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Partnership Between Bailey Kennedy and Cristo Rey St. Viator Continues

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LAS VEGAS, NV (August 7, 2023) Bailey Kennedy, LLP is delighted to welcome five Cristo Rey St. Viator students for the 2023-2024 school year. This year sees two students from the 2022-2023 school year return to continue their on-site work experience. The firm is excited to welcome three new students and looks forward to introducing them to a law firm office environment.

Since the school’s inception four years ago, Bailey Kennedy, LLP has participated in Cristo Rey St. Viator College Preparatory High School’s Corporate Work Study Program. Bailey Kennedy, LLP’s participation in the program is aimed at giving teens with limited economic opportunities a chance to experience a relevant work environment along with their college preparatory curriculum. The law firm employs four students a year to learn a variety of skills ranging from office culture to work responsibility.

High schoolers who attend Cristo Rey St. Viator gain hands-on experience, as well as an extensive knowledge of office dynamics and work etiquette through the work study program. The Cristo Rey model developed in 1996 in Chicago, Illinois to provide quality education to students who are economically limited, with students earning their tuition through the work study program and learning valuable skills for their future. Cristo Rey St. Viator College Preparatory High School has been open in North Las Vegas since 2019 and is the first of its kind in Nevada. For more information on the organization, volunteering, and contribution opportunities, visit www.cristoreystviator.org

Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. The firm focuses on litigation, healthcare law, real estate law, and administrative law. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, amongst more, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, municipalities, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.baileykennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.

Seven Bailey Kennedy attorneys named to the 2023 Mountain States Super Lawyers list.

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Partners John R. Bailey, Dennis L. Kennedy, Joshua M. Dickey, and Joseph A. Liebman were named on the 2023 Mountain States Super Lawyers list in the area of Business Litigation. Partner Paul C. Williams has been named on the list in the area of Health Care. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the Mountain States area of Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Additionally, Partner Joshua P. Gilmore and Associate Rebecca L. Crooker have been named on the 2023 Mountain States Rising Stars list in the area of Business Litigation. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the Mountain States area are selected to receive this recognition.

Partner Dennis L. Kennedy has also received the distinction of being named on the 2023 Mountain States’ “Top 10” and “Top 100” lists for the eighth consecutive year.
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than seventy practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

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Bailey Kennedy, LLP is a Nevada law firm focusing on litigation, appellate law, hospital and healthcare law, business and corporate law, real estate law, administrative and gaming law, and ethics and professional responsibility law. John R. Bailey founded the firm in 2001 and serves as its Managing Partner.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP has been named among the “Best Places to Work” in Las Vegas and Nevada by Las Vegas Business Press, In Business Las Vegas, and Nevada Business magazine. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP Receives Top Chambers USA Legal Ranking

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LAS VEGAS, NV (June 8, 2023) – Chambers USA has recognized Bailey Kennedy as a Top US Firm in Litigation: General Commercial. Managing Partner John R. Bailey, Partner Dennis L. Kennedy, and Partner Joshua M. Dickey have also been recognized as Top US Attorneys in Litigation: General Commercial in the 2023 Legal Ranking.

Founded in 2001 by Managing Partner John R. Bailey, Bailey Kennedy, LLP is a Nevada law firm focusing primarily on complex litigation; appellate law; hospital and healthcare law; business, corporate, and real estate law; administrative and gaming law; and ethics and professional responsibility.

John R. Bailey focuses on complex commercial litigation, health care, and gaming law. Mr. Bailey has served on the Board of Directors of two publicly traded corporations: Boyd Gaming Corporation (2015 – present) and SHFL Entertainment, Inc. (2008 – 2013). He is a past chairman and member of the Nevada Athletic Commission (2001 – 2009). In 2020, Mr. Bailey was selected to the Southern Nevada District Court Review Commission.

Dennis L. Kennedy has represented a variety of people and companies, including judges, lawyers, pharmaceutical and tobacco companies, and hotel-casinos in both the assertion and defense of their rights. For over ten years, Mr. Kennedy was the co-editor of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual – the definitive authority on Nevada civil practice and procedure.

Joshua M. Dickey focuses on complex civil disputes in legal areas such as healthcare, commercial, corporate, and business torts/competition.

Chambers USA ranks an extensive range of leading firms and lawyers throughout America. The guide is read by industry-leading companies and organizations all around the world. It is also widely used by firms in all states for referral purposes. Research organized each year for Chambers USA combines 12 months of unbiased and thorough client interviews with an evaluation of the significant legal achievements of law firms and their lawyers. The rankings and editorial comments about lawyers are independent and objective; this section of the guide is based solely on the research team’s findings.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP has been named among the “Best Places to Work” in Las Vegas and Nevada by Las Vegas Business Press, In Business Las Vegas, and Nevada Business Magazine. The lineup of professionals at Bailey Kennedy represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.

Bailey Kennedy, LLP, and Cristo Rey Celebrate the End of the School Year

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LAS VEGAS, NV (May 9, 2022) Bailey Kennedy, LLP has been participating in Cristo Rey St. Viator’s Corporate Work Study Program from the school’s inception in 2019. The firm recently attended the second annual ‘Taco-bout-it’ event, along with other corporate partners of the high school. There the students discussed their employment by Bailey Kennedy, LLP by giving a presentation on the law firm, and discussed Bailey Kennedy, LLP’s impact on their lives. The event brought together all of Cristo Rey St. Viator’s partners to see the progress made with their student workers, both personally and professionally.

The Cristo Rey model developed in 1996 in Chicago, Illinois to provide quality education for economically limited students who earned their tuition through the work study program. Cristo Rey St. Viator College Preparatory High School, located in North Las Vegas, opened its doors in 2019 and gave many high schoolers opportunities to experience a variety of professional careers and learn valuable skills while also maintaining high educational standards. Four years after its opening, Cristo Rey will be celebrating the Class of 2023, the school’s first graduating class. For more information on the organization, volunteering, and contribution opportunities, visit www.cristoreystviator.org

Founded in 2001 by Managing Partner John R. Bailey, Bailey Kennedy, LLP is a Nevada law firm focusing on litigation, healthcare law, real estate law, and administrative law. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, amongst more, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, municipalities, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.baileykennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.

Bailey Kennedy’s Holiday Tradition of Giving Continues

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LAS VEGAS, NV (December 2022) For twelve years, Bailey Kennedy, LLP has participated in the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada’s “Adopt a Family” program. Starting with the Thanksgiving holiday, Bailey Kennedy employees search online and out in-stores to select the best gifts according to the needs and requests of the two adopted families. Staff then wrap the gifts that would later be presented to the families.

The “Adopt a Family” program was created in hopes of assisting families whose child have been diagnosed with cancer to help alleviate both financial and emotional stress that the holiday season may bring to a family. Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada is a non-profit agency that has been providing support and services for families of children diagnosed with cancer for over 40 years. Candlelighters serve approximately 400 families and 1,800 children, both siblings and diagnosed children throughout the year in Nevada. Children from birth to 21 years of age who have been diagnosed or survived cancer are eligible for services if treated or living in Nevada. For more information on the organization, volunteering, or contribution opportunities, visit www.candlelightersnv.org.

Founded in 2001 by Managing Partner John R. Bailey, Bailey Kennedy, LLP is a Nevada law firm focusing on litigation, healthcare law, real estate law, and administrative law. Its strong team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, municipalities, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.baileykennedy.com or call 702.562.8820