LAS VEGAS – The statewide law firm of Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario (KKBR&F) is pleased to announce that Thomas D. Amick, Allen D. Emmel and James E. Smyth II were recently elected to become members of the Board of Directors of the firm effective Jan. 1, 2006.

Thomas D. Amick has been practicing in the firm’s governmental affairs division specializing in zoning, land use and administrative law matters since he joined KKBR&F in 1998. Mr. Amick appears before all local jurisdictions in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. He also represents clients in liquor and gaming licensing matters and works with various planning and licensing agencies in Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson.

Mr. Amick is a member of the Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Nevada Restaurant Association and a faculty member for CLE International’s Land Use Law Conferences in Las Vegas. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Lied Discovery Children’s Museum and coaches competitive youth soccer with United States Youth Soccer-Nevada.

He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis, and a law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.

Allen D. Emmel practices with the transactional group and has been with the firm since 2003. His practice involves all aspects of real estate, including commercial leasing, condominium projects, title insurance, acquisitions, sales, financing, development and environmental issues.

Mr. Emmel received a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Pennsylvania State University and a law degree from California Western School of Law. Prior to joining KKBR&F, he was a shareholder at the law firm of Jolley Urga Wirth Woodbury & Standish. Mr. Emmel is also licensed in California and has practiced real estate and corporate law with a San Diego-based firm. Before entering law school, he worked as the environmental coordinator for a mining company with projects throughout the western U.S.

He is a member of the State Bars of Nevada and California, the Clark County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas and serves as its legal counsel.

James E. Smyth II practices in construction, commercial litigation, real estate, land use and zoning entitlement litigation matters. He has negotiated multiple construction and architectural contracts throughout his career.

M. Smyth has appeared and argued before the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, the Eighth Judicial District Court, the United States District Court, District of Nevada, the State Contractors Board, the Clark County Board of County Commissioners and the city councils for the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson.

He is a native Nevadan, started working for the law firm as a runner while attending UNLV and returned to the firm as an associate with KKBR&F’s land use and government affairs department in 1997. Mr. Smyth graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and received a law degree from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas.

He is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association and the Construction Forum Industry of the American Bar Association.

“Tom, Jim and Allen bring a wealth of legal expertise to these leadership positions within the firm,” said Michael Bonner, managing partner of the firm. “We are pleased to have these talented and dedicated individuals helping guide the firm into the future.”

Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario is a prominent force in Nevada, serving local, regional, national and international clients in the real estate development, hospitality, gaming, manufacturing, service, high-technology, and energy and utilities industries. Founded in 1994, KKBR&F is one of Nevada’s largest law firms, specializing in complex corporate transactions, federal and state securities matters, commercial litigation, zoning and land use and regulatory law.

With offices in Las Vegas and Reno, KKBR&F’s lawyers provide counsel to top corporations, business owners, corporate executives and individuals. The Northern Nevada office opened in April 2004. KKBR&F is the Las Vegas member of Meritas, an affiliation of outstanding business law firms that serve international customers worldwide. The firm’s attorneys are routinely rated among the best corporate, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and litigation lawyers in Nevada, including high-ranking recognition by the prestigious “Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers” since its inception in 2003.

For more information about KKBR&F, call (702) 792-7000 or visit www.kkbrf.com.