Cella P. Dabelea

Associate

Cella Dabelea’s practice involves business transactions, professional liability, premises liability, and medical malpractice.

Ms. Dabelea earned her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and her bachelor’s degree in Economics and Law from Trinity University. During law school, she interned at Hall & Evans and two small Denver firms focusing on family law and personal injury.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2023
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2023

BA: Trinity University, 2019, Economics & Law

Contact

dabeleac@hallevans.com

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Cella

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Professional Associations
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Denver Bar Association
License
  • Ethical Leadership Certificate, NASBA Center for the Public Trust
Languages
  • Romanian
  • Spanish

Meredith J. Short

Associate

Meredith Short joined Hall & Evans as an Associate in 2023.  She defends clients across Missouri, Kansas, and Utah in litigation involving premises liability, hospitality & retail, transportation, construction defects, products liability, and healthcare.  Before joining Hall & Evans, Ms. Short was an Associate with a small civil litigation firm in Kansas City, Missouri. 

While attending the University of Kansas School of Law, Ms. Short interned with the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office, the Douglas County Legal Aid Society, and the University of Kansas Hospital’s Medical-Legal Partnership.  She also was Vice President of the Student Bar Association and competed with the Mock Trial Counsel. 

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, 2020
  • Kansas, 2022
  • Utah, 2025
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

Location

Kansas City Office
1111 Main Street
Suite 700
Kansas City, MO 64105

Education

JD: University of Kansas School of Law, 2020

BA: Kansas State University, 2017, Social Work and Modern Language-Spanish

Contact

shortm@hallevans.com

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Meredith

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award, State Court Practice, 2019
Languages
  • Spanish

Kurt R. Bonds

Member

Kurt Bonds has practiced in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1997, focusing on litigation and transactional law. His litigation practice includes trucking and transportation matters, hospitality & retail, premises liability, employment, products liability, insurance defense, workers’ compensation defense, and toxic tort law. On the transactional side, Mr. Bonds handles corporate law, business transactions, banking law, contracts, real estate matters, and homeowners’ association matters.

Mr. Bonds serves as a court appointed Arbitrator for the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County and as a Referee/Arbitrator for the Nevada Real Estate Division. He also teaches risk reduction classes at the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors on various issues including trademark, licensing, advertising, and contracts.

An active participant in the legal community, Mr. Bonds is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, International Bar Association, American Inns of Court, the Clark County Bar Association, the Community Associations Institute, and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He is a frequent seminar speaker on transactional law issues, estate planning, and legal issues affecting homeowners’ associations and management companies. Mr. Bonds was named one of Nevada’s top business attorneys in the 2008 “Legal Elite” issue of the Nevada Business Magazine. He has also been recognized in Mountain States Super Lawyers® for his business and corporate law practice.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

JD: University of Nebraska College of Law, 1996
BS: Brigham Young University, 1993, International Finance, Minor in Business Composite

Contact

bondsk@hallevans.com

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Kurt

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2025
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, Distinguished Peer Review Rated
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business/Corporate, 2016-2017
  • Nevada’s Top Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine, 2008
Professional Experience

  • Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Mr. Bonds served as Managing Partner and Chair of the Business Law department at Alverson Taylor & Sanders in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Professional Associations
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • Clark County Bar Association
  • Supreme Court Historical Society
  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Speaker, “Negotiation Win/Win for Client”, Greater Las Vegas Area Realtors, June 2016
  • Speaker, “Legal Update,” Nevada Mutual Insurance Company Risk Management Seminar, May 2014
  • Speaker, “Advertising, Social Media Ethics and Liabilities,” Greater Las Vegas Area Realtors, May 2014
  • Author, “Conquering Contracts–Property Management Agreements and Landlord/Tenant Laws,” State of Nevada, Department of Business and Industry Real Estate Division, September 2012
Other Activities

  • In his spare time, Mr. Bonds enjoys playing and coaching basketball and spending time with his wife and their five children.

Languages
  • Portuguese

Adam R. Knecht

Member

Adam Knecht concentrates his practice on both transactional and business/civil litigation. Mr. Knecht’s civil work encompasses all aspects of civil trial work, including business litigation, landlord/tenant disputes, non-competition litigation, transportation law, premises liability, and insurance defense. His civil practice includes defending catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, defending healthcare professions against medical malpractice and nursing home lawsuits, workers’ compensation defense, defense of civil rights claims, and defending the manufacturers of various products including building products and medical products. Mr. Knecht’s transactional practice involves mergers and acquisitions, general business transactions, real estate law, and securities law.

Mr. Knecht represents clients in a wide variety of litigation and appellate matters in Federal and State courts in Nevada and Utah. He has successfully defended and prosecuted cases through trial, serving as lead trial counsel in more than 20 cases generally involving complex commercial, business, premises liability, personal injury, and real estate issues. Mr. Knecht has also been recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers® for his business litigation law practice.

Prior to law practice, Mr. Knecht had many years of business management experience in both the technology and construction industries. He also advised and provided management consulting services for various mid to large companies while working for global consulting firms Accenture and Bridge Strategy Group. Subsequent to that, Mr. Knecht was the general manager of a construction and real estate development company.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 2013
  • Utah, 2021
  • New Mexico, 2022
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  • U.S. District Court, District of Utah

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

JD: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2013

BS: Brigham Young University, 1998, Finance and Information Systems, Minor in Spanish

Contact

knechta@hallevans.com

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Adam

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America; Corporate Law, 2024-2025
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation, 2022
  • Outstanding Academic Achievement Full Scholarship
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing I (2010), Legal Writing II (2011), and Evidence, (2012)
Professional Associations
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • State Bar of Utah
  • Southern Utah Bar
  • State Bar New Mexico
  • Nevada Contractors Association
  • National Association of Home Builders
Business & Community Service
  • Volunteer, Boy Scouts of America, 2000-present
  • Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, 1989-present
Other Activities
  • Outside of work, Mr. Knecht enjoys spending time with his wife and children, running, boating, climbing, and hiking.
Languages
  • Spanish

Yuliya Brady

Counsel

Yuliya Brady practices civil litigation with a focus on the defense of professional negligence and medical malpractice claims. She represents doctors, nurses, nursing homes, hospices, and urgent care centers across State and Federal courts in Nevada. Yuliya is also experienced in general liability, premises liability, and administrative law.

Before joining Hall & Evans, Yuliya practiced civil litigation and served as Deputy District Attorney in Lyon County, Nevada. During her time at the DA’s office, Yuliya handled various matters, including civil and criminal cases, open meeting law issues, code amendments, guardianships, juvenile cases, child support, and drug court. While practicing law, Yuliya completed her LLM degree in Gaming Law and Regulation from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law.

While earning her JD from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Yuliya received numerous academic awards including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award, the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, and the Jefferson Medal. She also interned with the Superior Court for the County of San Diego, CA, and was a research assistant and learning assistant at her law school.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

JD: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2017, Valedictorian, summa cum laude

LLM: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2021, Gaming Law and Regulation

BS: Wilmington University, 2015, Criminal Justice, summa cum laude

Certificate: Child Advocacy Studies, Wilmington University, 2015

AS: Delaware Technical Community College, 2014, Criminal Justice & Biological Sciences, summa cum laude

Contact

bradyy@hallevans.com

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Yuliya

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing I, Criminal Procedure, Intra School Moot Court Competition, Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Contracts I, Contracts II, Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Property I, Property II, Employment Law, Community Property, Professional Responsibility, Legal Foundations, Business Associations, 2015-2017
  • Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, 2015-2017
  • Jefferson Medal, 2015-2017
Professional Associations
  • Nevada State Bar

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