Now in its eleventh iteration, Legal Elite presents Nevada’s top attorneys as chosen by their peers. This annual list showcases the attorneys the legal industry has named as the best of the best. Polling for Legal Elite 2018 began at the end of February and nearly 6,000 nominations were submitted by licensed attorneys in Nevada. Each submission then went through an extensive verification process resulting in the top attorneys in the state, chosen by their peers and presented in the following pages.
The State Bar of Nevada’s Annual Report for 2017 indicates that there are nearly 9,000 active member attorneys in Nevada and new attorneys are being trained every year at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law each year.
The Legal Elite list includes only the top 3 percent of attorneys in the state broken down by location. In addition, Legal Elite includes special lists ranking Nevada’s best “Up and Coming” and best government attorneys.
It’s not easy for an attorney to make it on to the final list. Each nominee went through several levels of verification and scrutiny before being approved to appear on this list. Upon the nomination process closing, each ballot was individually reviewed for eligibility and every voting attorney was verified with the State Bar of Nevada.
Once a vote was verified, each nominee was reviewed for eligibility and then scored. Scores were compiled based on the number and type of votes received. Attorneys that garnered votes from within their own firm were given a score of one and those that received a vote from someone at another firm were given a weighted score of three. After each attorney’s scores were tabulated, the top scorers were then verified again and contacted to finalize the 2018 Legal Elite list.
Those that were among the top vote getters are featured on the cover of this issue. Those featured are Matthew Addision with McDonald Carano from the Northern Nevada list, Nedda Ghandi with Ghandi Deeter Blackham from the Southern Nevada list and Tyre Gray with Fennemore Craig from the Best Up and Coming list.
Congratulations to all of the distinguished attorneys featured among the 2018 Legal Elite.
Southern Nevada Top Attorneys
Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Number of Years Practicing in Nevada |
Chelsie Adams | Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara | Construction Defect, General Liability and Personal Injury | 4 |
Michelle Alarie | Armstrong Teasdale | Complex Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Banking Litigation | 7 |
W. West Allen | Howard & Howard | Did Not Disclose | 22 |
Ryan Andersen | Andersen Law Firm | Bankruptcy, Business Litigation and Collections | 6 |
Christian Augustin | Claggett & Sykes Law Firm | Plaintiff Personal Injury and Premise Liability | 2 |
Brad Austin | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Litigation and Real Estate Litigation | 4 |
Brett Axelrod | Fox Rothschild | Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy | 21 |
Jonathan W. Barlow | Clear Counsel Law Group | Probate & Trust Litigation, Probate & Trust Administration and Estate Planning | 11 |
Jeffrey Barr | Ashcraft & Barr | Marijuana Law, Business Litigation and Civil Rights Litigation | 17 |
Eunice Beattie | Sgro & Roger | Civil Litigation, Business Litigation and Special Education Law | 11 |
Kevin Beck | Kevin E. Beck | Business (Civil) Litigation and Family Law | 14 |
April Becker | Becker Goodey | Business Litigation, Commercial Real Estate and Corporate | 7 |
Marcus Berg | Moss Berg Injury Lawyers | Auto Accidents, Personal Injury and Workers Compensation | 12 |
Ani Biesiada | Andersen Law Firm | Bankruptcy, Business Litigation and Collections | 1 |
Brian Blackham | Ghandi Deeter Blackham | Family Law | 11 |
John Blackmon | Blackmon Law Group | Family Law/Domestic Relations, Commercial Transactions and Civil Litigation | 3 |
Bryan Blackwell | Clear Counsel Law Group | Personal Injury | 6 |
Brian Blakely | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation | 4 |
Christopher Blakesley | LBC Law Group | Personal Injury and Criminal Defense | 7 |
Eric R. Blank | Law Offices of Eric R. Blank | Personal Injury, Auto Accidents and Wrongful Death | 18 |
Brian Blankenship | Schwartz Flansburg | Personal Injury and Business Litigation | 8 |
Brian Blaylock | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions | 5 |
Rebekkah Bodoff | Akerman | Consumer Finance Litigation | 5 |
Gina Bongiovi | Bongiovi Law Firm | Business Law and Corporate Counsel | 10 |
John Bragonje | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation | 12 |
Jennifer Braster | Naylor & Braster | Commercial Litigation and Consumer Finance Litigation | 11 |
Shemilly Briscoe | Briscoe Law Group | Construction, Litigation and Personal Injury | 11 |
Ogonna Brown | Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson | Did Not Disclose | 16 |
Jeffrey Burr | Jeffrey Burr | Estate Planning and Asset Protection | 39 |
Patrick Byrne | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | 16 |
Daven Cameron | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Commercial Litigation | 1 |
Justin Carley | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Construction and Real Estate Litigation | 11 |
David Carroll | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Construction Litigation | 16 |
Andrea Champion | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Litigation and Class Actions | 5 |
Richard Chatwin | Gerrard Cox Larsen | Elder Law, Guardianship and Special Needs Trusts | 10 |
Miles Clark | Knepper & Clark | Consumer Rights Litigation | 2 |
Terry Coffing | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Complex Civil Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Defamation | 24 |
Christopher S. Connell | Connell Law | Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Worker’s Compensation | 5 |
John Courtney | LBC Law Group | Did Not Disclose | 9 |
Jennifer Ko Craft | Dickinson Wright | Copyright & Trademark Law, Intellectual Property and Sports & Entertainment Law | 15 |
Nick Crosby | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Labor & Employment, Municipal Liability and Constitutional Law | 13 |
Krisanne Cunningham | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Business Law, Tax Law and Securities Law | 14 |
Laura Deeter | Ghandi Deeter Blackham | Probate, Guardianship and Estate Planning | 10 |
William Devine, II | Devine Law Firm | Bankruptcy, Wills & Trusts and Civil Litigation | 10 |
Aleem Dhalla | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment and Construction Litigation | 1 |
Donna DiMaggio | Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson | Commercial Litigation and Construction Law | 12 |
Steve Dimopoulos | Dimopoulos Injury Law | Did Not Disclose | 5 |
Anthony DiRaimondo | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Construction Litigation | 10 |
Andrew Dixon | Bowler Dixon & Twitchell | Business & Corporate, Commercial Real Estate and Commercial Litigation | 14 |
J. Stephen Dolembo | Zieve, Brodnax & Steele | Real Property & Title Litigation and Insurance Defense | 12 |
Sabrina Dolson | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Divorce, Custody and Premarital Agreements | 4 |
Andrew Dunning | Schwartz Flansburg | Business Litigation, General Corporate and Real Estate | 2 |
Dana Dwiggins | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation, Business Litigation and Trust & Estate Administration | 18 |
Brian Eagan | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation, Guardianship and Premarital Agreements | 12 |
Cassidy Ellis | Wood, Smith, Henning, & Berman | Complex Civil Litigation, General Liability and Product Defect Litigation | 4 |
Philip Erwin | Campbell & Williams | Commercial Litigation and Appellate Practice | 8 |
Michael Esposito | Garman Turner Gordon | Business Litigation, Probate & Trust Litigation and Landlord/Tenant | 4 |
Chad Fears | Evans Fears & Schuttert | Products Liability, Civil Litigation and Intellectual Property | 18 |
Michael Feder | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Sports & Entertainment Law | 17 |
Thomas Fell | Fennemore Craig | Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights, Financial Restructuring and Leasing | 28 |
Frank Flansburg | Schwartz Flansburg | Business Litigation, Construction and General Corporate | 18 |
Jack Fleeman | Pecos Law Group | Did Not Disclose | 10 |
David Freeman | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation | 11 |
Alan Freer | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Administration and Business Litigation | 16 |
R. Duane Frizell | Frizell Law Firm | Real Estate, Business Law and Civil Litigation | 12 |
Adam Fulton | Jennings & Fulton | Business Litigation, Plaintiff Personal Injury and Construction Law | 8 |
Calder B. Gabroy | Calder B. Gabroy | Catastrophic Injury, Premises Liability and DUI | 1 |
Joseph Ganley | Hutchison & Steffen | Commercial Litigation, Business Divorces and Non-Competition/Trade Secret Law | 22 |
Joseph Garin | Lipson Neilson | Professional Liability & Ethics and Civil Litigation | 19 |
Gregory Garman | Garman Turner Gordon | Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency & Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy | 20 |
Rex Garner | Akerman | Consumer Finance Litigation | 13 |
Brandon Gatewood | Harper Selim | Did Not Disclose | 4 |
Jennifer Gaynor | Dickinson Wright | Administrative & Agency Matters, Government Relations and Gaming Law | 12 |
Nedda Ghandi | Ghandi Deeter Blackham | Bankruptcy and Family Law | 9 |
Gerald Gillock | Gillock & Associates | Did Not Disclose | 47 |
Joshua Gilmore | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Litigation, Ethics & Professional Responsibility and Healthcare Litigation | 9 |
Jessica Goodey | Becker Goodey | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Business Litigation | 7 |
Aviva Gordon | Gordon Law | Business Law, Commercial Litigation and Estate Planning | 23 |
David Gordon | Luh & Associates | Did Not Disclose | 8 |
David Gould | Executive Intelligence Solutions | Government/Defense Contracting, ITAR/AECA Compliance and Business Law | 9 |
Sihomara Graves | Arroyo Law | Immigration Law | 4 |
Talitha Gray Kozlowski | Garman Turner Gordon | Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency & Reorganization Law and Corporate Bankruptcy | 14 |
Jeffrey Gronich | Jeffrey Gronich, Attorney at Law | Employment Law, Wrongful Termination and Discrimination/Harassment | 4 |
Thomas Grover | Goodsell & Olsen | Trust & Estate Litigation and Civil Litigation | 6 |
Joseph Gutierrez | Maier Gutierrez & Associates | Personal Injury Litigation, Business Litigation and Employment Discrimination | 13 |
William Habdas | Akerman | Consumer Finance Litigation | 4 |
Tye Hanseen | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation | 11 |
James Harper | Harper Selim | Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage and Appeals | 12 |
Derek Hatch | Jeffrey Burr | Estate Planning and Tax Controversy | 10 |
Dale Hayes, Jr. | The Hayes Law Firm | Did Not Disclose | 13 |
Kevin Hernandez | Law Office of Kevin L. Hernandez | Consumer Law, Identity Theft Defense and Debt Collection Defense | 6 |
Robert Hernquist | Howard & Howard | Did Not Disclose | 10 |
Rikki Hevrin | Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck | Construction Defect and Insurance Bad Faith | 3 |
Matthew Hoffmann | Atkinson Watkins & Hoffmann | Personal Injury, Mediation and Arbitration | 13 |
Brooke A. Holmes | Goldsmith & Guymon | Estates & Trusts, Probate and Guardianship | 1 |
Dustun Holmes | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation and Appellate | 5 |
Eric Hone | H1 Law Group | Commercial Litigation, Construction and Personal Injury | 14 |
Ian Houston | Hall Prangle & Schoonveld | Professional Negligence Defense – Healthcare, Catastrophic Injury Defense and Regulatory Matters | 8 |
Megan Hummel | Lipson Neilson | Coverage, Appellate Advocacy and Insurance Defense | 6 |
Mark Hutchison | Hutchison & Steffen | Commercial & Complex Tort Litigation, Trust Litigation and Constitutional Law | 25 |
Daniel Ivie | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Litigation and Receiverships | 11 |
Jared Jennings | Jennings & Fulton | Real Estate, Bankruptcy and Family Law | 16 |
Matthew Johnson | Johnson & Gubler | Bankruptcy, Business Litigation and Real Estate | 21 |
M. Bradley Johnson | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Civil Litigation | 25 |
Jack Juan | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Construction, Real Property and Corporate | 20 |
Daniel P. Kiefer | Rushforth Lee & Kiefer | Probate & Estates, Trust & Estate Litigation and Commercial Litigation | 6 |
Robert Kim | Ballard Spahr | Corporate Securities, M&A and Gaming | 21 |
Christopher Kircher | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Did Not Disclose | 9 |
Michael Kling | Kling Law Offices | Estate Planning, Business Planning and Wealth Preservation | 21 |
Matthew Knepper | Knepper & Clark | Consumer Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation and Data Privacy & Consumer Class Actions | 5 |
Scott Knight | Knight Law | Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transaction and Real Estate Law | 13 |
David Koch | Koch & Scow | Business Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation | 14 |
John Krieger | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law and Business Litigation | 21 |
Matthew Kreutzer | Howard & Howard | Franchising & Distribution and Commercial Litigation | 14 |
Darren J. Lach | Law Offices of Eric R. Blank | Personal Injury, Auto Accidents and Worker’s Compensation | 12 |
Scott Lachman | Akerman | Consumer Finance Litigation, Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice | 7 |
Zachariah Larson | Larson Zirzow & Kaplan | Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization | 16 |
Curt Ledford | McDonald Carano | Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Business Entities & Transactions and Real Estate & Land Use | 13 |
Michael B. Lee | Michael B. Lee | Business Litigation and Personal Injury | 11 |
Kennedy Lee | Rushforth Lee & Kiefer | Probate, Trust Administration and Estate Planning | 6 |
Alex Leveque | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation, Commercial Litigation and General Civil Litigation | 9 |
Glenn Light | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Gaming Regulatory and Government | 10 |
Hai Ling Chu | HLC Legal | Business Law, Estate Planning and Business Litigation | 6 |
Anne Loraditch | Bach Law Firm | Bankruptcy | 15 |
Var Lordahl | Dickinson Wright | Estate Planning & Probate, Tax Law and Corporation & Business Law | 7 |
Nicole Lovelock | Jones Lovelock | Business Law, Construction Law and Employment Law | 9 |
Charlie Luh | Luh & Associates | Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense and Consumer Bankruptcy | 19 |
Jeffrey Luszeck | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Probate & Trust Litigation, Civil Litigation and Probate & Trust Administration | 12 |
Bradley Mainor | Mainor Wirth | Personal Injury Litigation | 17 |
Patrick McDonnell | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Intellectual Property, Litigation and Real Estate | 4 |
Ian M. McMenemy | Brock Ohlson Injury Lawyers | Plaintiff Personal Injury, Product Defect and Wrongful Death | 5 |
Sarah Mead | Mead Law Group | Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Construction Transactional | 3 |
Jakub Medrala | The Medrala Law Firm | Civil Litigation, Employment Law and Personal Injury | 5 |
Samantha Mentzel | Throne Hauser Mentzel | Divorce, Custody and Alimony | 5 |
Magali Mercera | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation | 8 |
Kirill Mikhaylov | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation | 3 |
Kade Miller | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities, Commercial Finance and Real Estate | 5 |
Terry Moore | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Appellate, Litigation and Real Property | 16 |
Jared Moser | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Employment Law and Appellate Practice | 5 |
Boyd Moss | Moss Berg Injury Lawyers | Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Injuries | 14 |
Joseph Mott | Rempfer Mott Lundy | Insurance Bad Faith, Employment Law (Plaintiff) and Commercial Litigation | 7 |
Timothy Mott | Valiente Mott | Personal Injury – General, Personal Injury – Products and General Litigation | 5 |
Cody Mounteer | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Construction, Insurance and Corporate | 9 |
Joanna Myers | Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson | Intellectual Property Law, Entertainment Law and Litigation | 7 | Jonathan K. Nelson | J.K. Nelson Law | Family, Probate and Personal Injury | 5 |
Timothy O’Reilly | O’Reilly Law Group | Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate | 14 |
Michael Olsen | Goodsell & Olsen | Probate & Trust Litigation, Guardianship and General Civil Litigation | 21 |
Dana Oswalt | Benson & Bingham | Plaintiff’s Side Personal Injury | 4 |
Matthew Park | Rushforth Lee & Kiefer | Trust & Estate Litigation and Commercial/Business Litigation | 7 |
Zachariah Parry | Parry & Pfau | Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice | 8 |
Sean Payne | Payne Law Firm | Consumer Finance Litigation, Bankruptcy and Estate Planning | 4 |
Cami Perkins | Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson | Corporate & Real Estate Transactions and Business Commercial Litigation | 12 |
Robin Perkins | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Construction and Financial Services Litigation | 12 |
Matthew Pfau | Parry & Pfau | Did Not Disclose | 8 |
James Pisanelli | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation, Construction and Defamation | 27 |
Tara Popova | Popova Law | Business Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation | 8 |
Taylor Randolph | Randolph Law Firm | Did Not Disclose | 11 |
Michael Rawlins | Smith & Shapiro | Commercial Litigation, Arbitration and Landlord Tenant | 23 |
Richard Rawson | Ballard Rawson Jorgensen | Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate Transactions | 13 |
Candice E. Renka | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Business Litigation, Corporate Law and Appellate | 9 |
Jarrod Rickard | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury and Employment Law | 11 |
Jennifer Roberts | Roberts Gaming Law | Liquor Law, Administrative Law and Land Use/Zoning | 14 |
Marisa Rodriguez | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Health Law | 4 |
Chris Rose | Jolley Urga Woodbury Holthus & Rose | Corporate Law & Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Appellate Law | 17 |
Mark Rouse | The 702 Firm | Personal Injury | 7 |
Karl Rutledge | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Gaming Regulatory and Government | 11 |
Robert Ryan | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation | 7 |
Joseph Sakai | Ballard Spahr | Post-Judgement Litigation, Complex Litigation and Commercial Litigation | 3 |
Nick Santoro | Santoro Whitmire | Commercial Litigation | 34 |
Allison R. Schmidt | Allison R. Schmidt, Esq. | Did Not Disclose | 10 |
Kelly Schmitt | Sylvester & Polednak | Commercial Litigation, General Civil Litigation and Family Law | 10 |
Corey Schmutz | Jeffrey Burr | Estate Planning and Probate | 8 |
Jordan Schnitzer | The Schnitzer Law Firm | Personal Injury | 10 |
Bradley Schrager | Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin | Politics & Government, Appeals and Wage & Hour Law | 11 |
Robert Schumacher | Gordon & Rees | Commercial, Construction and Employment Litigation | 17 |
Jay Schuttert | Evans Fears & Schuttert | Product Liability, Litigation and Commercial Litigation | 14 |
Taylor Selim | Harper Selim | Did Not Disclose | 7 |
Bruce Shapiro | Pecos Law Group | Family Law and Family Law Appeals | 27 |
Mandy Shavinsky | Snell & Wilmer | Master Planned Communities & Subdivisions, Real Estate and Real Estate Lending | 17 |
James Patrick Shea | Kolesar & Leatham | Commercial Insolvency & Reorganization and Commercial Litigation | 35 |
Aaron Shipley | McDonald Carano | Trust & Estates, Employment & Labor law and Commercial & Complex Litigation | 15 |
Evan Simonsen | Lasso Injury Law | Personal Injury Law | 3 |
Brad Slighting | Fabian VanCott | Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation and Family Law | 11 |
Adam Smith | Smith Carbajal | Personal Injury, Insurance Bad Faith and General Civil Litigation | 12 |
Jacob Smith | Henness & Haight | Plaintiff Personal Injury | 11 |
Jason Smith | Santoro Whitmire | Commercial Litigation and Complex Business & Tort Litigation | 12 |
Kelly Marie Smith | Atkin Winner & Sherrod | General Civil Defense and Insurance Litigation | 13 |
Stephanie J. Smith | Moran Brandon Bendavid Moran | Commercial & Business Litigation and Employment Law | 9 |
Brian Steadman | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Estate & Tax Planning, Business Succession Planning and Trust & Estate Administration | 9 |
John Steffen | Hutchison & Steffen | Landlord/Tenant, Business Litigation and Personal Injury | 26 |
Thomas Stewart | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Appellate and Litigation | 1 |
Kevin Stolworthy | Armstrong Teasdale | Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation and Class Action | 31 |
Christopher Swift | Wright, Finlay & Zak | Civil Litigation | 9 |
Travis Twitchell | Bowler Dixon & Twitchell | Estate Planning, Probate and Estate & Trust Litigation | 15 |
Rachel Tygret | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Estate Planning, Family Law and Probate Litigation | 2 |
Kristin Tyler | Garman Turner Gordon | Estate Planning, Probate and Guardianship | 13 |
Michael Valiente | Valiente Mott | Personal Injury – General, Personal Injury – Products and General Litigation | 1 |
Sandy Van | Van Law Firm | Plaintiff Personal Injury | 10 |
Charles Vlasic | CV3 Legal | Business Litigation, Business Transactions and New Ventures | 9 |
Michael Wadley | Holland & Hart | Construction and Real Estate Development & Finance | 7 |
Melissa Waite | Jolley Urga Woodbury Holthus & Rose | Business Licensing, Medical & Retail Marijuana Licensing and Business & Real Estate Transactions | 10 |
Dan Waite | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation | 27 |
Liane Wakayama | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation and Probate Litigation | 9 |
Christopher Walther | Fennemore Craig | Real Estate Finance & Lending, Corporate and Emerging Businesses & Technologies | 11 |
Eric Walther | Kolesar & Leatham | Appellate and Commercial & Civil Litigation | 3 |
Mackenzie Warren | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Commercial Litigation | 1 |
Justin Watkins | Atkinson Watkins & Hoffmann | Plaintiff Personal Injury and Alternative Dispute Resolution | 13 |
Tyler Watson | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Civil Litigation | 8 |
Adam Wax | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Civil Litigation, Business & Contract Litigation and Insurance Defense | 7 |
Mark Weisenmiller | Garman Turner Gordon | Complex Insolvency and Business Restructuring | 8 |
Kendal Weisenmiller | Jeffrey Burr | Probate and Trust Administration Litigation | 8 |
John Wendland | Weil & Drage | Construction Defect Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate | 18 |
James Whitmire | Santoro Whitmire | Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation and Employment Litigation | 20 |
Paul Williams | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Litigation, Healthcare Litigation and Class Actions | 7 |
J. Colby Williams | Campbell & Williams | Commercial Litigation | 23 |
Shann Winesett | Pecos Law Group | Family Law | 23 |
Joseph Wirth | Mainor Wirth | Did Not Disclose | 11 |
Brenoch Wirthlin | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Construction Law and Personal Injury Plaintiffs | 11 |
Ryan Works | McDonald Carano | Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring and Commercial & Complex Litigation | 13 |
Amanda Yen | McDonald Carano | Appellate, Commercial & Complex Litigation and Employment & Labor Law | 12 |
Jay Young | Howard & Howard | Did Not Disclose | 23 |
Kristopher Zeppenfeld | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Civil Defense Litigation, Corporate/Commercial Litigation and Catastrophic Injury | 7 |
Matthew Zirzow | Larson Zirzow & Kaplan | Bankruptcy | 18 |
Carol Zucker | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Did Not Disclose | 33 |
Northern Nevada Top Attorneys
Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Number of Years Practicing in Nevada |
Matthew Addison | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Construction Law and Litigation | 26 |
Bryce Alstead | Holland & Hart | Energy & Natural Resources, Real Estate Development & Finance | 11 |
Nathan Aman | Fahrendorf, Viloria, Oliphant & Oster | Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Business Law | 14 |
Paul J. Anderson | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Civil Litigation, Education Law and Administrative Law | 34 |
Robert Armstrong | McDonald Carano | Estate Planning, Wills, Trust & Probate, Taxation, Business Entities & Transactions | 38 |
Lauren Berkich | Berkich Family Law | Family Law | 6 |
John Boyden | Erickson Thorpe Swainston | General Insurance Defense Litigation, Construction Defect Litigation and Personal Injury & Social Security Disability | 27 |
Rayna Brachmann | Surratt Law Practice | Family Law, Mediation and Parenting Coordination | 14 |
Denise Bradshaw | Bradshaw Law | Plaintiff’s Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Birth Trauma and Trucking Crashes | 10 |
Michael Burke | Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust | Business Litigation, Real Property Litigation and Personal Injury | 8 |
Steven Caloiaro | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Gaming & Hospitality | 6 |
James Cavilia | Allison MacKenzie | Real Estate, Business Law and Land Use Development | 27 |
Kenneth Ching | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation and Labor & Employment | 10 |
Theodore Chrissinger | Hoy Chrissinger Kimmel Vallas | Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Commercial Litigation | 12 |
Janet Chubb | Kaempfer Crowell | Did Not Disclose | 43 |
J. Douglas Clark | J. Douglas Clark, Attorney at Law | Did Not Disclose | 38 |
Tyson Cross | Cross Law Group | Tax, Estate Planning and Probate | 3 |
John Desmond | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Appellate Practice | 22 |
Bonnie Drinkwater | Drinkwater Eaton Law Offices | Corporate, Employment and Intellectual Property Law | 23 |
Kerry Eaton | Drinkwater Eaton Law Offices | Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law and Non-Profit Law | 12 |
Robert Eisenberg | Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg | Did Not Disclose | 37 |
Carmen English | English Law Practice | Immigration Law | 10 |
Holly E. Estes | Estes Law | Bankruptcy and Restructuring | 8 |
Craig Etem | Fennemore Craig | Real Estate Finance & Lending, Corporate and Emerging Businesses & Technologies | 21 |
Melissa Exline | Surratt Law Practice | Did Not Disclose | 14 |
Douglas Flowers | Holland & Hart | Real Estate Development & Finance, Commercial Finance and Banking & Financial Services | 16 |
Courtney Forster | Gunderson Law Firm | Civil Litigation, Business Law and Real Estate Law | 10 |
John Funk | Gunderson Law Firm | Business, Real Estate and Collections | 6 |
Stephanie Funk | Fahrendorf, Viloria, Oliphant & Oster | Civil Litigation and Estate Planning | 5 |
John Gallagher | Guild, Gallagher & Fuller | Complex Commercial Litigation, Administrative Law and Environmental Law | 34 |
David Garcia | Holland & Hart | Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions | 20 |
Paul Georgeson | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Construction Law & Litigation and Appellate | 23 |
Leigh Goddard | McDonald Carano | Employment & Labor, Commercial & Complex Litigation and Trust & Estates | 20 |
Julia Gold | Law Offices of Julia S. Gold | Did Not Disclose | 18 |
Garrett Gordon | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Regulatory and Government | 12 |
Patricia Halstead | Halstead Law Offices | Probates, Basic Estate Planning and Litigation | 19 |
Leslie Bryan Hart | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Financial Institution Litigation and Real Property Litigation | 24 |
Daniel Hayward | Laxalt & Nomura | Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Professional Liability (Defense) | 21 |
Matthew Hippler | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation | 18 |
August Hotchkin | Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara | General Liability, Wrongful Death and Construction Defect | 5 |
Procter Hug | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Real Estate, Business & Corporate and Contracts & Transactions | 34 |
Kurt O. Hunsberger | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Corporate & Business Law, Taxation and Estate Planning | 26 |
Brian Irvine | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Construction Law and Bankruptcy/Restructuring | 16 |
Laura Jacobsen | McDonald Carano | Employment & Labor Law, Commercial & Complex Litigation and Appellate | 3 |
Alicia Johnson | Johnson Law Practice | Real Estate, Small Business and Estate Planning | 11 |
Michael Kealy | Parsons Behle & Latimer | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Business Counseling | 33 |
Benjamin Kennedy | Dickinson Wright | Real Estate, Corporate Law and Development/Land Use | 13 |
Michael Kimmel | Hoy Chrissinger Kimmel Vallas | Construction Law & Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate | 13 |
Wayne Klomp | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation and Financial Services Litigation | 11 |
Dora Lane | Holland & Hart | Employment | 14 |
Ryan Leary | Laxalt & Nomura | Business Litigation (including shareholder derivative actions), Contractual Disputes and Professional Liability Defense | 8 |
Vernon Leverty | Leverty & Associates | Insurance, Accidents and Injuries | 46 |
Lindsay Liddell | Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust | General Civil Litigation, Business Disputes and Property Disputes | 2 |
Kristen Martini | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation | 9 |
Paul Matteoni | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation | 29 |
Bret F. Meich | Downey Brand | Business Litigation and Government | 9 |
Ann Morgan | Fennemore Craig | Employment & Labor Relations, Litigation and Aviation, Aerospace & Autonomous Systems |
38 |
G. Barton Mowry | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Estate Planning, Trust & Estate Litigation and General Business & Tax Planning | 38 |
Craig Newby | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation and Construction Law & Litigation | 14 |
Courtney O’Mara | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Probate & Trust Litigation and Estate Planning | 10 |
David O’Mara | O’Mara Law Firm | Shareholder Litigation, Estate Planning & Probate and Family Law | 14 |
Holly Parker | Laxalt & Nomura | Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Business Litigation | 11 |
William Peterson | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Energy & Utilities and Personal Injury | 41 |
Brian Pick | McDonald Carano | Emerging Industries & Organizations, Real Estate & Land Use and Business Entities & Transactions | 11 |
Shannon Pierce | Fennemore Craig | Employment & Labor Law and Litigation | 6 |
Andrea Pressler | Johnson Law Practice | Estate Planning, Probate and Business Formation | 14 |
Michaelle Rafferty | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Estate Planning, Estate & Trust Administration and Estate & Trust Litigation | 24 |
Catherine Reichenberg | Gunderson Law Firm | Civil Litigation, Business Law and Real Estate Law | 11 |
Molly Rezac | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart | Employment Law | 17 |
Stephanie Rice | Winter Street Law Group | Civil & Business Litigation, Election Law and Municipality Law | 8 |
Timothy Riley | Aguirre Riley | Estate Planning, Business and Tax Law | 11 |
John Sande, IV | Argentum Law | Did Not Disclose | 13 |
Brian Schusterman | McDonald Carano | Business Entities & Transactions, Emerging Industries & Organizations and Real Estate & Land Use | 10 |
Matthew Sharp | Law Office of Matthew L. Sharp | Did Not Disclose | 25 |
Steven Silva | Fennemore Craig | Eminent Domain, Real Property and Appellate | 6 |
Mark G. Simons | Simons Law | Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Litigation | 24 |
Charles Spann | Beckett, Yott, McCarty & Spann | Personal Injury, Product Liability and Workers Compensation | 35 |
Weston Spann | Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney | Personal Injury | 4 |
Casey Stiteler | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation | 2 |
Michael Sullivan | Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust | Did Not Disclose | 24 |
Kimberly Surratt | Surratt Law Practice | Surrogacy, Parentage and Adoption | 15 |
Austin Sweet | Gunderson Law Firm | Civil Litigation, Business Law and Real Estate Law | 8 |
John Tennert | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Financial Institution Litigation and Mining Litigation | 8 |
Julie Throop | Terry Friedman, Esq. & Julie Throop, Esq. | Did Not Disclose | 9 |
Amy Tirre | Law Offices of Amy N. Tirre | Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy – Creditor’s Rights and Business Debt Collection | 20 |
Jesse Wadhams | Fennemore Craig | Government Affairs, Healthcare & Insurance and Mining Law | 14 |
McClure Wallace | Wallace & Millsap | Did Not Disclose | 11 |
Anjali Webster | Dickinson Wright | Appellate Law and Business Litigation | 6 |
Shay Wells | Woodburn & Wedge | Business Law and Real Estate Transactions | 7 |
Mark Wenzel | Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney | Plaintiff Personal Injury | 22 |
Richard Williamson | Robertson, Johnson, Miller & Williamson | Commercial Real Estate Law and Complex Civil Litigation | 12 |
Allen Wilt | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Healthcare Litigation and Mining Litigation | 26 |
Lisa Wiltshire Alstead | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation and Employment & Labor Law | 11 |
Marilyn York | Law Office of Marilyn D. York | Did Not Disclose | 18 |
Laurie Yott | Beckett, Yott, McCarty & Spann | Workers Compensation, Personal Injury and Mediation | 31 |
Best Up & Coming Attorneys
Name | Firm | Based in | Practice Emphasis | Number of Years Practicing in Nevada |
Michelle Alarie | Armstrong Teasdale | Las Vegas | Complex Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Banking Litigation | 7 |
Brad Austin | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Litigation and Real Estate Litigation | 4 |
Christian Balducci | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation, Litigation and Real Property | 5 |
James Beckstrom | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Las Vegas | Litigation, Real Estate and Transactional | 2 |
Lauren Berkich | Berkich Family Law | Reno | Family Law | 6 |
Bryan Blackwell | Clear Counsel Law Group | Las Vegas | Personal Injury | 6 |
Brian Blakley | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Las Vegas | Litigation | 4 |
Dan Cereghino | Fennemore Craig | Las Vegas | Business Litigation and Appellate | 8 |
Dylan Ciciliano | Garman Turner Gordon | Las Vegas | Complex Commercial Litigation and Civil Litigation | 6 |
Christopher S. Connell | Connell Law | Las Vegas | Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Worker’s Compensation | 5 |
Aleem Dhalla | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment and Construction Litigation | 1 |
Sabrina Dolson | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Las Vegas | Divorce, Custody and Premarital Agreements | 4 |
Michael Esposito | Garman Turner Gordon | Las Vegas | Business Litigation, Probate & Trust Litigation and Landlord/Tenant | 3 |
Holly E. Estes | Estes Law | Reno | Bankruptcy and Restructuring | 8 |
Jordanna Evans | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Las Vegas | Trust & Estate Litigation and General Civil Litigation | 8 |
Alicia Exley | Vegas West Attorneys | Las Vegas | Family Law | 1 |
Craig Friedel | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Las Vegas | Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Administration and Business & Commercial Litigation | 2 |
Adam Fulton | Fulton & Jennings | Las Vegas | Business Litigation, Plaintiff Personal Injury and Construction Law | 8 |
John Funk | Gunderson Law Firm | Reno | Business, Real Estate and Collections | 6 |
Stephanie Funk | Fahrendorf, Viloria, Oliphant & Oster | Reno | Civil Litigation and Estate Planning | 5 |
Brandon Gatewood | Harper Selim | Las Vegas | Did Not Disclose | 4 |
Katie Goldberg | Mainor Wirth | Las Vegas | Personal Injury | 3 |
Tyre Gray | Fennemore Craig | Las Vegas | Government Affairs and Business Litigation | 3 |
Thomas Grover | Goodsell & Olsen | Las Vegas | Trust & Estate Litigation and Civil Litigation | 6 |
Kevin Hernandez | Law Office of Kevin L. Hernandez | Henderson | Consumer Law, Identity Theft Defense and Debt Collection Defense | 6 |
Brooke A. Holmes | Goldsmith & Guymon | Las Vegas | Estates & Trusts, Probate and Guardianship | 1 |
Joshua Hood | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Las Vegas | Probate & Trust Litigation, Civil Litigation and Living Wills | 5 |
Laura Jacobsen | McDonald Carano | Reno | Employment & Labor Law, Commercial & Complex Litigation and Appellate | 3 |
Tess Johnson | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Las Vegas | Trust & Estate Litigation and General Civil Litigation | 3 |
Kory Kaplan | Larson Zirzow & Kaplan | Las Vegas | Personal Injury and Civil Litigation | 4 |
Daniela LaBounty | Olson, Cannon, Gormley, Angulo & Stoberski | Las Vegas | Civil Litigation | 4 |
Alexandria Layton | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation | 1 |
David Lewandowski | Fennemore Craig | Reno | Emerging Business, Corporate Transactions and Real Estate | 7 |
Bret Meich | Downey Brand | Reno | Business Litigation and Government | 9 |
Magali Mercera | Pisanelli Bice | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation | 8 |
Jared Moser | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Las Vegas | Litigation, Employment Law and Appellate Practice | 5 |
Timothy Mott | Valiente Mott | Las Vegas | Personal Injury – General, Personal Injury – Products and General Litigation | 5 |
Jessica Moyeda | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Corporate & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions | 2 |
Jackie Nichols | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Las Vegas | Litigation, Labor & Employment and Municipal Liability | 1 |
Alayne Opie | Greenberg Traurig | Las Vegas | Business Litigation | 6 |
Michael Paretti | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Litigation | 2 |
Veronica Peterson | Fennemore Craig | Reno | Business Litigation | 2 |
Brandi Planet | Fennemore Craig | Las Vegas | Business Litigation, Construction Law and Corporate Cannabis | 8 |
Connor Shea | Schwartz Flansburg | Las Vegas | Bankruptcy and Real Estate | 1 |
Steven Silva | Fennemore Craig | Reno | Eminent Domain, Real Property and Appellate | 6 |
Weston Louise Spann | Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney | Reno | Personal Injury | 4 |
Thomas Stewart | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Las Vegas | Appellate and Litigation | 1 |
Adam Tully | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation | 3 |
Wade VanSickle | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Las Vegas | Civil Litigation | 3 |
Jason Weiland | Howard & Howard | Las Vegas | Did Not Disclose | 7 |
Mark Weisenmiller | Garman Turner Gordon | Las Vegas | Complex Insolvency and Business Restructuring | 7 |
Whitney Welch-Kirmse | Greenberg Traurig | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation | 7 |
Chase Whittemore | Argentum Law | Reno | Did Not Disclose | 2 |
Government Attorneys
Name | Organization | Based in | Number of Years Practicing in Nevada |
Nima Afshar | Clark County District Attorney | Las Vegas | 1 |
Claudia Aguayo | City of North Las Vegas – Civil Division | North Las Vegas | 14 |
Ketan Bhird | Office of the Attorney General | Las Vegas | 10 |
Alexander Chen | Clark County District Attorney | Las Vegas | 10 |
Elias George | City of Las Vegas | Las Vegas | 6 |
J. Brin Gibson, Jr. | Office of the Nevada Attorney General | Las Vegas | 9 |
Andrew Hall | Public Utilities Commission of Nevada | Las Vegas | 5 |
Carla Higginbotham | United States Attorney’s Office | Reno | 14 |
Brandon Kemble | City of Henderson | Henderson | 9 |
Micaela Moore | City of North Las Vegas | North Las Vegas | 12 |
Stacy Newman | Federal Public Defender – Nevada | Las Vegas | 1 |
Binu Palal | Clark County District Attorney | Las Vegas | 11 |
John Piro | Clark County Public Defender | Las Vegas | 7 |
Jeremy Reichenberg | Lyon County District Attorney | Yerrington | 11 |
Bethany Rudd Sanchez | City of Henderson | Henderson | 13 |
Brandon Sendall | City of Sparks | Sparks | 4 |
Chandeni Sendall | City of Reno | Reno | 5 |
Steven Shevorski | Office of the Attorney General | Las Vegas | 15 |
Jordan Smith | Office of the Attorney General | Las Vegas | 7 |
Nicholas Trutanich | Office of the Attorney General | Carson City | 3 |