The Communiqué (Mar. 2025) focuses matters related to family law with short articles written by bar members for bar members. Also featured is a variety of content from the printed publication’s recurring columns and highlights on bar activities. Select content is available to read online.
Features
- “Committed Intimate Partner Cohabitant Cases Should be Heard in Family Court: The Necessary Legislative Fix” by Marshal S. Willick
- “Getting Attorney Fees in Family Court” by Rock Rocheleau and Paulina Andrade
Columns
- CCBA President’s Message: “Family Law Lawyers and Judges, We Salute You” by Joel D. Henriod
- View from Bench: “Innovation is Key in Family Court” by Hon. David S. Gibson, Jr.
- Pro Bono Corner: “We Can Get This Done” by Michelle Darquea
- Nevada Appellate Summaries: “Advance Opinion Summary (2-8-25)” by Joe Tommasino
Highlights
- In Memoriam: Nedda Ghandi by Laura Deeter and Brian Blackham
- 40 Year Club Induction Ceremony and Luncheon
- Abe Lincoln, Esq.: Lessons from the Trial Lawyer Who Became President
- Correction to Listing for CLE Program on March 27, 2025
- Neurodiversity and the Juvenile Justice System
- 4th Annual Meet Your Law Students Mixer
- 26th Annual Moot Court Competition
- Pet Supply Drive to Benefit Street Dogz
- Law Day Activity at US Air Force Base
- Walk with the Heart of a Child
- Cross-Court Series: Part 2
- Out of the Darkness Walk
- Health Care Power of Attorney-A-Thon
- Bench-Bar Meetings
- Las Vegas Justice Court Implements One Judge/One Defendant Criminal Case Assignment Process
- Lawyer Representatives for United States District Court
- US District Court Conference Set for May 7, 2025
Departments
On the cover:
Nedda Ghandi, courtesy of Laura Deeter of Ghandi Deeter Blackham

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*About Communiqué
Communiqué is published eleven times per year with an issue published monthly except for July by the Clark County Bar Association, P.O. Box 657, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0657. Phone: (702) 387-6011.
Communiqué accepts advertisements from numerous sources and makes no independent investigation or verification of any claim or statement made in the advertisement. All articles, letters, and advertisements contained in this publication represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Clark County Bar Association, the CCBA Publications Committee, the editorial board, or the other authors. All legal and other issues discussed are not for the purpose of answering specific legal questions. Attorneys and others are strongly advised to independently research all issues.
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