Snell & WIlmer Supports the Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation Barristers’ Ball Championships

April 20, 2012 - PRLog -- LAS VEGAS (April 20, 2012) – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to join other members of the Nevada legal community by coming together to raise money and support the Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation with the 2012 Barristers’ Ball Charity Tennis Championships. The theme for this year’s event is “ON COURT = OUT OF COURT” – keeping kids “ON COURT” keeps them “OUT OF COURT.”

Starting Monday, April 23rd, hundreds of lawyers, judges and other members of the legal community will compete in both adult and junior singles, doubles and mixed doubles, culminating in finals matches on Sunday, April 29th.  Matches will be held at The Stirling Club at Turnberry Place, located at 2827 Paradise Road in Las Vegas, Lorenzi Park, LVH and other locations. The Sunday finals, complete with chair umpires and ball kids, will begin at 8:00 a.m. at The Stirling Club.

On Wednesday, April 25th, all participants and guests are invited to a cocktail reception at The Stirling Club starting at 6:00 p.m., featuring live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. Dancing will follow beginning at 8:30 p.m. Festivities will wrap up on Sunday, April 29th with former Las Vegas Mayor, Oscar Goodman, introducing the Pro-Am and Barrister exhibition matches from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The Stirling Club.

The Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire children through mentoring, tennis and education. Founders, Ryan Wolfington and Marty Hennessy, together have raised over $1,000,000 in the tennis community for children in need. Their goal is to assist at-risk youth to attend college through scholarships. To date, they have guided 40 young adults to college through scholarships, with hundreds more training in their junior leadership program.

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