Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Honors Snell & Wilmer With Multiple Pro Bono Awards

Dec. 13, 2012 - PRLog -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that the firm, and several of its attorneys, received awards and recognition for their pro bono contributions to the Las Vegas valley by the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. The awards were presented at the Legal Aid Center’s 2012 Pro Bono Awards Luncheon.  

For the second year in a row, Snell & Wilmer was the recipient of the Lied Award as law firm of the year for contributing the most pro bono hours of any firm in Southern Nevada for 2012, recording 1176 combined hours.  

In addition to the firm’s recognition, Cynthia L. Alexander, a partner in the Commercial Litigation Group of the Las Vegas office, received the Lied Award for the most pro bono hours of an attorney in 2012.  

Lied Awards are given in recognition of the Lied Foundation which gave the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada a Challenge Grant in 2000. The grant is based on how many pro bono hours lawyers and law firms donate to the Legal Aid Center on a yearly basis. This is the second year in a row a Snell & Wilmer attorney received this recognition.

Several individual Snell & Wilmer attorneys were also recognized for taking one case in 2012 or for more than 50 hours of service. The following is a complete list of Snell & Wilmer attorneys who were recognized by the Legal Aid Center in 2012:

50 Hours Club   
Laura Ellen Browning
Marek P. Bute
Richard C. Gordon

100 Hours Club
Cynthia L. Alexander, 200+ hours
Justin R. Cochran, 200+ hours

Honor Roll (attorneys who accepted one case from Legal Aid Center)
Cynthia L. Alexander
Holly E. Cheong
Chad R. Fears
Alexander L. Fugazzi
Jennifer R. Hargis
Justin S. Hepworth
Erin McMullen
Leon F. Mead II
Catherine M. O’Mara
Casey G. Perkins
Robin E. Perkins
Karl O. Riley
Nicholas G. Vaskov

The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation which is a charitable organization dedicated to providing free community legal services to those in need. Their mission is to preserve access to justice and the provision of quality legal counsel, advice and representation for individuals who are unable to protect their rights because they cannot afford an attorney.

About Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing in nine locations throughout the western United States and in Mexico, including Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Los Angeles and Orange County, California; Denver, Colorado; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.swlaw.com.