Background
Faiss, Robert Dean was born on September 19, 1934 in Centralia, Illinois, United States. Son of Wilbur and Theresa Ella (Watts) Faiss.
(This is a memoir constructed from interviews with Guy Far...)
This is a memoir constructed from interviews with Guy Farmer for the University of Nevada Oral History Program. Farmer served as press spokesman for the gaming control agencies and as liaison officer with state and national media. This then is a recollection of vital memories of Nevada's unique gaming control control system, which eventually became the model for other states. 54 pages, indexed paperbound, 2006.
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Faiss, Robert Dean was born on September 19, 1934 in Centralia, Illinois, United States. Son of Wilbur and Theresa Ella (Watts) Faiss.
University of Nevada. American University (Bachelor of Arts, 1969. Juris Doctor, 1972). Assistant Executive Secretary, Nevada Gaming Commission, 1961-1963.
Executive Assistant to the Governor of Nevada, 1963-1967.
Assistant to the President of the United States, 1968 1969.
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, 1972, Nevada.
City Editor, Las Vegas SUN, 1958-1959. Assistant Executive Secretary, Nevada Gaming Commission, 1961-1963.
Executive Assistant to the Governor of Nevada, 1963-1967. Staff Assistant to the President of the United States, 1968-1969.
Member: Clark County and American (Member, Gaming Law Committee, General Practice Section.
Chairman, 1985-1986) Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada; International Association of Gaming Attorneys (President, 1984-1985). 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.
(This is a memoir constructed from interviews with Guy Far...)
Clark County and American (Member, Gaming Law Committee, General Practice Section. Chairman, 1985-1986) Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada; International Association of Gaming Attorneys (President, 1984-1985).
Gaming Law, Administrative Law, Zoning and Comprehensive Planning.
Married Linda Louise Chambers, Mar.30, 1991. Children: Michael Dean Faiss, Marcy Faiss Ayres, Robert Mitchell Faiss, Philip Grant Faiss, Justin Cooper.