Who's Who in Las Vegas

Tim Ritchey

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:39:38 +0000

Entertainer / Elvis Tribute Artist / Ordained Minister , Las Vegas, NV. Member of Professional Elvis Impersonators Assc., (IGCITA) International Guild of Celebrity Impersonators and Tribute Artists, and The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Tim began performing professionally at age 15 and relocated to Las Vegas in 2003. He retired after 23 years of Law Enforcement.

Les Kincaid

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:53:06 +0000

Les Kincaid is a food, wine, and golf expert and cookbook author. He hosts a nationally syndicated wine radio show, Wines Du Jour each Thursday from 7 to 8 PM. His radio shows have broadcast nationwide since 2000. You can find fascinating information and enjoy his broadcast live at his web site www.leskincaid.com.

Yvette Brown

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:14:16 +0000

Owner – Cosmopolitan Connections Inc. Networking Events – Entrepreneur & social connector. Weekly networking events connect professionals socially & for business purposes showcasing the best Las Vegas venues. She works with charities – Miss NV International & Mrs NV United States pageant and has helped attendees find employment and long lasting friendships.

Lindsay Metter

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:30:15 +0000

Lindsay Metter is CEO of Blue Luna Marketing, a social media company. She has been a speaker, trainer, event planner and entrepreneur for 9 years and has owned Blue Luna Marketing since October of 2009. She is a proud Las Vegas resident who supports the local business community.

John Standard

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:17:21 +0000

Attorney – Partner in Standard and Jones, PA, Summerlin, NV – Family Law, Personal Injury – Ethics Committee, Las Vegas Bar Assn. – Board of Directors, Boys and Small Dogs Society, Elder at Local Community Church – Volunteer at United Watch – BA Political Science, UNLV – JD Law School of the West – Married, 3 Daughters, 1 Son, 2 … Continue reading →

Carolyn Goodman

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:53:15 +0000

Mayor Carolyn Goodman received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Bryn Mawr College in 1961. Carolyn and her husband Oscar moved to Las Vegas from Philadelphia as newlyweds in 1964. She graduated the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1973 with a master’s degree in counseling. She is the founder, president and trustee emeritus of the Meadows School. On June 7, 2011, she was elected Mayor of Las Vegas with 60 percent of the vote; she assumed office on July 6, 2011.

She received the 2009 Commitment to Education award from the United Way of Southern Nevada.

On October 24, 2011, Carolyn Goodman greeted President Barack Obama at McCarran Airport. In regards to negative remarks President Obama said about Vegas two years earlier that caused a stir with Goodman’s husband Oscar, the previous mayor, she told Obama that “the slate is brand new and clean,” and gave him one of her lucky mayor chips as a gift.

Carolyn and Oscar Goodman have four children and six grandchildren.

Oscar Goodman

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:05:22 +0000

Oscar Goodman was mayor of Las Vegas from 1999 to 2011, being elected 3 times by an overwhelming majority. He left office in June of 2011 due to term limits. Officially known as the “Happiest Mayor in the Country”, he now is an ambassadori of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority and just produced a pilot for a TV show called “Night Court with Oscar Goodman”.

Goodman was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Haverford School in Haverford, PA in 1957 and then matriculated at Haverford College, from which he graduated in 1961. He received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1964. He was admitted to the Nevada Bar Association in 1965 and he served as Chief Deputy Public Defender in Clark County, Nevada from 1966 to 1967. He and his wife Carolyn have four children.

During his career as a defense attorney he represented defendants accused of being some of the leading organized crime figures in Las Vegas, such as Meyer Lansky, Nicky Scarfo, Herbert “Fat Herbie” Blitzstein, Phil Leonetti, former Stardust Casino boss Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal, and Jamiel “Jimmy” Chagra, a 1970s drug trafficker who was acquitted of ordering the murder of Federal Judge John H. Wood, Jr. His most notorious client was reputed Chicago mobster Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro, who was known to have a short and violent temper. In the semi-factual 1995 movie Casino, the character of Nicky Santoro was based on Spilotro and was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci. Goodman had a cameo appearance in the film as himself while defending “Ace Rothstein”, which was a character closely based on Lefty Rosenthal and played by Robert DeNiro. Goodman also represented former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock, who was convicted of accepting illegal campaign contributions and eventually forced to resign. Hedgecock was later cleared of all charges on appeal.

Goodman was a senior partner in the law firm of Goodman & Chesnoff.[2] Goodman currently serves as Of Counsel to Goodman Law Group, a Las Vegas law firm formed by his son, Ross C. Goodman.[3] Goodman was elected mayor of Las Vegas on June 8, 1999, receiving 32,765 (63.76 percent) votes while his opponent, then-Las Vegas City Councilman Arnie Adamsen, received 18,620 (36.24 percent). Goodman was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2003, defeating five opponents and receiving 29,356 (85.72 percent) of the votes. On April 3, 2007, he was re-elected to a third and final term with 26,845 votes (83.69 percent), again defeating five opponents. Las Vegas law prevents the mayor, who has been called the town’s “most popular mayor”,[4] from serving more than three terms.

Goodman was a member of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority before being elected mayor.