Information: Visit lvgea.org/calendar Celebrate the release of the 35th annual Perspective, a research book and quarterly newsletter on economic development in Southern Nevada.

5S Workplace Organization Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $199 Location: Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Email marbutina@nvie.nevada.edu

Network with more than 100 local businesspeople.

THURSDAY, MAY 21

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

Building Owners and Managers Association Nevada Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $20 Location: 7055 Lindell Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit bomanevada.org/events

Restricted Licensees Regulatory Compliance Time: 9-11 a.m. Cost: $95 (payment due by 5 p.m. May 20) Location: UNLV Stan Fulton Building, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las VEgas Information: Visit unlv.edu/calendar

Representatives of American Technologies Inc. will discuss emergency preparedness and managing chaos.

Small Business Awards luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $60, $550 for a table of 10 Location: Gold Coast, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit VegasPBS.org/SBA Vegas PBS, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, will honor Nevada’s most outstanding small businesses.

Economic Outlook and Nevada Investment Opportunities Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $35 for members of the Turnaround Management Association, $45 for nonmembers Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas Information: Email info@TMAofNevada.com

THURSDAY, MAY 28

Michael Tiberi, CEO of ArchGrow Technologies, will the guest speaker.

Society for Marketing Professional Services luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members, $50 for nonmembers Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit smpslasvegas.com

Henderson Chamber of Commerce’s Roadmap to Success workshop Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for members, $25 for nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com

Learn how to invest in online strategies to improve business.

Brian Rouff, managing partner of Imagine Communications, will discuss how businesses can create a strong company culture.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

Clark County Bar Association luncheon Time: 12-1 p.m. Cost: $40 for members, $45 for nonmembers Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas Information: Visit clarkcountybar.org

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Restricted licensees can learn about compliance procedures performed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Presenters will discuss the most common causes of violations and how to prevent them.

Representatives of Turnaround Management Association will lead a forum discussion on the national and international economic outlook, with an overview of the companies and countries looking to invest in Nevada.

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Commercial Alliance Las Vegas mixer Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers Location: Cili Restaurant, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas Information: Visit calv.org

Vegas Young Professionals Fusion Mixer Time: 7-9 p.m. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers Location: Hyde Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas Information: Visit web.lvchamber.com/events A VYP ambassador will be available to answer questions for people new to the group at this mixer.

Learn 5S techniques to maximize business productivity. The five S’s stand for five Japanese words that constitute good housekeeping. Roughly translated they are: sort (seiri), set in order (seiton), shine (seiso), standardize (seiketsu) and sustain (shitsuke).

Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association meeting Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $40 Location: 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Email john.k.laub@gmail.com

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Asian Chamber of Commerce luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers Location: Arizona Ballroom Salon E, Gold Coast, 4000 Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit lvacc.org Betty Lo, vice president of community alliances and consumer engagement at Nielsen, and Jerry Wong, a data dissemination specialist at the U.S. Census Bureau, will present, “Census Surprise?

The Asian Influx and How it Affects the Las Vegas Economy and Political Landscape.”

Henderson Chamber networking mixer Time: 5-8 p.m. Cost: $15 for members, $25 for nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins Location: Miller’s Henderson Ale House, 594 Stephanie St., Henderson Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com/ events/calendar Share contact information, referrals and ideas with fellow business professionals.

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt will be the

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LAW QUARTERLY Records and Transactions BANKRUPTCIES CHAPTER 7 El Disco Loco LLC 553 E. Twain Ave. Las Vegas NV 89169 Attorney: Matthew M. McArthur at bankruptcy@clearcounsel.com

CHAPTER 11 LHAX Group LLC 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 350 Las Vegas NV 89145 Attorney: Matthew C. Zirzow at mzirzow@lzlawnv.com

BID OPPORTUNITIES MONDAY, MAY 18 3 p.m.

Current production model 1-ton cab and chassis crew cab Clark County, 603681 Sandra Mendoza at sda@ clarkcountynv.gov

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 2 p.m.

56,000 GVW AWD cab and chassis State of Nevada, 8326 Marti Marsh at mmarsh@admin. nv.gov

THURSDAY, MAY 21 3 p.m.

Annual requirements contract for traffic signs Clark County, 603689 Ashley Blanco at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m.

Annual requirements contract for traffic paint Clark County, 603690 Chetan Champaneri at chetanc@ clarkcountynv.gov

FRIDAY, MAY 22 3 p.m.

Current production model police interceptors Clark County, 603698 Sandra Mendoza at sda@ clarkcountynv.gov

BROKERED TRANSACTIONS SALES $769,497 for 7,785 square feet, industrial 5840 La Costa Canyon Court, Las Vegas 89139 Seller: Southern Hills Baptist Church of Las Vegas Seller agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial Buyer: ATINOS LLC Buyer agent: Gary Burgher of Pro Commercial Real Estate

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$725,000 for 6,000 square feet, medical/office 3650 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas 89169 Seller: Larry Britz Seller agent: Tom Naseef and Jeff Naseef of Colliers International Buyer: One Realco Corporation Buyer agent: Did not disclose $600,000 for 7,000 square feet, industrial 141 Cassia Way, Unit B, Henderson 89014 Seller: Mighty Mojave LLC Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Casio Way LLC Buyer agent: Greg Pancirov and Mike DeLew of Colliers International

LEASES $2,480,808 for 13,370 square feet, office for 10 years 8352 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas 89113 Landlord: Capovilla Management LLC Landlord agent: Lisa Hauger and Tim Behrendt of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc. Tenant: The Docs LLC Tenant agent: Sandy Fink of Sandra L. Fink & Associates $331,258 for 3,408 square feet, retail for 66 months 8060 Blue Diamond Road, Suite 110-130, Las Vegas 89178 Landlord: Sunstone Diamond LLC Landlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Tenant: Just Jill LLC Tenant agent: Alexia Crowley of Avison Young $205,375 for 2,650 square feet, office for 60 months 9980 W. Flamingo Rd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89147 Landlord: Transwestern Investment Holdings LLC, Tenants In Common Landlord agent: Jayne Cayton and Matt Kreft of Voit Real Estate Services Tenant: Don Calley Services Inc. Tenant agent: Did not disclose

BUSINESS LICENSES La’ant Business type: Nonfarm product vendor Address: 1600 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Laura Rees-Lenzy Logisticare Solutions LLC Business type: Business support service Address: 3280 N. Cimarron Road, Suite 107, Las Vegas Owner: Herman M. Schwarz Macartu

Business type: Dry cleaning/ laundry facility and services Address: 2017 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Eliana Sagastizado Margaret To Business type: Real estate sales Address: 9525 Hillwood Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Margaret To McDaniel Grading LLC Business type: Contractor Address: 4908 Breezy Day Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose McDonald’s 36908 Business type: Restaurant Address: 108 N. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Four A’s LLC Metropolitan Auto Body & Paint Business type: Automotive garage Address: Multiple locations, Las Vegas Owner: Halcyon Silver LLC Michael Bohnet Business type: Real estate sales Address: 5265 S. Durango Drive, Suite 1, Las Vegas Owner: Michael Bohnet Monte Cristo Estate Business type: Short-term residential rental Address: 2201 S. Monte Cristo Way, Las Vegas Owner: Christine Bankhead My Wireless AT&T Business type: General retail sales Address: 4700 Meadows Lane, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Digital PCS Nevada Inc. Nathan K. Watanabe Business type: Real estate sales Address: 5536 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Nathan K. Watanabe Nevada Holdings Group LLC Business type: Short-term residential rental Address: 7920 Waterfalls Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Caren Redlack New Auto Body Business type: Automotive garage Address: 3040 Contract Ave., Suite B, Las Vegas Owner: Aryel Zavala Blanco O’Aces Bar and Grill Business type: Tavern Address: 3003 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: O’Aces Rainbow LLC Original Image Business type: Automobile detailing Address: 8491 Willow Mist Drive ,

Re Las Vegas Owner: Dennis Tracy Leonard

Owner: Ronnie’s Auto Electrical Repair Inc.

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Pachanga Gift Shop Business type: General retail sales Address: 2233 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Danila Mora-Ochoa

Saks Off Fifth Business type: General retail sales Address: 575 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 3101, Las Vegas Owner: Saks & Company

$294,87 7141 N. S Hirschi M

Pandora Business type: General retail sales Address: 625 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1254, Las Vegas Owner: Panbor LLC

Samantha Rose Business type: Bail agent/ enforcement agent Address: 1600 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Samantha Rose

Prestige Indian Hair Las Vegas Business type: General retail sales Address: 1560 N. Eastern Ave., Suite C11, Las Vegas Owner: Brandie N. Crosby Prime Cap Lending Business type: Handbill and oral solicitation Address: 9501 Hillwood Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Dennis S. Sheldon Rachel’s Kitchen at the Trails Business type: Beer wine cooler on sale Address: 9691 Trailwood Drive, Suite 105, Las Vegas Owner: Asaki Restaurant One LLC Rag and Bone Business type: General retail sales Address: 555 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 3423, Las Vegas Owner: Rag Traders Simon LLC Re/Max Central Business type: Real estate sales Address: 8400 W. Sahara Ave., Suite B, Las Vegas Owner: Lucero Zapata Rhema K. Toliver Business type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Rhema Toliver Richard Rory Realty Business type: Real estate sales Address: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 102, Las Vegas Owner: Richard Rory Inc. RLB Towing Business type: Automobile towing service Address: 3700 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Danny Lopez Roberto Rodriguez-Perez Business type: Repair and maintenance Address: 4354 Swandale Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Roberto Rodriguez-Perez Ronnie’s Auto Electrical Repair Business type: Automotive garage/service station Address: 1735 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas

$238,03 7260 Or Vegas D.R. Hor

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Shoe Palace #74 Business type: General retail sales Address: 705 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1015, Las Vegas Owner: Shoe Palace Corp.

Silver State Grease Trap Service Business type: Recycle waste haulers Address: 275 N. Mojave St., Las Vegas Owner: Silver State Commodities Inc. Stephen A. Gephardt MD Ltd. Business type: Professional services Address: 2420 Professional Court, Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Stephen A. Gephardt Stop N Go Auto Sales Business type: Automotive sales with minor repair Address: 111 W. Wyoming Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Stop N Go Auto Sales LLC STS Business type: Automobile towing service Address: 3220 N. Durango Drive, Las Vegas Owner: American Auto Towing Inc. Sweets 507 LLC Business type: Food specialty store Address: 650 S. Main Street, Las Vegas Owner: Michelle Zerla

$230,94 2564 Pr Pardee H

$226,131 6432 N. Vegas Hirschi M

$218,30 2763 Sa Greyston

$218,30 2775 Sa Greyston

$218,09 484 Ros Woodsid

$218,09 429 Bea Woodsid

$206,44 2526 Pra Pardee H

$206,44 2560 Pr Pardee H

$203,25 390 Ros Woodsid

$201,00 2831 Ric Paul J. M

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$5,725,729, commercial-addition 4100 E. Lone Mountain Road, North Las Vegas Intelligrated Systems Inc.

$198,62 1112 Via A Greyston

$1,166,309, commercial-alteration 2860 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas DC Building Group $574,500, commercial-addition 3901 Donna St., North Las Vegas Mesa Energy Systems Inc. $516,580, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 5316 Bright Sun Court, Las Vegas

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$187,254 2561 Pra Pardee H

$187,254 2556 Pra Pardee H

$186,48 1841 E. C Vegas Falcon R

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$186,256, residential-new 2789 Sacred Court, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $186,256, residential-new 2771 Sacred Court, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC

873 Barrhead Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $167,459, residential-new 229 Inverbeg St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$238,032, residential-new 7260 Orchard Harvest Ave., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.

$185,647, residential-new 12216 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$230,949, residential-new 2557 Prairie Pine St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada

$185,647, residential-new 331 Evante St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$230,949, residential-new 2564 Prairie Pine St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada

$185,000, wall and/or fence 9763 Centennial Parkway, Las Vegas Hirschi Masonry LLC

$226,131, wall and/or fence 6432 N. Shaumber Road, Las Vegas Hirschi Masonry LLC

$181,820, residential-new 3210 Monte Stella Ave., Henderson Toll Henderson LLC

$156,701, residential-new 3159 Dalmazia Ave., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC

$218,306, residential-new 2763 Sacred Court, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC

$181,820, residential-new 1968 Galleria Spada St., Henderson Toll Henderson LLC

$156,369, residential-new 881 Barrhead Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$218,306, residential-new 2775 Sacred Court, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC

$178,770, residential-new 820 Loch Katrine Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$156,369, residential-new 233 Inverbeg St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$218,097, residential-new 484 Rosina Vista St., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $218,097, residential-new 429 Beautiful Hill Court, Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $206,440, residential-new 2526 Prairie Pine St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $206,440, residential-new 2560 Prairie Pine St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $203,258, residential-new 390 Rosina Vista St., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $201,006, residential-new 2831 Richmar Ave., Henderson Paul J. Markling and Dory Markling $200,000, residential-remodel 405 Rosemary Lane, Las Vegas Nutone Inc. $198,621, residential-new 1112 Via Alloro, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $187,254, residential-new 2561 Prairie Pine St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $187,254, residential-new 2556 Prairie Pine St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $186,486, commercial-reroofing 1841 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Falcon Roofing Co.

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$178,770, residential-new 224 Dunblane St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $178,549, residential-new 885 Barrhead Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $178,549, residential-new 877 Barrhead Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $178,549, residential-new 228 Dunblane St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$163,000, wall and/or fence 224 Antelope Ridge Drive, Las Vegas Cedco Inc. $160,010, commercial-alteration 3525 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas KPRS Construction Services $157,019, residential-new 12253 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$150,741, residential-new 289 Besame Court, Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $150,741, residential-new 285 Besame Court, Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $150,741, residential-new 286 Besame Court, Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $150,741, residential-new 282 Lindura Court, Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC

$142,395, residential-new 1119 Echo Pass St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC $141,198, residential-new 10715 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $141,198, residential-new 7291 Durand Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $140,327, residential-new 7270 Orchard Harvest Ave., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $138,625, residential-new 2653 Ornate Regiment St., Henderson Beazer-Inspirada LCC $138,550, residential-new 7327 Ellison Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $138,306, residential-new 8831 Nolene Stream St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $138,306, residential-new 8839 Nolene Stream St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$129,640, tenant improvement 8299 Southern Cross Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $129,475, residential-new 2645 Ornate Regiment St., Henderson Beazer-Inspirada LCC $129,100, tenant improvement 600 S. Tonopah Drive, Suite 350, Las Vegas Forbush Construction Inc. $125,705, residential-new 3040 Pavilio Drive, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $125,705, residential-new 3024 Pavilio Drive, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada

$125,317, residential-new 360 Stark Springs St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$137,469, residential-new 3606 Kobie Creek Court, Las Vegas Desert Wind Homes

$146,518, residential-new 7251 Orchard Harvest Ave., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.

$173,871, residential-new 7250 Orchard Harvest Ave., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.

$146,497, residential-new 7528 Abby View St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$135,531, residential-new 7524 Abby View St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$146,497, residential-new 7532 Old Compton St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$135,531, residential-new 7525 Old Compton St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$145,500, residential-new 225 Inverbeg St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$135,531, residential-new 7533 Old Compton St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$142,395, residential-new 1121 Echo Pass St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC

$135,531, residential-new 7528 Old Compton St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$142,395, residential-new 719 Gulf Pearl Drive, Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC

$135,000, tenant improvement 7201 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 501, Las Vegas

$167,459, residential-new

$134,002, residential-new 439 Astillero St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$137,469, residential-new 3602 Kobie Creek Court, Las Vegas Desert Wind Homes

$173,871, residential-new 7310 Orchard Harvest Ave., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.

$167,680, residential-new 241 Cromarty St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$134,909, residential-new 3032 Pavilio Drive, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada

$125,317, residential-new 364 Stark Springs St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.

$146,944, residential-new 470 Port Reggio St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.

$167,685, residential-new 12246 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$134,909, residential-new 3044 Pavilio Drive, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada

$137,904, residential-new 3040 Savella Ave., Henderson Beazer-Inspirada LCC

$175,000, tenant improvement 651 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Copperstone Construction Inc.

$169,459, residential-new 7300 Orchard Harvest Ave., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.

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$137,294, residential-new 681 Coastal Lagoon St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC $135,531, residential-new 7532 Abby View St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$125,317, residential-new 356 Stark Springs St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $122,322, residential-new 2649 Ornate Regiment St., Henderson Beazer-Inspirada LCC $121,269, residential-new 3036 Pavilio Drive, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada

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CATEGORY: PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS (RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AS OF MARCH 31)

Company

Year est.

PR employees

Local clients

Sample clients

Top executive

Kirvin Doak Communications 5230 W. Patrick Lane Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-737-3100 • kirvindoak.com

1999

53

32

MGM Resorts International, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Blue Man Group

Dave Kirvin, partner

2

BRAINtrust Marketing + Communications 8948 Spanish Ridge Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-862-4242 • braintrustlv.com

2006

36

23

Trump Hotel Las Vegas, Richard Petty Driving Experience, Laguna Cliffs Marriott

Kurt Ouchida and Michael Coldwell, managing partners

3

MassMedia 3333 E. Serene Ave., Suite 100 Henderson, NV 89074 702-433-4331 • massmediacc.com

1997

35

45

HealthCare Partners Nevada, Valley Electric Association Inc., McDonald’s

Kassi Belz, president

4

Cheyenne Marketing 8550 W. Charleston Blvd., Suites 102-254 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-228-0185 • cheyennemarketing.com

2003

29

7

Splash Beverage, The Green Room, Universal Pictures

Shawn Lane, founder, CEO

5a

B&P Advertising, Media and Public Relations 900 S. Pavilion Center Drive, Suite 170 Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-967-2222 • bpadlv.com

2001

24

15

Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, Southwest Medical Associates, Nevada State Bank

Chuck Johnston, president

5b

Bruce Merrin Public Relations 3885 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 3001 Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-367-0331 • celebrityspeakersentertainment. com

1991

Brite Sol, BluBlocker, Wayne Allyn Root

Bruce Merrin, president

7

Wicked Creative 6173 S. Rainbow Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-868-4545 • wickedcreative.com

2007

17

42

Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa, Towbin Automotive, Life Time Athletic

Stephanie Wilson, president

8

8

Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations & Government Affairs 100 N. City Parkway, Suite 750 Las Vegas, NV 89106 702-933-7777 • ffwpr.com

1998

15

41

General Growth Properties, Cox Communications, Summerlin/The Howard Hughes Corporation

Melissa Warren, managing partner

9

9a

Preferred Public Relations 2630 S. Jones Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89052 702-254-5704 • preferredpublicrelations.com

1999

12

20

Fremont Street Experience, Downtown Grand, Westgate Las Vegas

Michele D. Tell-Woodrow, president, founder

9b

The Ferraro Group 9516 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 310 Las Vegas, NV 89147 702-367-7771 • theferrarogroup.com

2001

12

35

Smith’s Food & Drug Stores, Nathan Adelson Hospice, Governor’s Office of Economic Development

Holly Silvestri, principal

9c

The Firm Public Relations & Marketing 6157 S. Rainbow Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-739-9933 • thefirmpr.com

1993

12

22

Boyd Gaming, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Three Square Food Bank

Solveig Raftery, president, CEO

12a

Quillin Advertising, Public Relations and Social Media 8080 W. Sahara Ave., Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-256-5511 • quillinlv.com

2002

10

18

America First Credit Union, 9th Bridge School, Chapman Automotive

Tim Quillin, president

12b

R&R Partners 900 S. Pavilion Center Drive Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-228-0222 • rrpartners.com

1974

10

15

Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, NV Energy, American Medical Response

Billy Vassiliadis, CEO

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6

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10

11

12

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14

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Source: VEGAS INC research. It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants or to imply that the listing of a company indicates its quality. Although every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of VEGAS INC lists, omissions sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Pashtana Usufzy, researcher, VEGAS INC, 2360 Corporate Circle, Third Floor, Henderson, NV 89074.

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Capitalized billings

Employees

Sample clients

Top executive

R&R Partners 900 S. Pavilion Center Drive Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-228-0222 • rrpartners.com

1974

$334 million

200

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, NV Energy, American Medical Response

Billy Vassiliadis, CEO

2

SK+G 8912 Spanish Ridge Ave., Third floor Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-478-4000 • skg.global

1999

$113.1 million

110

Baha Mar, The Grand Del Mar, Borgata Hotel

John Schadler and Jerry Kramer, managing partners

3

Penna Powers 2470 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 208 Las Vegas, NV 89074 702-901-7233 • pennapowers.com

2012

$50 million

45

Did not disclose

Chuck Penna, CEO

4

B&P Advertising, Media and Public Relations 2001 900 S. Pavilion Center Drive, Suite 170 Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-967-2222 • bpadlv.com

$38 million

24

Treasure Island, Nevada State Bank, Aristocrat Technologies

Chuck Johnston, president

5

BRAINtrust Marketing + Communications 8948 Spanish Ridge Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-862-4242 • braintrustlv.com

2006

$37.2 million

36

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Luxe City Center Hotel, Las Ventanas

Michael Coldwell and Kurt Ouchida, managing partners

6

The Glenn Group 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 111 Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-256-0065 • theglenngroup.com

1982

$24 million

30

The Smith Center, Immunize Nevada, Tahiti Village

Valerie Glenn, CEO, principal

7

Robertson+Partners 6061 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-947-7777 • robertson.partners

1976

$18 million

22

McDonald’s, Comcast, The Howard Hughes Corp.

Scott Robertson, CEO

8

Kirvin Doak Communications 5230 W. Patrick Lane Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-737-3100 • kirvindoak.com

1999

$15 million

53

Jersey Boys, Global Gaming Expo, Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group

Debbi Medsker, senior vice president

9

The Geary Company 3136 E. Russell Road Las Vegas, NV 89120 702-382-9610 • gearycompany.com

1969

$14 million

21

Team Ford Lincoln, Henness & Haight, Neon Museum

Jim McKusick and John Dalrymple, managing partners

MassMedia 3333 E. Serene Ave., Suite 100 Henderson, NV 89074 702-433-4331 • massmediacc.com

1997

$8 million

35

HealthCare Partners Nevada, Southwest Gas, Valley Electric Association Inc.

Kassi Belz, president

Quillin Advertising, Public Relations and Social Media 8080 W. Sahara Ave., Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-256-5511 • quillinlv.com

2002

$6.5 million

10

America First Credit Union, Chapman Automotive Group, Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation

Tim Quillin, president

12

Swan Advertising 9121 W. Russell Road, Suite 116 Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-876-1559 • swanad.com

1991

$6 million

8

Did not disclose

Steve Swan, president

13

CIM Marketing Partners 8367 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89147 702-944-2464 • cimmp.com

2009

$3.7 million

10

The Rogers Foundation, Hutchison & Steffen, Johnnie Walker RV’s

Darcy K. Neighbors, founder, CEO

14

WG Communications Group PO Box 370396 Las Vegas, NV 89137 702-869-9734 • wgcommgroup.com

2000

$3 million

3

College of Southern Nevada, Tropical Smoothie Café, Sinclair Broadcast Group

Terri Weisbord, partner

15

Redhead Enterprises LLC 2654 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, B5-264 Henderson, NV 89052 702-966-8029 • rhenevada.com

2011

$2.1 million

1

Station Casinos, Yes! Air Conditioning & Plumbing, Nevada Eye & Ear

Debbie Landry, president, CEO

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