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Monday, June 30, 2014

Boyd Alumni Elected to State Bar of Nevada Board of Governors

The State Bar of Nevada Board of Governors in June held its 2014-2015 Board of Governors elections.

Boyd alumna Paola Armeni '03 and alumnus Ryan Works '04 were elected to the Board of Governors for District One (Clark County). They will serve two-year terms beginning in July.

According to the State Bar of Nevada website, Armeni, a Shareholder at Gordon Silver, "... is a Board of Governors member that was re-elected for another two-year term. She is the former chair of the bar's Young Lawyers Section and is also past president of Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice and current member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Clark County and American Bar Associations."

According to the same website, "Mr. Works is a partner at the firm of McDonald Carano Wilson and he practices primarily in corporate bankruptcy, insolvency and business litigation. Since becoming a member of the bar, he has been active in bar groups, such as the Young Lawyers Section."