Keeping up with Boyd alumni
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2000 A. Autumn Betke has joined Benson, Bertoldo, Baker & Carter, Chtd. as a personal injury attorney. She also teaches public speaking as an adjunct professor at the College of Southern Nevada. Michael Saunders was re-elected in July to serve as Vice-Chair on the Board of Trustees of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. Michael is a Senior Deputy Attorney General at the Office of the Nevada Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
2001 Amy E. Boyd opened a solo practice, Boyd Law Offices, specializing in family law and personal injury in Helena-West Helena, Ark. She is certified by the State of Arkansas as an attorney ad litem in child custody and guardianship cases, and served as Assistant City Attorney and Assistant Prosecutor for the City of Helena-West Helena from 201213. Amy has served as the President of the Phillips County Bar Association since 2012 and is a Criminal Justice instructor at Phillips College of the University of Arkansas. Amy Honodel is a staff attorney with the Children’s Attorneys Project at the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. Meridith Jane Strand is an Associate General Counsel at Southwest Gas Corp. in Las Vegas. Leon R. Symanski is the president of Legends Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting UNLV Men’s Basketball alumni. He is an attorney at Craig P. Kenny & Associates in Las Vegas.
2002 Susan Kaye Bush is a partner at Bush & Levy, LLC in Las Vegas.
2003 Bonnie M. Lonardo and Janice E. Jacovino ’09 are excited to announce the opening of their new Las Vegas firm, LJ Law. Anneliese Purser resides in Henderson with her five children. She is a public defender for 46
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found on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in his red sea kayak. He also enjoys hiking with his wife and two Chinese Pugs.
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the Henderson Municipal Court. Daniel Royal filed a patent for use of autologous stem cells in clinic practice in January 2010. He has recently replied to an Office action with Rob Phillips at Greenberg Traurig, LLP as part of the patent prosecution process. He is the Medical Director at the Royal Medical Clinic in Henderson.
2004 Sonya Boun is the Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer for Lewis Roca Rothgerber, LLP in Phoenix. Belisa M. Brownlee is now a high school English teacher in Las Vegas. Jay Karmarkar is currently implementing novel patented technology which integrates E-Gaming and E-Commerce. He is partnering with United States and overseas entities to capitalize and deploy pending patents in mobile, targeted consumer advertising for brick-mortar retailers and 24/7 remote behavioral wellness monitoring. Jay is the CEO of WristOffice Inc. in Aptos, Calif., and regularly attends CLE seminars in Silicon Valley.
2005 Tiffany S. Barney is an associate attorney at Anthony L. Barney, Ltd. in Las Vegas. Brian Putnam is a Major with the United States Air Force. He serves as the Director of Contracting Operations, Supply Chain Management Division at Tinker Air Force Base in Okla., where he leads 133 personnel with a $3.1 million budget supporting rotating aircraft and engine inventory worth $9 billion. He served with distinction while serving in Afghanistan from July 2012 through January 2013. Major Putnam received the Bronze Star medal.
2006 Ken Hogan has left Gordon Silver, where he
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worked since graduation, and opened the doors to his own Las Vegas practice, Iglody Hulet Hogan. The firm focuses on commercial litigation. Ken appreciates his fellow alumni who supported him during this transition. Jessie Humphries published her debut young adult novel, Killing Ruby Rose, in May. It became a #1 Amazon Bestseller in its category. She resides in Henderson. F. Peter James has opened his own Las Vegas family law practice, the Law Offices of F. Peter James, Esq. Maria E. Lavell serves as a Chief Deputy District Attorney in Clark County. Evangelin Lee Nichols is the Assistant General Counsel at International Medical Corps (IMC) in Washington, D.C. IMC is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training, relief and development programs. Sharon Byram Rigby recently moved from Denver to Elko, Nev. She married Mark Rigby in June.
2007 Alison Brasier of Las Vegas was admitted to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocate’s Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members. Alison practices exclusively in the area of personal injury, including wrongful death, auto accidents, premises liability and product defect cases. Janell R. Bryan was honored as the Trial Attorney of the Year by the Parental Defense Alliance of Utah this year. She is a Juvenile Court Public Defender for the Utah County Public Defender Association in Midway. Christian Hale is an attorney at Fitzwater Meyer Hollis & Marmion, LLP in Portland, Ore. When not in the office, Christian may be
Lauren A. Pena is the co-founder of Project Duo, a matchmaking company dedicated to matching elite Vegas singles. Lauren was certified as an International Matchmaker from the Matchmaking Institute. Homa Woodrum is the co-founder of the Food Allergy Bloggers Conference which brings together national and international food allergy advocates and the companies that serve them. During the second annual conference held in September in Las Vegas, Homa spoke on a panel with William Devine II ’08 and Assly Sayyar ’04 entitled “Blog and Order,” which covered topics such as intellectual property, FTC regulations regarding disclosures on blogs, and defamation.
2008 Kyle A. Conder and his wife welcomed their first child, a boy, Ellis, in August 2013. Kyle recently completed his third year as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Compliance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Robert J. Flummerfelt of Las Vegas is a founding attorney and canon lawyer at Canon Law Services, LLC. Sherry Ane Moore is an associate at McCarthy & Holthus, LLP in Las Vegas. Rob Stephens serves as a criminal prosecutor for the Clark County District Attorney’s Office in Las Vegas.
2009 Ethan Featherstone and Matthew McArthur were recently hired by Clear Counsel Law Group in Henderson.
2010 Eric Allen and Kareema Mitchell were married on August 1 in Kareema’s hometown of Virginia Beach. They currently reside in Salt Lake City. Julian Robert Gregory opened his own law office this year. He practices exclusively in criminal defense, focusing on felony appeals and post-conviction. As of July, Julian is now