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Snell & Wilmer Adds Environmental Attorney to Environmental and Natural Resources Group in Salt Lake City

The National Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division has selected Snell & Wilmer attorney Karl O. Riley to serve as co-chair of the membership committee.

Marek Bute, a Snell & Wilmer associate in the Las Vegas office, begins serving his term as President of the Board of Directors for Aid for Aids of Nevada (AFAN).

Las Vegas Snell & Wilmer attorney, Justin Cochran, has been appointed to the board of directors of Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada (RTSNV).

Alan L. Sullivan Inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers

Snell & Wilmer's Orange County office is being honored with the California State Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award. Among the other recipients of the service awards, Snell & Wilmer is the only law firm to be granted this award.

Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the addition of Rick McNeil as a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation group in Orange County. He joins Snell & Wilmer from the law firm of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell.

Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Holly Shilliday, counsel in its Denver office, has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the board of directors of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation.

American Lung Association of the Southwest Names Snell & Wilmer Partner Brad Cahoon as Chairman of the Board

Anne Meyer, an employee benefits partner in Snell & Wilmer's Phoenix office, has been appointed to the board of directors for UMOM New Day Centers, Inc., the largest homeless shelter for families in Arizona.

Mary-Christine “M.C.” Sungaila, partner in the firm’s Orange County office, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Coastline Community College Foundation.

Patricia Curtis earns Top Lawyer in Southern Nevada for Real Estate and Foreclosure recognition from VEGAS INC

Snell & Wilmer attorney Scott C. Sandberg, a partner in the Denver office, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Colorado State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors.

The Emory Alumni Board is an advisory board with working committees that represents the voice of Emory's 114,000 alumni.

Snell & Wilmer Attorney Nicholas Vaskov to Present at Aug. 7 NBI Zoning and Land Use Seminar in Las Vegas

Mountain States Super Lawyers® Magazine Spotlights Snell & Wilmer Partner Denise Dragoo

Julie Maurer, an associate in the Phoenix office, has been appointed to the board of Arizona Women's Education and Employment, Inc., an organization that transforms the lives of Arizonans into economic success stories.

William Peterson has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Mountain States Super Lawyers® and another Snell & Wilmer attorney in Reno, Jacey Prupas, has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Mountain States Rising Stars publication.

The firm’s Los Angeles office will co-host a seminar, followed by a reception, with Navigant on Thursday, July 26.

Jennifer Hargis, an associate in Snell & Wilmer's Las Vegas office, has been elected to the board of directors of S.A.F.E House.

Snell and Wilmer attorneys Chad Fears, Richard Gordon, Justin Hepworth, Mandy Shavinsky and Justin Carley have been named as Nevada Business Magazine's 2012 Legal Elite. The five attorneys pracice in the firm's Las Vegas office.

In addition, one of Snell & Wilmer’s Phoenix partners, Patrick X. Fowler, was recognized for his decades of leadership and service to the Volunteer Lawyers Program’s (VLP).

Snell & Wilmer attorneys in Las Vegas office selected for inclusion in the 2012 Mountain States Super Lawyers® publication.

Keith Gregory, partner in Snell & Wilmer's Los Angeles office, and Richard Katz, counsel in Snell & Wilmer's Phoenix office, will be presenting at the Symposium East on Counterfeit Electronic Parts at the University of Maryland on June 28, 2012.

Patricia Curtis, Leon Mead and Stephen Yoken from Snell's Las Vegas office have been named as leaders in their respective fields by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2012.

George Ng, partner in the firm’s Orange County office, will be speaking at the Annual Hatch-Waxman Boot Camp in San Diego, California on June 26, 2012.

Nine attorneys in the Salt Lake City office have been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Mountain States Super Lawyers® publication.

Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that S.A.F.E. House recognized the Las Vegas office of Snell & Wilmer with the first Champion of Hope Award for the firm’s contributions and support.

ABA Section of International Law Welcomes Carlos Sugich to Speak About Legal Trends in Mexico's Real Estate Industry

Scott Hancock has joined the Private Client Services – Estate Planning group and Kevin Hogan has joined the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group.

Mary-Christine “M.C.” Sungaila, partner in the firm’s Orange County office, has been elected to the board of an independent Los Angeles nonprofit literary publisher, Red Hen Press.

Four of Snell * Wilmer's California-based attorneys have been named as leaders in their respective fields by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2012.

Snell & Wilmer is the Presenting Sponsor of the Third Annual Orange County Trust Summit.

Names 34 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys as 'Leaders in Their Field'

Rebecca Winterscheidt, a partner in Snell & Wilmer's Phoenix office, was a panelist at the State of Arizona - Security Conference, “The Marriage of Privacy and Security.”

Hadar Avraham and Paul Pappalardo have joined the firm in the Phoenix and Tucson offices. Avraham will practice with State and Local Tax group in both Phoenix and Tucson. Pappalardo will practice with the Intellectual Property group in Phoenix.

Susan Grueneberg, franchise partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, presented on a panel at the 28th Annual International Bar Association/International Franchise Association Joint Conference on May 23rd in Washington D.C.

Snell & Wilmer's Orange County and Los Angeles offices will be co-hosting an MCLE program with the Association of Corporate Counsel – Southern California (ACC-SoCal) on June 6, 2012 at the Sky Room in Long Beach, California.

Bankruptcy Attorney Troy Aramburu Joins the Salt Lake City Office of Snell & Wilmer

The Stanford Law School Board of Visitors has played an important role in helping the dean of the law school respond to particular challenges facing legal education.

Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that the board of directors of the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County (CRF-OC) has selected the firm to receive the 2012 Community Partner of the Year Award.

Mary-Christine “M.C.” Sungaila, partner in the firm’s Orange County office, has been named to The Daily Journal’s 2012 list of Top Women Lawyers.

Jim Scheinkman will be hosting a Lorman Education Services seminar addressing issues to consider when negotiating letters of intent in mergers and acquisitions.

Keith Gregory, Brett Johnson, and Dan Wittenberg will be speaking on different topics and issues throughout the Electronic Resellers Association International (ERAI) Executive Conference in Las Vegas on May 17, 2012.

George Ng, a partner in the firm’s Orange County office, will be presenting at the Sixth International Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum in Budapest, Hungary on May 14, 2012.

William Pedranti, a business and finance partner in the firm’s Orange County office, will be speaking at the 6th National Conference on the FCPA and Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry in New York City on May 8th and 9th, 2012.

Tucson attorney Stephen J. Young has joined the UApresents advisory board.

M.C. Sungaila, appellate partner in Snell & Wilmer’s Orange County Office, recently spoke at the Food, Drug, and Medical Device Litigation Forum presented by HB Litigation in Minneapolis, MN.

Each year, the Pegasus Scholarship Trust sends two American Inns of Court members to London, England, to study the British legal systems for six weeks.

Elizabeth Weldon, partner in the firm’s Orange County office, has been named a 2012 Rising Star by the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC-SoCal).