An assistant city lawyer in Reno has been appointed Nevada Gaming Control Board, said Prime Minister Joe Lombardo Wednesday.
Chandeni Sendall, who in 2015 joined the Civilian Department in the City of Reno Law Office, will replace Brittnie Watkins, who announced earlier this month that she would not seek a return to the three-leading board that evaluates and makes recommendations on gaming licenses for consideration for consideration Nevada Gaming Commission.
The Governor’s office did not reveal Sendall’s salary, but Watkin’s 2025 financial reveal form listed an annual salary of $ 196,790.
The control committee meets every month, mostly in Las Vegas, but sometimes in Carson City.
“With its unique background in law and compliance, Chandeni will give new insight and critical perspective to the Board,” Lombardo said in a statement about E -post. “I look forward to her leadership and contributions to gaming surveillance in our state.”
Sendall will start its four -year period this week. Watkins announced at the board meeting on January 15 that she would not apply for a return after serving four years on the board, two months as interim chair.
“I am grateful to Gov. Lombardo for this opportunity to serve the state of Nevada,” Sendall said in a statement about E -post. “Together with my legal background, I look forward to applying my educational background in finance and my work experience in the gaming industry when I start this new role at Nevada Gaming Control Board.”
Sendall’s history
Since 2015, Sendall has served as assistant city lawyer for the city of Reno and practiced in the civilian department. Before her work at the Reno office, Sendall worked in civil and commercial legal dispute, served as an internal legal trainee for Reno-based Caesars Entertainment Inc. and clerk for retired justice James Hardesty at Nevada Supreme Court. As he went to William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV, Sendall served as editor -in -chief of UNLV Gaming Law Journal. Before her legal career, she served for several years as an internal auditor for Caesars Entertainment.
According to Sendall’s Linkedin page, she was born in California, but moved to Nevada, at a young age. She attended the University of Nevada, Reno for basic and research studies in economics.
She was also a member of the Nevada Wolf Pack Women’s Golf Team. While she was at the research school, she served as a student ambassador, a doctoral assistant in the finance department and a voluntary mentor for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada.
After completing her research studies, she began her financial career at Caesars. When she worked as an internal auditor, she registered in the part -time evening program at Boyd School in Las Vegas. At the law school, she practiced for the company’s legal department at Caesars, worked as a summer assistant at Travelers Insurance and led UNLV Gaming Law Journal.
“My position with Caesars’ internal legal department gave me an opportunity to learn a lot about the legal issues that surround a large casino company,” she said on Linkedin. “When I worked at Travelers Insurance, I had the opportunity to prepare many legal submissions, discovery requests and participate in mediations and deposits.”
Return to Reno
After graduating from Law School 2012, she moved back to northern Nevada and began an office with hardness. During her office, she was exposed to different team areas and was commissioned to investigate and prepare benchmoranda to help the justice to decide cases of first impressions and issues of significant general political importance before the court.
She spent a year in Lionel Sawyer & Collin’s litigation where she represented customers in civilians and commercial litigants. In 2015, she moved to McDonald Carano Wilson LLP and continued a practice for civil litigation before moving to Reno City Law Office in the same year.
Sendall will join two other legal experts in the Control Board, chairman Kirk Hendrick, who earlier this week announced his plans to resign from the Board at the end of 2025 Legislative Section, and retired Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge George Assad.
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