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Pat Lundvall Receives Inspiring “Vegas Gives” Recognition
McDonald Carano congratulates Pat Lundvall on being selected as one of only eight distinguished women in Vegas Magazine’s list of “Vegas Gives” honorees which recognizes “notable philanthropists in the community.” The complete awards article titled “Great Eight: Meet Our Inspiring 2019 Vegas Gives Honorees” is available here. Pat’s information is excerpted below.
Pat Lundvall, partner at Nevada-based business law firm McDonald Carano LLP, applies her winning mentality to better serve our military community as the board vice president at Nevada Military Support Alliance.
How did you get involved with the Nevada Military Support Alliance?
In 2002, the first Nevada soldier lost his life during the conflict ongoing in Afghanistan. My late husband, Jerry Bussell, and Joe Brown were traveling from Las Vegas to Carson City when the news broke. They immediately conceived of a fund to assist the family of the fallen soldier. Jerry, as a retired Army colonel, was well aware of the time lag between the payment of military death benefits and the continuing financial obligations that every military family faces. The concept was to raise funds from Nevadans to assist Nevada families during that interim time frame and to immediately deliver those funds with honor after news of a death. Since then, the family of every Nevada soldier who has lost their life while serving their country has received a death benefit from us to assist them in meeting basic living expenses until their military benefits arrive.
What are the organization’s biggest needs?
We have built a number of adaptive homes and transferred those to soldiers returning from service who have lost limbs or developed other limitations. Currently we are building an adaptive home for a soldier with severe needs.
What about living in Las Vegas makes you most proud?
That we take care of our own.
About McDonald Carano
In 2024, McDonald Carano celebrated its 75ᵗʰ Anniversary of serving Nevada’s legal, business, government, and civic communities. More than 60 lawyers and government affairs professionals serve Nevada, national, and international clients from our offices in Reno, Las Vegas, and Carson City. McDonald Carano provides transactional, litigation, regulatory, and government affairs services to startups, corporations, private companies, trade associations, nonprofits, public entities, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices throughout Nevada. We are deeply committed to supporting local communities by volunteering our time, resources, and services, including pro bono legal services, to nonprofit organizations, charitable foundations, and public service entities. We are proud to be your Nevada law firm since 1949.
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