(Las Vegas, NV) Las Vegas law firm Bailey Kennedy, LLP has promoted Joshua P. Gilmore to Partner. Mr. Gilmore has worked at the firm for over eight years. He practices in the area of complex commercial litigation, handling matters involving breach of contract, fraud, antitrust and unfair competition, and business torts. He also handles matters involving professional responsibility and legal ethics, including legal malpractice, attorney disqualification, lawyer advertising, unauthorized practice of law, charging and retaining liens, and discipline defense.
“When the company was founded 16 years ago, it was with the intention that we would develop bright young legal minds into leaders of our industry,” said John R. Bailey, founder and managing partner of Bailey Kennedy, LLP. “It has been my pleasure to watch Joshua grow in the legal profession as well as within the firm. His promotion to Partner is well deserved, and I look forward to his continued success in mentoring our Firm’s associates.”
Mr. Gilmore has been named “Rising Star” in the Mountain States Super Lawyers listing as well as “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation. He is a member of the State Bar of Nevada and Clark County Bar Associations. He received his Juris Doctorate with a summa cum laude distinction from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and his Bachelor of Science with a cum laude distinction from Tulane University.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. It 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 firm focuses on litigation, appellate work, healthcare law, administrative law, real estate law, and ethics and professional responsibility law. 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. For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.
LAS VEGAS (November 1st, 2016) – The law firm of Bailey Kennedy, LLP has received a Tier 1 ranking in U.S. News – Best Lawyers Best Law Firms list for 2017. The firm earned a Tier 1 ranking in Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law and Real Estate Law.
The firm’s Best Law Firms Tier 1 ranking, the highest available from U.S. News – Best Lawyers, was determined through an overall evaluation that included a combination of client feedback, feedback from attorneys at other firms in the same practice areas and information provided by the firm.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP, is a Nevada-based law firm focusing on litigation, appellate advocacy, administrative and gaming law, hospital and healthcare law, ethics and professional responsibility law, and business and corporate law. Its dynamic 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. 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.
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.
LAS VEGAS (September 6th, 2016) – Benchmark Litigation, a national guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys, has recognized John R. Bailey and Dennis L. Kennedy of Bailey Kennedy, LLP as Litigation Stars of the Year. The firm has also been named a 2017 Highly Recommended firm in Nevada.
Benchmark Litigation is a guide to the country’s top attorneys that focuses exclusively on litigation in the US. The guide’s results are the culmination of an eight-month research period that includes extensive interviews with litigators and their clients.
The “local litigation star” list “reflects only those individuals who were recommended consistently as reputable and effective litigators by clients and peers.” as defined by Michael Rafalowich, Editor of Benchmark Litigation. “‘Highly recommended’ firms received the most mentions [by peers and clients] and were held as dominant in their particular jurisdiction.”
John Bailey is the firm’s founding shareholder, whose practice focuses on healthcare law, gaming and corporate litigation. He is also the managing partner of the firm. He is the Chairman of the Moral Character and Fitness Committee of the Nevada State Bar. He serves as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for a Better Nevada, The Public Education Foundation, the Institutional Advisory Council of College of Southern Nevada, and the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance. Bailey is a Director of Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) and served on the Board of Directors of SHFL entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHFL), where he was Chairman of its Governance Committee. He is a past Chairman and member of the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Kennedy’s practice focuses on business and professional liability litigation. For over 40 years, he has represented many of the country’s leading drug, food, healthcare, insurance, tobacco, hotel-casino, and other companies in both the enforcement and defense of their rights. For 10 years, Kennedy was the co-editor of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual, the definitive authority on Nevada civil practice and procedure. He serves as an adjunct professor of law at the Boyd School of Law (UNLV), where he teaches Nevada Civil Practice, a course whose components consist of civil procedure, evidence, and professional ethics.
Bailey Kennedy was the only law firm in Nevada on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States for both 2010 and 2011 and has been named a “Best Place to Work” by the Las Vegas Business Press, Vegas Inc. and Nevada Business magazine. The law firm of Bailey Kennedy, LLP has also received a Tier 1 ranking in U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list for 2015 and recognized as a Top US firm in General/Commercial Litigation by Chambers USA for 2014.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. The firm focuses on litigation, appellate work, healthcare law, administrative law, and real estate law. Its dynamic team of professionals represents, among others, top healthcare facilities, publicly traded corporations, municipalities, gaming companies, financial institutions, travel and tourism leaders, public entities, banks, real estate developers, entertainment concerns, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.BaileyKennedy.com or call 702.562.8820.
LAS VEGAS (August 8, 2016) Bailey Kennedy, LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Joshua M. Dickey has been determined by Super Lawyers to be a “Mountain State Super Lawyer” for 2016
A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.
Dickey’s practice focuses on business litigation, including disputes in such areas as commercial law, trade secrets, covenants not to compete, corporate law, and healthcare law. In addition, he advises clients on matters concerning corporate governance, trade secrets, and covenants not to compete. He is a member of the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Nevada.
Dickey has been named a “Mountain States Super Lawyer” every year since 2010. He was selected as a “Mountain States Rising Star” in 2009 and a “Nevada Rising Star” in 2008.
For more information about Super Lawyers, visit www.superlawyers.com.
Bailey Kennedy, LLP was founded in 2001 by John R. Bailey. The firm focuses on litigation, appellate work, healthcare law, real estate law and administrative law. Its dynamic 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.