Dennis L. Kennedy represents a wide range of health care providers and practices primarily in general commercial litigation. Mr. Kennedy has represented many of the country's hotel, gaming, insurance, pharmaceutical, tobacco, and other companies in the defense of class action and complex litigation. He is an author and frequent speaker in the areas of health care law and legal ethics. As an Associate and Shareholder in Lionel Sawyer & Collins from 1975-2006, Mr. Kennedy’s thriving commercial litigation practice emphasized class actions and complex commercial litigation, antitrust law, hospital and healthcare law, and legal ethics. He continues to focus in these areas. Associate and Shareholder, Lionel Sawyer & Collins (1975-2006) Member, Nevada Supreme Court Bench-Bar Committee Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nathan Adelson Hospice Past Member (1989-1997) and Chairman (1992-1994) State Bar of Nevada Disciplinary Board, Southern District of Nevada Chairman, Nevada State Bar Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Member, Nevada State Bar Committee on the Revisions to the Rules of Professional Conduct Member, Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Study of Judicial Elections (1995) Member, Nevada Supreme Court Committee on the Public Discipline of Attorneys (1993) Adjunct Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Co-Editor, Nevada Civil Practice Manual (Sixth Edition, 2004) Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Member, American Bar Association Sections of Administrative Law, Anti-Trust Law and Health Law. Member, American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys Member, National Health Lawyers Association Member, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics Member, International Association of Gaming Attorneys Member, State Bar of Nevada Member, Clark County Bar Member, American Bar Association Member, American Health Lawyers Association