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tion practice. Chelsea is licensed in Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
ning on June 27, 2015. They reside in Las Vegas.
Pyasetskyy ’09
Green ’11
Krystal (Gallagher) Rosse serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Nevada in the Las Vegas office.
CLASS OF 2010 Kareema (Mitchell) Allen and Eric Allen are expecting their first child, a girl. They are both practicing attorneys at Allen Legal Services in Salt Lake City.
Christina Mamer is an Associate at the Las Vegas office of Wood, Smith, Henning and Berman.
Amens ’12
Carlyon ’12
Lawrence Hill was named as “Legal Elite 2015” by Nevada Business Magazine, and “Rising Star Mountain States 2015” by Super Lawyers.
CLASS OF 2011
Kimberly Delmonico joined Eglet Law Group’s mass tort litigation team in October 2014. Joseph Geller moved to a new office earlier this year. The Office of Joseph A. Geller, Esq., is located on Tropicana Avenue. Jessica Green was named as “Rising Star-Mountain States 2015” by Super Lawyers. This is the second year in a row that Jessica has received this title. She is an attorney practicing with the Las Vegas office at Lipson Neilson. Kirk Homeyer joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Las Vegas office earlier this year as an Associate in the firm’s Corporate Department. Brian John will continue to work for the United States Navy JAG Corps in Bahrain after serving two years as a defense attorney in southern Spain. Amy Ma founded Paleo Angel, dedicated to providing foods under the guidelines of the Paleo Diet and Autoimmune Protocol. The purpose of Paleo Angel is to nourish and educate individuals about the benefits and impact of whole foods and autoimmune disorders. Amy is an Associate at Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial in Las Vegas, where she specializes in civil litigation. Kristopher Milicevic opened his own Las Vegas firm, Milicevic & Associates LLC, in April 2014,
Darren Rodriguez is an Associate at Maier Gutierrez Ayon, located in Las Vegas.
CLASS OF 2013 Richard Alan Andrews was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy JAG Corps in September 2013. He is currently stationed at Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Richard spent 10 weeks earlier this year attending the Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I.
Jennifer Hostetler has left Lewis Roca Rothgerber and is now the Personnel Chief for the Attorney General Office.
Alexis Brown celebrated the first-year anniversary of her Las Vegas firm, Alexis Brown Law, last December.
Matthew Carlyon volunteered as a judge for the Truancy Diversion Project with the Clark County School District. The project is an incentive-based program created to decrease absenteeism in all levels within the district.
From left: Katherine Provost, former chair of the Executive Council of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada; Pickard ’11; Governor Brian Sandoval; and Assemblyman Lynn Stewart where he specializes in personal injury and workers’ compensation. Keith Pickard was the drafter and principal lobbyist for AB 263, which was enacted in the 2015 Session of the Nevada State Legislature. Deemed “the most significant piece of family law legislation this term” by the Family Court’s general counsel, the bill will harmonize previously conflicting rules regarding the bases for child custody determinations by dropping prior threshold tests based upon gender and prior marital status in favor of a “child-centered” test. It also adjusted the calculus for relocation cases so that the interests of the child are placed ahead of the tactical goals of a parent. Keith practices family law at his firm Pickard Parry Pfau.
CLASS OF 2012 Debra Amens operates a full-service law firm, Amens Law, which serves rural Nevada. With offices in Battle Mountain and Austin, the firm offers services such as family law, criminal defense, estate planning, environmental law, business formation, trademarks, and more to those residing in remote areas. Tiffany (Lawrence) Banning married Jesse Ban-
Frank Beninato of Las Vegas received an LL.M. in Taxation at the University of Miami School of Law this year. Zachary Conine founded Joseph Beare & Company, a management consulting company that specializes in startups and large-scale feasibility work. He resides in Las Vegas. Amanda Ireland is an Associate at Wilson Elser in Las Vegas. Ann Sheahan is the Domestic Violence Court Coordinator of the Ada County Domestic Violence court in Boise, Idaho.
CLASS OF 2014 Kandis McClure joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Las Vegas office earlier this year as a Policy Advisor. She focuses on the Nevada state government within the firm’s Government Relations Department. Shannon Phenix is a Deputy Public Defender for Clark County. Joseph Sakai is an Associate at Ballard Spahr where he specializes in all phases of litigation. Rob Telles opened his new firm, Accolade Law, in March. The firm donates a portion of every fee to a nonprofit or charity that operates in Southern Nevada. Rob currently sits on committees at the Latin Chamber of Commerce, the Clark County Bar Association, the Las Vegas Rotary Club, and A-Tech Academy.
ALUMNI REMEMBERED We wish to recognize the William S. Boyd School of Law alumni recently lost. Lawrence Ita ’12 Jennifer Stallard ’03 Clarke Walton ’05 BOYD ALUMNI CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gabrielle Angle ’10 Alison Brasier ’07 Lauren Calvert ’07 Chelsie C. Campbell ’05 Kevin Day ’13 Daron Dorsey ’01 Blake Gross ’05 Kirk D. Homeyer ’11 Amy Ismail ’13 H. Sunny Jeong ’12 Jenny Lee ’12 Danny J. Lovell ’05 Timothy Mott ’12 Ashley C. Nikkel ’12 John J. Piro ’10 Chaz Rainey ’07 Francesca M. Resch ’12 Amber Robinson ’06 Quinton R. Singleton ’07 Raymond Smith ’03 Jaimie Stilz ’14 Mark M. Weisenmiller ’10 Brenda Weksler ’02 Amy M. Yonesawa ’11 Daniel W. Hamilton, Dean Layke Martin, Assistant Dean for External Relations Keith A. Rowley, Faculty Liaison Carolyn Barnes, Director of Alumni Relations Daven P. Cameron, Student Liaison ’16 Jenn Odell, Student Liaison ’16
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