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Events

Please mark your calendars and RSVP for these Clark County Bar events. #thefunbar

Breakfast Learning Program CLE

“Judging Attorney’s Fees: A Judge’s Panel on Winning Attorney Fees”

Sponsors: Right Lawyers, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Legal Video, and Dillon Health

Course description: Attendees will learn directly from seasoned judges on how to win their attorney fees. This program will be interactive as the panel of judges provide attendees with fact patterns of prior cases in which they granted or denied attorney fees. Attendees then will be the judge and make their ruling. Followed by the judges sharing the answer and rationale behind their decision.

  • Panelists:
    • Judge Deborah L. Westbrook – Judge Westbrook was elected in November 2022 to serve a six-year term on the Nevada Court of Appeals. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Westbrook practiced law in Nevada for nearly two decades and was twice named one of Vegas Inc.’s Top Lawyers for appellate work.
    • Judge Stacy M. Rocheleau – Judge Rocheleau presides over Department W in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division. Hearing cases on domestic relations and minor guardianship. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Rocheleau was the founding partner of Right Lawyers.
    • Hon. Nancy L. Allf (Ret.) – Nancy served as a district court judge for the Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court for 13 years from 2011 to 2024. Judge Allf served as a Business Court judge for most of her time as a jurist.
    • John P. Aldrich – John founded Aldrich Law Firm, Ltd. in 2004 and is the firm’s managing partner. His practice focuses on complex business and commercial litigation, plaintiff personal injury, and general civil litigation.

7th Annual After Bar Mixer

August Bar Luncheon

Sponsors: Bank of Nevada and First Legal and Kermani Concierge Medicine

Speaker: Chip Siegel, III, Chief Legal Officer, Vegas Golden Knights

Presenting: “The Risk Management Playbook” – This presentation will cover a collection of strategies and plays used by businesses to control risks and win the game. Offers 1.0 CLE credit for Nevada lawyers!

  • Date: Thursday, August 8, 2024
  • Check-in & networking: 11:30 a.m.
  • Luncheon program: 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
  • Location: MacKenzie River Pizza, Pub & Grill, located inside City National Arena, 1550 S. Pavilion Center Dr. Las Vegas
  • Entrée options: Blacked Salmon, Vegetarian Lasagna, or Flank Steak
  • Price: $60/CCBA member, $75/Non-member
  • RSVP to the CCBA required by Monday, August 5, 2024: https://clarkcountybar.org/bar-luncheon-rsvp-form/

Lunchtime Learning CLE

Sponsors: Bank of Nevada and Las Vegas Legal Video

“Sunrise, Sunset: Strategies for opening and closing your own law firm”

  • Course description: Working at a law firm and operating your own law firm are vastly different roles. A law firm can give you the tools, knowledge, and experience to be a successful attorney, but it does not train you on how to run a successful law firm. This CLE will provide you with guidance in opening, operating, and closing your own firm, including ethical, administrative, and management tips and traps.
  • Speaker: Jennifer Braster of Naylor & Braster
  • When: Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
  • Where: Online via Zoom
  • Offers: 1.0 general CLE credit (NV)
  • Live webcast (via Zoom): FREE for CCBA Members (2024) only. Not a CCBA member? Join/renew now.
  • Recorded materials rental: $25/CCBA Member or $50/non-member
  • RSVP to CCBA by 8/12/2024: https://clarkcountybar.org/marketplace/cle-programs/sunrise-sunset-cle-program/

Business Court Bench Bar Meeting

CCBA Monthly Mix & Mingle

Members of the Clark County Bar Association and the State Bar of Nevada invited to join us at 5:30 p.m. on their own dime on the fourth Thursday of the month.

  • When: Thursday, August 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
  • Where: Davy’s, 1221 S. Main St., Las Vegas
  • No RSVP needed

Location of monthly mixers subject to change. Mix and mingle responsibly.

Suit Drive for Boyd Law Students

Now through August 2024

We are holding a suit drive to help law students of the William S. Boyd School of Law with their needs for professional apparel. Please donate clean gently-used and new suits, slacks, skirts, blazers, jackets, blouses, button-down shirts, ties, scarves, shoes, belts, purses, and briefcases. ✨All clothing items must be dry-cleaned prior to donation.✨

Drop-off locations available at these locations:

For more information, contact StephanieAbbott@clarkcountybar.org or Nikki Harris at nikki.harris@unlv.edu.

Special Event

33rd Annual Meet Your Judges Mixer

The CCBA’s Meet Your Judges Mixer is the premier networking event for judges, attorneys, legal support staff, law students, and candidates in southern Nevada. Members of the Nevada bench and bar are invited to attend this special event. Business casual attire is acceptable. This is a private cocktail reception; no minors are allowed.

  • Featuring: Drink ticket, appetizers, networking, and silent auction! All proceeds to benefit the Clark County Bar Association (CCBA).
  • Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024, from 5:30 to 9:00 pm
  • Location: Worldview atop the World Market Center, 475 S. Grand Central Pkwy, Las Vegas
  • Admission fee: $72/CCBA Member, $99/Non-member, FREE/Nevada local, state, and federal judges
  • RSVP to the CCBA required by: Tuesday, August 27, 2024
  • RSVP now: https://clarkcountybar.org/meet-your-judges-mixer/ or (702) 387-6011

Annual Attorney Memorial Service

Members of the bench and bar are invited to attend a special event to honor Nevada attorneys who have passed on during the last year.

  • When: Friday, September 6, 2024, 3 to 5 p.m. Service starts at 3 p.m. sharp with reception immediately following.
  • Where: Supreme Court of Nevada, 408 E. Clark Avenue, Las Vegas
  • About: The annual attorney memorial services are produced by the Clark County Law Foundation in conjunction with the Clark County Bar Association, State Bar of Nevada, Eighth Judicial District Court, U.S. District Court, and the Federal Bar Association-Las Vegas Chapter. For more information, contact Patrick at the Clark County Law Foundation, (702) 333-8277.

8th Judicial District Court Civil Bench-Bar Meeting

Host: Eighth Judicial District Court – Civil Department
When: September 10, 2024, 12-1:00 p.m.
Where: Regional Justice Center, Courtroom 10D and Zoom
Contact:EJDCBenchBar@gmail.com

September Bar Luncheon

Sponsors: Bank of Nevada and First Legal

Speaker: Jon Ralston, CEO, The Nevada Independent

Topic: 2024 General Election

  • Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
  • Check-in & networking: 11:30 a.m.
  • Luncheon program: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
  • Location: Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse, 360 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas
  • Price: $60/CCBA member, $75/Non-member
  • RSVP to the Clark County Bar Association is required by Friday, September 6, 2024: https://clarkcountybar.org/bar-luncheon-rsvp-form/

Lunchtime Learning CLE

“A Bird’s-Eye View of Military Pensions”

This presentation will feature a quick overview of topics related to military pensions including: Military retirement benefits, Frozen Benefit Rule of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2017, Military Disability, and Blended Retirement System Effective 2018. This event is designed to provide an opportunity for CCBA members and USAF attorneys and legal office personnel to learn about a variety of legal issues that service members may face in their personal lives in southern Nevada.

Lunchtime Learning CLE

“Working Towards a More Diverse Legal Profession”

This program is produced by the CCBA’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee for Equity (DICE) as part of the DICE CLE Series.

Sponsors:

Course description: Regardless of how fair-minded we believe ourselves to be, most people have some degree of implicit bias – unconscious thought patterns and associations that can influence our attitudes towards others and how we make decisions. This program explores these thought patterns, how they impact the workplace, and strategies for identifying and minimizing their impact.

Speaker: Effie Sahihi, Vice President U.S. Managed Review, Diversity Equity & Inclusion Program Lead, Consilio LLC

Bar Committee Meetings

CCBA members are invited to help plan bar activities by volunteering for these bar committees:

  • Friday, August 2, 2024 (12-1 p.m.) via Zoom – Community Service Committee – Plans activities that provide outreach services to the community at large in southern Nevada.
  • Wednesday, August 7, 2024 (12-1 p.m.) via Zoom – CLE Committee – Plans CLE programs for the benefit of the Clark County Bar Association and Nevada legal community.
  • Friday, August 9, 2024 (12-1 p.m.) via Zoom – Publications Committee – Plans content for upcoming issues of the bar journal Communiqué.
  • Friday, August 16, 2024 – (12-1 p.m.) via Zoom – Diversity and Inclusion Committee for Equity (DICE) – Plans activities to facilitate constructive discussion and enhance understanding of diversity issues.
  • Wednesday, August 21, 2024 (12-1 p.m.) at CCBA office with Zoom option – New Lawyers Committee – Coordinates and participates with the William S. Boyd School of Law to produce student competitions. Members volunteer to help with bar events including CCBA pub crawls, UNLV law student competitions, and the Meet Your Judges Mixer. The New Lawyers Committee is for attorneys admitted to practice in Nevada within the last seven years, regardless of age.

For more information about a committee, see https://clarkcountybar.org/about/committees/. To confirm meeting dates, times, and/or location, contact the CCBA office at 702-387-6011.

Picture Day at CCBA

Sponsor: Portraits to You

Special offers:

  • 20% off purchases of professional portraits for CCBA members!
  • No sitting fees ($49 value) for this and graduation/family portrait session

When & where:

Notes: Digital portraits taken by the professional photographer during these events will be available to purchase directly from Portraits to You. CCBA members will be offered special pricing options on products and/or services provided by Portraits to You. Portraits to You will provide the CCBA with an editorial copy of the portraits to publish in the bar journal Communiqué, on the bar’s official website, online via social media accounts, and as needed by the association.

Need more continuing legal education (CLE)? View our CLE programs: https://clarkcountybar.org/marketplace/cle-programs/.

For more information about events hosted by the CCBA, contact the CCBA office at 702-387-6011.