Gordon & Rees Las Vegas senior counsel Liane S. Binowitz has been elected to serve on the board of the Las Vegas Defense Lawyers, a professional organization of civil defense attorneys who provide counsel to civil litigants. The organization’s civic goals include fostering mutual education through the exchange of ideas with fellow defense attorneys in the city of Las Vegas and Clark County, providing balanced perspectives in matters of civil defense, promoting cooperation and civility among fellow counsel, improving public perception of civil defense attorneys through service and community education, and establishing and maintaining standards of professional conduct.
Liane has more than 26 years of experience handling complex construction defect, medical malpractice, toxic torts, premises and products liability, and maritime litigation. She is a member of the Environmental/Toxic Tort and Tort & Product Liability practice groups at Gordon & Rees. Liane has successfully represented a wide variety of clientele, including international engineering firms, national architectural firms, watercraft manufacturers, barge and towboat companies, agricultural conglomerates, hospitals, construction and insurance companies, hotels, restaurants, sole proprietors, physicians, and dentists. She is admitted to practice in Nevada, Missouri, and Illinois.
Among the fastest-growing law firms in the country, Gordon & Rees is a national litigation and business transactions firm with more than 700 lawyers and 38 offices in 24 states. In 2016, Law360 ranked the firm 53rd on its list of the largest U.S. firms. The American Lawyer ranks the firm at No. 21 on its Diversity Scorecard. Founded in 1974, Gordon & Rees has been honored as a “Go-To Law Firm” for Fortune 500 companies.