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al from ituteof : Financial Analysts. ~DFATM provides e on financial issues ding a divorce and le divorcing spouse attorney with J decisions and with mding of the divorce's )n the spouse's financial reichner is the only anal in Northern with this designation, dals said. dene Olsen, president 1& tes

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ler to qualify, one must . Ie requirements of service, position in a lip role and be referred ~ PRSA members. i the only Counselor's lY member from the ~Meadows. egan her career in . elations as news bureau ' : at the Reno-Sparks er of Commerce, ~ publicity for Reno region. She established lAssociates in 1982. ~vada State Bank has urora

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A shareholder with Hale Lane since 2000,Lukas practices primarily in the field of creditor bankruptcy representation and insolvency planning. Timothy Lukas Lukas has served as chair of the firm's bankruptcy

~ group for four years.

The firm also has announced the addition of three new Vance associates to its Reno office:

Nicole Moschetti Vance is an associate practicing primarily in taxation and general business law. Vance's practice emphasizes federal income taxation, tax-exempt entities, estate planning,

Kimberlee Rotchy

corporate law, and limited liehility- -- ~--~ ... companies. She has counseled clients on various tax and business matters, including entity formation, transaction structuring, federal and state income and transaction taxes, tax-audit strategy and negotiations, tax-exempt entities, executive compensation, and stock options.

Prior to joining Hale Lane, Vance began her legal career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco.

The fourth-generation Nevadan is an alumnus of the University of Nevada, Reno, with a bachelor's degree in fmance and minor in speech communications in 1996, graduating with high distinction. Vance also earned the Senior Scholar Award for the top graduate in the College of Business Administration. She received her juris doctorate

Zachary B. Coughlin is an associate practicing primarily in commercial and civil litigation. Coughlin has represented clients in the areas of construction defect, real property, commercial disputes, medical malpractice and intellectual property.

The Reno High School alum was chosen a National Merit Finalist. After three semesters at the University of Washington, Coughlin returned to Nevada, graduating from UNR with a Bachelor of Science in biology.

He received his juris doctorate from the Boyd School of Law at UNLY. Coughlin took and passed the bar exam in his second year at Boyd.

Coughlin is admitted to practice in Nevada and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a registered patent attorney. He also recently passed the California bar exam and is a member of the Washoe County Bar Association.

• Reno Orthopedic Clinic announced that Dr. Peter L. Althausen has joined the practice. Althausen is a fellowship­trained orthopaedic traumatologist who will treat emergency room patients

--nrnmttiple ,-,-Reno-Sparks hospitals.

He comes to Northern Nevada from Charlotte, N.C., where he was a trauma fellow at Carolinas Medical Center's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He completed a general surgery internship and an orthopaedic surgery residency at University of California, Davis Medical Center after earning a combined M.D.-M.B.A. degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1999.

The Boston native received a Master of Medical Science degree from Boston University School of Medicine and a bachelor's degree in English literature from Dartmouth College.

Dr. Rennv Uppal also has

vice president; Tom Burns, past president; Fred Rogne, state national director; and I Brown, legislative chairmar

Directors are Richard Jackson, Wade Leavitt, ~ Menath, Paul Richied ar Mark Swarts.

• Michelle A. Decker been named the regional s~ manager for individual and small-group agency sales ill Northern Nevada for And Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Decker was an account manager and analyst with Marsh U.S.A.

She has worked in the insurance and financial art for more than 15 years and licensed health, life, prope casualty, accident and vari; annuities producer and a registered investment advi

Decker is a diplomat wit the Reno-Sparks Chambel Commerce, a past presider of the American Business Women's Association, and former member of SoroptiI International.

• Community Associatl Institute, Nevada Chapter had its fourth-annual Here Luncheon to recognize public safety officers, milit: members and civilians tha' have made a positive impa the community.

Michael Barnes was recognized in the Northen Nevada Youth category.

HF.r.Qf;W'ncb~ after Sept. 11,

when members realized that there needed tc more recognition for public officials who risk their own 1 and provide a safe communi live in, chapter officials said

Details: (702) 648-8408 www.cai-nevada.org.

• The California News) Advertising Executives Association awarded the Advertising Excellence k to the Reno Gazette-Jourr Art Departmellt.

Additionally, die OJAE gave: Kathy Webb se<!tJnd I in the categories ofrestaUfal entertainment,¥st use of S) l;4-page and CQ-:~ advertisiI Terri DeLaRosby earned sc: place in fashion, real estate: recreation; and Mike Rolin won second place in color.

The Marketing Departffio took first place in sales presentation.

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