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Christian Balducci is a trial attorney. His practice primarily focuses on complex commercial litigation and the defense of healthcare providers. His experience includes jury and bench trials, arbitrations, and regulatory board representation. Christian has prosecuted, and defended, multi-million dollar claims on behalf of his clients. Christian has also represented clients in government investigations.. After graduating from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Justice Studies, Christian attended the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada—Las Vegas where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. During law school, Christian served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Abbi Silver and later worked as a law clerk at a national catastrophic injury defense firm. Christian also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Susan Scann of the Eighth Judicial District—Business Court in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a law clerk in one of only five Business Courts in Clark County, he assisted Judge Scann with handling a docket of over 750 business and general civil cases.. In his spare time, Christian spends time with his wife, Ali. He is also an avid tennis and ice hockey player.

Lance effectively counsels a wide range of real estate clients, including real estate developers, lenders, sellers and buyers.. His extensive experience includes real property acquisition, development, leasing, sales and financing.. Lance has represented both owners and lenders involving residential, commercial and industrial real estate developments, financing transactions, real property sales and purchases, general property matters, including easements and leases. He has taught seminars and prepared written materials on various real estate issues.

Scott Marquis is a shareholder with the firm. He has an AV Preeminent® rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest possible peer rating for ethical standards and legal ability. Mr. Marquis was also recently recognized for Lifetime Achievement by his selection to America’s Top 100 Attorneys® (2016) – an award limited to only 100 attorneys in each State who have displayed a lifetime of hard work, ethical standards, and community enriching accomplishments. Finally, Mr. Marquis has been distinguished as a Mountain States Super Lawyers (2018), and as one of the Top Lawyers by Vegas Inc. Magazine (2013).. Mr. Marquis has lived in the Las Vegas Valley since 1975, and has been practicing law since 1997 when he joined MAC. Mr. Marquis’ primary practice areas are in real estate, business, and commercial landlord-tenant fields, but he does not represent residential tenants. During that time, Mr. Marquis has had the pleasure of representing some of the Valley’s most prominent organizations, including the following: Jake’s Crane, Lift Equipment Certification Company, FirstMed Health and Wellness Center, Boulder City Hospital, Sunshine Minting Inc., Las Vegas Billboards, Aura Outdoor, LLC, Keller Williams The Marketplace, Powerhouse Platinum, Aura Outdoor, Building Hope Nevada, Wynn Las Vegas, the Henderson Saddle Association, RL Homes, Accessible Space, Inc., the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS®, the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board (aka workforceCONNECTIONS), The State Police Officers Council, the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.. Mr. Marquis strongly believes that his first priority is to keep his clients out of court by providing sound legal advice and well written agreements that greatly reduce his clients’ potential liabilities. Nevertheless, once all other reasonable options have been exhausted, Mr. Marquis has also proven to be a very successful litigator. For example, he represented clients against local housing developer, James Rhodes, and came away with a judgment in his clients’ favor and a payment from Rhodes of over $3.5 million.. Mr. Marquis has significant experience in real estate and development matters in both the litigation and transactional context. He recently represented the Boulder City Hospital (a non-profit entity), in its $16 million expansion project. Previously, he represented the Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas in several multi-million dollar developments, and has represented other businesses, developers, real estate owners, and contractors involved in real estate, construction and business transactions in Clark County.. In addition, Mr. Marquis gained much of his real estate experience while representing the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® for over 10 years, during which time he had the opportunity to advise the Association’s Professional Standards Panels in over a hundred different REALTOR® ethics and arbitration hearings. Mr. Marquis also has significant experience in administrative law proceedings, as he has successfully represented clients before the Nevada Contractor’s Board, the Nevada Real Estate Commission and the Nevada Ethic’s Commission. Further, Mr. Marquis has significant experience in several other areas of the law, including those laws that control quasi municipal entities and political officials such as the Nevada Open Meeting Law (NRS Chapter 241) and the Ethics in Government Law (NRS 281A and NAC 281A). Indeed, while representing the local housing authorities, Mr. Marquis advised their Boards of Commissioners in well over 100 special and regular meetings.

Andrew Dixon is a Managing Partner of Bowler Dixon & Twitchell LLP. He concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate, business and commercial law, landlord and tenant, and bankruptcy law, including significant transactional and litigation experience in these areas. Mr. Dixon assists his clients in negotiating and drafting asset purchase and sale agreements, promissory notes, security agreements, entity formation documents, commercial and residential leases and other related legal documents. Mr. Dixon also enjoys a substantial local counsel practice, assisting attorneys from around the United States with legal issues arising in Nevada. Mr. Dixon has served as lead counsel on multi-million dollar transactions involving the purchase and sale of business assets, commercial and residential real estate, as well as other significant transactions involving the purchase and sale of stock and business assets. He also assists clients with commercial leasing transactions and litigation involving commercial landlords and tenants. Mr. Dixon has successfully represented a wide range of clients, including business owners, general contractors, land owners, developers, shopping center owners, landlords, tenants, lessors and lessees of commercial goods (including aircraft and aircraft parts, vehicles, construction equipment, etc.) and lenders in both simple and complex litigation matters.. Mr. Dixon commenced his legal career as a commercial litigation associate with Beckley Singleton, Chtd. (now merged with Lewis and Roca, LLP) in Las Vegas, Nevada. While in law school, Mr. Dixon served as Judicial Extern to the Honorable Robert C. Jones, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (subsequently a Federal District Court Judge), where he broadened his understanding of commercial disputes in the context of bankruptcy. These experiences allow him to counsel his business and commercial clients with a unique forward-looking approach. He also is a published author, legal education lecturer, and has had his litigation work lead to notable published opinions.. Mr. Dixon earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law in 2003 and his B.A. in International Studies from Brigham Young University in 1999. Mr. Dixon is a lifelong resident of Las Vegas. In his spare time, Mr. Dixon enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, serving in his church, and (if any time is left over) hunting and fishing. He is fluent in Spanish.

Stephen M. Rice is a founding partner of Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll, LLP. Mr. Rice practices primarily the areas of real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, venture formation and general real estate development matters. Mr. Rice also serves as General Counsel to Basic Management, Inc. and its affiliated companies, one of the largest landowners in the Las Vegas Valley. He was previously a partner with the law firm of Jones Vargas in Las Vegas, Nevada and was associated with the firm of Gilchrist & Rutter in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Rice is a graduate of the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the Law School of the University of California, Los Angeles. He also received an LLM (Taxation) from the University of San Diego, graduating summa cum laude. Mr. Rice is a member of the bars of Nevada, California and Texas. Mr. Rice has been ranked as one of the leading real estate lawyers in Nevada by Chambers USA since 2002, included in The Best Lawyers in America™ Real Estate since 2006, and one of the Mountain States Super Lawyers since 2009 (Real Estate).

Jake Mantin, a native Nevadan, obtained his Juris Doctorate from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. His practice consists primarily of real estate matters—including homeowners’ association matters, property management matters, leases, and transactions—and general transactional matters, including corporate formations and mergers and acquisitions.. During his time in law school, Jake was a distinguished student. He earned multiple Pedrick Scholar Honors recognitions for semesters of high academic performance. Jake also earned two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for top marks in Pro Sport Team Operations and Legal Issues, and Professional Sports Law. Additionally, Jake served as a member of ASU’s Sports and Entertainment Law Journal (SELJ). While he was a member, SELJ published one of his legal articles in its Spring 2022 edition.. While attending law school, Jake also received a concurrent master’s degree from the Allan “Bud” Selig Sports Law and Business program. As part of the program, Jake received the Robert Carey Sports Law Scholarship and received the SLB Dean’s Award for an outstanding graduate.. Before law school, Jake attended Vanderbilt University where he double majored in Political Science and Philosophy.. In his spare time, Jake enjoys spending time with his friends and family, going on motorcycle rides, playing soccer, and supporting the Vegas Golden Knights. He also enjoys spending time with his dog Maverick.

Craig S. Newman's litigation practice is broad based.  His cases range from complex commercial disputes to assisting landlords in evictions.  Mr. Newman regularly practices in all State and Federal courts in Southern Nevada.  Mr. Newman works closely with some of the largest casinos in Nevada, where he obtains and executes upon judgments.  Mr. Newman also regularly represents developers, investors and contractors in business and real estate disputes.  He maintains an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell and he is also recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers.

Mr. Alleman practices primarily in real estate, corporate and commercial transactions. He assists businesses with formation, licensing and governance matters, as well as general business contracts and mergers and acquisitions. He also assists banks, businesses, homebuilders and developers in a wide range of real estate matters, including the acquisition and disposition of land and improved property, finance and leasing.. Mr. Alleman received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, with a minor in German, from Brigham Young University. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, graduating cum laude.. Mr. Alleman was admitted to practice in Nevada in 2002. Prior to joining Marquis Aurbach to chair the firm’s transactional department, Mr. Alleman was a shareholder at a large Nevada firm, practicing in real estate, corporate and commercial transactions.. Mr. Alleman is an Eagle Scout and has volunteered in many capacities with the Boy Scouts of America. He is active with local church youth groups and currently serves as a leader of a large church group of young single adults. He has been very active in coaching youth sports and served most recently as the Vice President of Summerlin South Little League (SSLL). He served as an SSLL board member for six years and coached several of its All-Star teams, including, most recently, the 2017 Majors All-Star team that won the Nevada state championship and represented Nevada in the West Regional Tournament in San Bernardino. Originally from Southern California, he is an avid Raiders, Angels and Lakers fan.

Renee R. Reuther is a founding partner of Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll, LLP. Ms. Reuther represents real estate borrowers, lenders, landlords, tenants, and developers in a broad range of real property transactions. Ms. Reuther’s practice is concentrated in the areas of acquisition and disposition of real property; commercial, residential and mixed-use planned developments; commercial finance including loan workouts, restructurings, foreclosure and other enforcement actions; opinion letter practice; and a broad range of complex real estate matters. Ms. Reuther was previously a partner in the real estate department of Jones Vargas (formerly Jones, Jones, Close & Brown). Ms. Reuther is a 1990 graduate, cum laude, of Gonzaga University School of Law and a 1987 graduate, cum laude, from Gonzaga University. She is admitted to the Nevada bar and serves on the Real Estate Section Subcommittee on Common Interest Communities of the State Bar of Nevada. Ms. Reuther is also a member of the Community Association Institute and has served on its Legislative Action Committee. Ms. Reuther currently serves on the Board of Regents for Gonzaga University, and formerly served on the Board of Advisors for Gonzaga University School of Law. She has been past president and long standing member of the board of trustees for New Vista Ranch, a local non-profit organization devoted to providing homes, employment and support for adults with developmental disabilities. Ms. Reuther is a graduate of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Las Vegas Class of 2003. Ms. Reuther has been included in The Best Lawyers in America™ Real Estate since 2008 and has been listed in the Mountain States Super Lawyers since 2010.