In June, Carson city attorney Robert Crowel merged the law firm started by his father in 1954 — Crowell, Susich, Tackles & Griffin — with Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw and Ferrario. “We are looking for a way to offer clients a broader scope of representation,” he says of the union with Kummer Kaempfer, which has offices in Reno and Las Vegas. A native Nevadan, Crowell is past president of the State Bar of Nevada, and past president of the Colorado River Commission of Nevada. He is currently president of the Carson City School Board and chairman of the board of the Carson City Chamber of Commerce. He is a graduate of Carson City schools, Stanford University and Hasting College of the Law. Crowell’s government affairs expertise across a wide range of areas — including public utilities, telecommunications and transportation — has earned him a reputation as one of the Capitol’s most respected and effective advocates.
By Robert Crowell

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If you are a contractor and you have customer who has contracted with you to construct tenant improvements, chances are that your customer has a lease and a landlord. Nevada law (and probably that lease) require that the customer either fund a construction disbursement account or record a surety bond in connection with the work of improvement under your contract. Rest assured that one of your customer’s goals is to meet those business obligations by meeting the requirements of the law and the lease.
By James E. Smyth

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As a newcomer to the practice of law in Nevada, I encountered a few differences from what I’d experienced as a lawyer in Colorado. For me, the greatest difference is the manner of judicial selection. Of course, since Nevada is not unique in selecting judges, the fact that I found the notion completely foreign was merely an indication of my own provincialism. Nevertheless, the first time I received a mailing with a request from a judge for a campaign contribution, seventeen years of conditioning led to my visceral reaction: such requests are not appropriate. My surprise in that regard is also somewhat more justifiable; Nevada is one of only two states that permit direct requests for campaign contributions.

By Tami Cowden

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