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Real Estate Finance CLE Webcast Free for CCBA Members on September 23! See page 10 k Coun ar t l y C B a n COMMUNIQUÉ r o A ti THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CLARK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION ssocia The Real Estate Law Issue SEPTEMBER 2021 Read 2021 Nevada Legislative Update: What Real Estate Practitioners Should Know By Angela Turriciano Otto, Esq. and Brooke Holmes, Esq. See page 22 Featured inside CCBA President’s Message Strategically Planning for the A Long and Winding Road to See page 4 Judiciary’s Future Emergency Housing Security See page 20 See page 26 “Discovery & ADR CLE with The Commissioners” - a Three Part The Rents are Now Due (Maybe): Pro Bono Corner CLE Series Starts September 28 A Recap of the 2021 Nevada See page 30 See page 12 Legislature’s Session Regarding Evictions and Foreclosures See page 24 September 2021 – COMMUNIQUÉ – Clark County Bar Association 1 BOOKS FROM THE BAR The State Bar of Nevada has several reference publications available to meet the needs of Nevada attorneys, from comprehensive guides to compilations of templates in a variety of practice areas. Nevada Appellate Nevada Gaming Contract Templates Nevada Jury Practice Manual – Law Practice and for Nevada Attorneys Instructions: 2018 EDITION 2018 EDITION Procedure Manual This publication Civil - The 2018 edition has Written by attorneys provides lawyers with Nevada Jury been painstakingly edited with decades of a large selection of Instructions: Civil provides attorneys by experts in appellate experience in the form contracts drafted practice of gaming law, for a wide variety of participating in civil practice and reflects all jury trials in Nevada recent changes in the this reference manual transactions, with specific regard to the with downloadable law as well as the most includes 18 chapters sample jury instructions laws of Nevada. The up-to-date procedures covering topics such in an easy-to-use for practicing in Nevada’s as licensing, financing, customizable forms are format. The language appellate courts. Some gaming devices, race and designed as a starting in each template has topics covered include: sports books, compliance point for practitioners to been adapted from initiating an appeal, reporting requirements, craft custom agreements documents actually jurisdiction, settlement, interactive gaming and for use in commercial used in trial with an eye to being as party- criminal appeals, fast- much more. and residential purchases and leases, employment, neutral as possible. The track child custody, oral intellectual property, book includes subjects arguments and record deeds and cyber law...to such as: contractual preparation...in addition name a few. relationships, to many others. employment law, evidence, experts, intentional torts, fiduciary relationships, personal injury We’ve Got More! damages, eminent domain and more! The state bar’s online store includes additional titles of interest to attorneys practicing in Nevada, such as Nevada Business Entities, Succession Planning in Nevada and the Guide to the Tribal Courts of the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. To see all of the current titles available, visit: 2 www.nvbar.org > PublicationsClark >County State Bar Bar Association Publications – COMMUNIQUÉ – September 2021 State Bar Publications Products_Full Pg Ad.indd 1 11/27/2018 4:40:21 PM k Coun ar t l y C B a n COMMUNIQUÉ r o A ti THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CLARK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION ssocia Table of Contents The Real Estate Law Issue Columns Features CCBA President’s Message 2021 Nevada Legislative Update: What Real Estate Practitioners Back to Normal . Almost? Should Know By James E. Harper, Esq. ................. 4 By Angela Turriciano Otto, Esq. and Brooke Holmes, Esq. ............................ 22 View from the Bench The Rents are Now Due (Maybe): A Recap of the 2021 Nevada Legis- Strategically Planning for the lature’s Session Regarding Evictions and Foreclosures Judiciary’s Future By Ramir M. Hernandez, Esq. .......................................................................... 24 By Chief Justice James W. A Long and Winding Road to Emergency Housing Security Hardesty ......................................... 20 By Bailey Bortolin, Esq. .................................................................................... 26 Pro Bono Corner Thank You, Pro Bono Attorneys By Michael Wendlberger, Esq. ....... 30 Highlights Departments August 2021 Bar Luncheon Marks First In-Person Bar Luncheon Since Early 2020 About Communiqué .............. 8 By Stephanie Abbott ............................................................................................. 6 Advertiser Index .................... 9 Bar Activities ............... 9, 10, 12 Attorney Memorial Service Scheduled for November 5 .......................9 Court News .......................... 16 Areas of Practice ................. 16 Real Estate Finance CLE Webcast Free for CCBA Members on Member Moves ................... 16 September 23 ........................................................................................... 10 The Marketplace .................. 30 “Discovery & ADR CLE with The Commissioners” - a Three Part CLE Series Starts September 28 .................................................................... 12 On the Cover Angela Turriciano Otto, Esq. and Brooke Holmes, Esq. of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Abbott. September 2021 – COMMUNIQUÉ – Clark County Bar Association 3 CCBA President’s Message Back to Normal . Almost? By James E. Harper, Esq. ere we go again. Just when we thought the return to normalcy was on the horizon, After eighteen months of social COVID-19 cases are on the rise and Governor Sisolak has reinstituted the mask mandate in distancing and virtual events, HClark County and other “hot spot” counties. For me, this go-around feels different than the first mandate the CCBA is doing all that it issued in 2020. We have navigated the new norm. We can to get back to hosting live have adjusted our personal and professional lives. We have risen to the challenge. Now, as the stronger Delta events. Variant threatens our complete return to normalcy, our positivity must be stronger so we can continue to per- severe. As stated before: This too shall pass . again. The event was a success. James L. Leavitt said, After eighteen months of social distancing and vir- “This mixer had a great turnout! It gave recent takers tual events, the CCBA is doing all that it can to get back of the Nevada bar the opportunity to meet established to hosting live events. practitioners and at least one legislator in an informal On May 20, our New Lawyers Committee host- setting. It was a great success and I look forward to this ed the first in-person event in 2021. The CCBA Spring mixer being a lasting tradition carried on by the Clark Pub Crawl was a well-attended moving social mixer for County Bar Association.” members to network and visit local bars in the histor- Special thanks to event sponsors Hamilton Law and ical neighborhood, the Las Vegas Arts District. Special WestPac Wealth Partners. With their sponsorship we thanks to event sponsors Litigation Services, Las Vegas were able to offer attendees one complimentary bever- Legal Video, and Leavitt Legal Services, PC. age and a variety of food. Ryan Hamilton commented, On August 5, the New Lawyers Committee hosted “The pizza had a tangy zing.” the Summer Mixer & After Bar Exam Chill at Nevada The CCBA hosted its first in-person lunch on August Brew Works. Several future attorneys attended the 12, at MacKenzie River Pizza inside City National Arena. mixer. Chip Seigel, III, Chief Legal Officer of the Vegas Gold- en Knights, presented a one-hour CLE on Tips for Con- fronting and Playing Through Risk. It was wonderful James E. Harper, Esq. is the founding member of Harper Selim, PLLC, a civil and commercial litigation firm. James’s practice is focused on insurance matters, including coverage and bad faith, and appellate matters. James is president of the CCBA through December 2021. 4 Clark County Bar Association – COMMUNIQUÉ – September 2021 Jacquelyn Franco, Heather Anderson-Fintak, Catherine Mark Rouse, Thomas Beckom, Diane Fearon, Candace Galvez, Cecilia Diaz, Paulina Shane Godfrey Carlyon, Dawn Cica Andrade Damon Dias, Teddy Medlyn, Amanda Laura Gaudet Steven’s, Madeline Arcellana, Alison Dunn, Lin Soriano, Marcus Phillips Augusta Massey Richard Foster Highlights from the CCBA’s Spring Pub Crawl and Summer Mixer to see so many CCBA members and it was fun to hear some stories of our Vegas Golden Knights. Go Knights Go! For highlights from that event, see page six. Coming up, the CCBA will host more live events be- fore the year’s end. Mark your calendars now for these Lewis Sutton, Teresa Maria, Nicole DeRosier, in-person events: and Neisha Esene • October 21, 2021 – Bar Luncheon at Golden Nugget • November 4, 2021 – 30th Annual Meet Your Judges Mixer at The Smith Center for the Per- forming Arts • December 2, 2021 - 40 Year Club at the at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts Josh Brown, Atif Sheikh, Bryan Martinka, Rudolf D’Silva, Nicole DeRosier, Teresa Maria, Chrissy • December 2, 2021 - Holiday Mixer at Nevada Marazzo, Brew Works It is no secret that the CCBA thrives on providing networking and educational opportunities to its mem- bers. Although social distancing has not permitted us to assemble as frequently as we used to, please accept my invitation to attend the live events the CCBA has planned for its members. Your participation is vital to us. Of course,