General Membership Meetings: 3rd Thursday of Every Month, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101, host: Doreen Spears-Hartwell.
Executive Board Meetings: 1st Thursday of Every Month, 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at the Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101, host: Richard Boulware.
Membership and Elections Committee Meetings: Each Wednesday by phone in the week after the General Membership Meeting, host: Augusta Massey.
Please contact us at lasvegasnba@yahoo.com if you would like to get involved or obtain more information about LVNBA committees.
October 2010: The 21st Annual Scholarship Gala will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2010, at Bally’s in Las Vegas, Nevada. (save-the-date flyer)
On behalf of the LVNBA and the LVNBA Foundation (“Foundation”), we would like to invite you to take part in one of our chapter’s most honored traditions. You can PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE.
The Foundation is a public charity created to encourage diversity in the legal field by providing scholarships to minority and low-income law students. Scholarship information and scholarship applications are now available. The deadline for scholarship applications is September 30, 2010 (postmark).
The LVNBA together with the LVNBA Foundation gives out four awards: the Community Service Award, the Corporate Service Award, the Law Firm of the Year Award, and the Attorney of the Year Award.
You can also use this form to purchase tickets or sponsor the gala. We also encourage you to place an ad in the gala program booklet.
For more information about the Annual Scholarship Gala, please go to the commitee page.
November 2010: The National Bar Association will hold its Executive Board Meeting in Las Vegas on November 18-20, 2010; Thanksgiving Food Drive / Donations, tentative date: 11/22/10.
December 2010: Holiday Mixer, tentative date: 12/16/10.
August 2012: The National Bar Association will hold its Annual Convention in Las Vegas in August 2012.
Please contact us at lasvegasnba@yahoo.com if you would like to get involved in or sponsor any of our upcoming events.
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Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m.
Event: Backpack Donations
Location: Booker Elementary School, Mat Kelly Elementary School, and Kit Carson Elementary School
Host/Chair: F. Travis Buchanan
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 3:30 p.m.
Event: Backpack Stuffing
Location: Hutchison & Steffen, Peccole Professional Park, 10080 West Alta Drive, Suite 200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
Host/Chair: Patricia Lee / F. Travis Buchanan
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Event: Community Education and Public Service Committee Meeting
Location: Landry's Seafood House, 2610 West Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 90102
Host/Chair: F. Travis Buchanan
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: Membership and Elections Committee Meeting
Location: Conference Call
Host/Chair: Augusta Massey
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: General Membership Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 16th floor, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host/Chair: Doreen Spears-Hartwell
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Monthly Meeting
Location: Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Richard Boulware, Federal Public Defender's Office
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: Membership and Elections Committee Meeting
Location: Conference Call
Host/Chair: Augusta Massey
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: General Membership Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 16th floor, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host/Chair: Doreen Spears-Hartwell
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Monthly Meeting
Location: Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Richard Boulware, Federal Public Defender's Office
Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: Membership and Elections Committee Meeting
Location: Conference Call
Host/Chair: Augusta Massey
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: General Membership Meeting
Location: Regional Justice Center, 12th floor, Courtroom 12D, 200 Lewis Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89155
Host/Chair: Judge Timothy C. Williams, Eighth Judicial District Court, Dept. 16
Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Event: Community Education and Public Service Committee Meeting
Location: Landry's Seafood House, 2610 West Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 90102
Host/Chair: F. Travis Buchanan
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 12:00 p.m.
Event: Annual Gala Committee Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 16th floor, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host/Chair: Doreen Spears-Hartwell
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: Membership and Elections Committee Meeting
Location: Conference Call
Host/Chair: Augusta Massey
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Event: Meet and Greet with Judicial Candidates (Meet and Greet Flyer)
Location: "Mandarin Bar" on the 23rd floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at City Center, 3752 Las Vegas Blvd. Sout
Hosts: Las Vegas chapters of the Asian Bar Association, the Latino Bar Association, the National Bar Association, and the South Asian Bar Association
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: General Membership Monthly Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Doreen Spears-Hartwell, Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 6:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Monthly Meeting
Location: Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Richard Boulware, Federal Public Defender's Office
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Event: Career Day at Andre Agassi Preparatory Academy
Location: 1201 West Lake Mead Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89106
Point Person: Travis Buchanan
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Event: Membership and Elections Committee Meeting
Location: Anthony A. Zmaila Limited PLLC, 265 East Warm Springs Rd., #100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
Host/Chair: Augusta Massey
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Event: Committee Education and Public Service Committee Meeting
Location: Landry's Seafood House, 2610 West Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 90102
Chair: Travis Buchanan
Date: Monday, April 19, 2010,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Event: Annual Gala Committee Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Chair/Host: Doreen Spears-Hartwell, Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: General Membership Monthly Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Doreen Spears-Hartwell, Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 6:05 p.m. to 7:30 p.m
Event: LVNBA/BALSA Mentor-Mentee Mixer, a joint event with the UNLV Boyd Law School Black Law Students Association
Location: William S. Boyd School of Law room 101
Event Organizer: Monica Dean
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
Event: Executive Board / Committee Chair Joint Meeting
Location: Gordon Biersch, Summerlin
Event Organizer: Richard Boulware
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2010, 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Monthly Meeting
Location: Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Richard Boulware, Federal Public Defender's Office
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: General Membership Monthly Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Doreen Spears-Hartwell, Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Monthly Meeting
Location: Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Richard Boulware, Federal Public Defender's Office
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: General Membership Monthly Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Doreen Spears-Hartwell, Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Monthly Meeting
Location: Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Richard Boulware, Federal Public Defender's Office
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Event: General Membership Monthly Meeting
Location: Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1700 Bank of America Plaza, 300 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Doreen Spears-Hartwell, Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Monthly Meeting
Location: Federal Public Defender's Office, 411 E. Bonneville, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Host: Richard Boulware, Federal Public Defender's Office
Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Retreat No. 2
Location: Hutchison & Steffen, Peccole Professional Park, 10080 West Alta Drive, Suite 200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
Host: Patricia Lee, Hutchison & Steffen
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Event: Holiday Mixer (instead of December General Membership Meeting)
Location: McCormack & Schmick's, 335 Hughes Center Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89169
Sponsors & Co-Hosts: Richard F. Boulware, Asst. Federal Public Defender; Doreen Spears Hartwell, Lionel Sawyer & Collins; Malcolm LaVergne, LaVergne Law Group; Patricia Lee, Hutchison & Steffen; and John V. White, Dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law-UNLV
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Retreat No. 1
Location: Hutchison & Steffen, Peccole Professional Park, 10080 West Alta Drive, Suite 200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
Host: Patricia Lee, Hutchison & Steffen
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Event: Executive Board Transition Meeting
Location: Doña María Tamales, 910 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89101
Co-Hosts: Richard F. Boulware, Asst. Federal Public Defender & F. Travis Buchanan, Clark County School District
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 8:00 a.m.
Event: LVNBA Thanksgiving Community Service Event
Location: Kermit Booker Elementary School, 2277 North Martin Luther King Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89106
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 5:45 p.m.
Event: LVNBA General Membership Monthly Meeting
Location: Hutchison & Steffen, Peccole Professional Park, 10080 West Alta Drive, Suite 200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
Host: Patricia Lee, Hutchison & Steffen