Background
Kennedy, Dennis L. was born on October 28, 1950 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Kennedy, Dennis L. was born on October 28, 1950 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
University of Washington (Bachelor of Arts, 1972. Juris Doctor, 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Washington Law Review, 1974-1975.
Hearing Examiner, University of Nevada System, since 1978.
Member, State Bar of Nevada, Disciplinary Committee, since 1988.
Lakeside Community Hospital, Incorporated. versus Levenson, 710 P.2d 727 (Nevada 1985); Forsyth versus Humana Incorporated., 827 F.Supp. 1498 (Doctorate. Nevada 1993).Worked at Lionel Sawyer & Collins (Las Vegas, Nevada) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Bankruptcy, Health Care, Hotel and Resort Law, Real Estate and Construction, Financial Services, Mining, Probate, Labor Taxation, Natural Resource and Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Land Use Planning and Zoning and Gaming Law. Intellectual Property Law, Immigration Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Nevada.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Washington Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: State Bar of Nevada, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Committee, 1988.
Chairman, 1992-1994. Member: Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Public Discipline of Attorneys, 1993.
Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Study of Judicial Elections, 1995. Member: Clark County and American (Member: Administrative Law Section.
Antitrust Law Section. Forum Committee on Health Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Nevada; American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.
National Health Lawyers Association. American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics. International Association of Gaming Attorneys.
Nathan Adelson Hospice (Chairman, Board of Trustees).
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Company-Lead Counsel and Chairman of Defendants" Steering Committee, Consolidated Electronic Gaming Device Class Actions.
The firm was founded in 1967 by Las Vegas litigator Sam Lionel and former Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, now deceased. With the addition of former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Collins, now deceased, the firm adopted its current name.
The firm grew to become the largest private law firm in Nevada.
Today the firm provides fully-staffed offices in Las Vegas and Reno, serving Nevada, national and international clients.
Member, Board of Editors, Washington Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: State Bar of Nevada, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Committee, 1988. Chairman, 1992-1994. Member: Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Public Discipline of Attorneys, 1993.
Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Study of Judicial Elections, 1995.
Member: Clark County and American (Member: Administrative Law Section. Antitrust Law Section.
Forum Committee on Health Law) Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada; American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.
National Health Lawyers Association.
American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics. International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Nathan Adelson Hospice (Chairman, Board of Trustees).
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
Company-Lead Counsel and Chairman of Defendants" Steering Committee, Consolidated Electronic Gaming Device Class Actions.