The 2011 Legal Elite list represents the top attorneys in Nevada. Comprising the lists this year are 100 Southern Nevada lawyers, 35 Northern Nevada lawyers, 20 Best Up and Coming lawyers and 15 Best Government lawyers. Nevada has 10,584 licensed attorneys and of those, this year’s 135 (Southern and Northern Nevada attorneys) represent the top one percent. These attorneys … [Read more...] about Legal Elite: Nevada’s Best Attorneys as Chosen by their Peers
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Education Outlook: Slashed Budgets and Failing Grades
A year ago, the Silver State was ranked 50th in the nation for the quality of its public K-12 education, in an Education Week survey, and was reeling from monumental budget cuts for K-12 and higher education for the 2009-10 biennium that few felt we could recover from. Now, a year later, Nevadans face even greater cuts, totaling 29 percent from higher education, and 27 … [Read more...] about Education Outlook: Slashed Budgets and Failing Grades
Banking on Nevada: A New Day
Though the recession was officially declared over in June, of 2009, Nevada’s recovery continues to lag behind that of the rest of the nation. There were more national banks than state-chartered banks involved in the residential mortgage and commercial real estates loan problems, but state-chartered banks in Nevada felt the impact through trickle down. “The pressure on banks … [Read more...] about Banking on Nevada: A New Day
A New Hope?: The 2011 Legislative Session
It is, of course, incumbent upon any newly elected Governor, in his first major address, to exude optimism. So it was striking to many observers that Brian Sandoval, optimistic by nature, began the substance of his first State of the State Address with a bracingly frank assessment of where Nevada stands in early 2011. “Nevadans are confronted on all sides with bad news,” … [Read more...] about A New Hope?: The 2011 Legislative Session
Economic Forecast
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” A Tale of Two Cities In 1858, but he may have been gazing into a crystal ball and … [Read more...] about Economic Forecast
Nevada’s Financial Institutions
Competition, fraud, compliance, technology… to say the financial services industry has its hands full would be an understatement. Both banks and credit unions are facing challenges on many fronts... Competition Heightens Banks have to keep score of who’s teaming with whom. Among recent merger announcements is word that Western Alliance Bancorporation and Bank of Nevada … [Read more...] about Nevada’s Financial Institutions
Nevada’s Financial Institutions
Competition, fraud, compliance, technology… to say the financial services industry has its hands full would be an understatement. Both banks and credit unions are facing challenges on many fronts... Competition Heightens Banks have to keep score of who’s teaming with whom. Among recent merger announcements is word that Western Alliance Bancorporation and Bank of Nevada … [Read more...] about Nevada’s Financial Institutions
Nevada’s Agribusiness: Coming through the fires
This past summer brought the largest wildfire season ever experienced in Nevada. In a span of just a few months, more than 1.6 million acres of land burned, including 370,000 acres of private land and 130 public land grazing allotments. Five counties (Elko, Humboldt, Pershing, Lander and Eureka) were declared natural disaster areas, and they brought four adjoining counties … [Read more...] about Nevada’s Agribusiness: Coming through the fires