Now in its thirteenth year, Legal Elite is an annual list showcasing Nevada attorneys who have been recognized by their associates for their work and dedication to the legal field. Polling began in mid-February and nearly 4,500 nominations were submitted by licensed attorneys in the state. Each submission then went through an extensive verification process resulting in the top attorneys in Nevada, chosen by their peers and presented in the following pages.
The State Bar of Nevada’s Annual Report for 2019 indicates that there are over 9,000 active member attorneys in Nevada and new attorneys are being trained and mentored every 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 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 then scored 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 scores were tabulated, the top vote getters were verified once again, their standing with the state bar reviewed and each was contacted to finalize the 2020 Legal Elite list.
Top vote getters for the North, South and Up and Coming lists were asked to appear on the cover. Featured are Michael Esposito with Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson from the southern Nevada list, Stephanie Funk with Viloria, Oliphant, Oster & Aman on the northern Nevada list and Alex Velto from Hutchison & Steffen from the Best Up and Coming list.
Congratulations to all of the distinguished attorneys featured among the 2020 Legal Elite.
YOU MADE THE LIST
Now Get the Recognition!
Southern Nevada Top Attorneys
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Scott Abbott | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment and Labor Law | 27 |
| Michelle Alarie | Armstrong Teasdale | Complex Commercial and General Litigation | 9 |
| Alicia Ashcraft | Armstrong Teasdale | Marijuana & Gaming Law, Administrative & Regulatory and Mergers & Acquisitions | 21 |
| Thomas Askeroth | Askeroth Law Group | Personal Injury, Workers Compensation and Insurance Law | 10 |
| Christian Augustin | Claggett & Sykes Law Firm | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Christian Balducci | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Healthcare and Real Property | 7 |
| Tamara Beatty Peterson | Peterson Baker | Commercial and Complex Litigation | 25 |
| Kevin Beck | Kevin Beck, Ltd. | Civil Litigation, Family Law and Business Litigation | 16 |
| James Beckstrom | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Civil Litigation, Real Estate and Appellate | 4 |
| Jeffery Bendavid | Bendavid Law | Business & Real Estate Transactions, Complex Commercial Litigation and Gaming & Administrative Law | 22 |
| Marcus Berg | Moss Berg | Personal Injury | 15 |
| Todd Bice | Pisanelli Bice | Complex Business Matters, Gaming Regulatory Disputes and Election Law | 27 |
| John R. Blackmon | Blackmon Law Group | Matrimonial Law, Civil Litigation, Business and Finance | 5 |
| David Blake | Clear Counsel Law Group | Fraud, Business Tort and Probate & Estate Litigation | 11 |
| Christopher Blakesley, II | LBC law group | Personal Injury and Criminal Defense | 9 |
| Brian Blakley | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Class Action and Complex Disputes | 7 |
| Eric Blank | Eric Blank Injury Attorneys | Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation | 20 |
| Brian Blaylock | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions | 7 |
| Gina Bongiovi | Bongiovi Law Firm | Business Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions and Commercial Real Estate | 13 |
| Mark Borghese | Borghese Legal | Intellectual Property and Business Transactions | 22 |
| John Bragonje | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Complex Corporate Business Litigation and Arbitration | 15 |
| Jennifer Braster | Naylor & Braster | Commercial Litigation and Consumer Finance Litigation | 13 |
| Darren Brenner | Akerman | Consumer Financial Services, Litigation | 16 |
| Elizabeth Brickfield | Dawson & Lordahl | Tax Law, Estate Planning and Trusts | 22 |
| Shemilly Briscoe | Briscoe Law Group | Business, Construction and Personal Injury | 13 |
| Gian (John) Brown | Holland & Hart | Corporate, Emerging Growth and Venture Capital & Private Equity | 7 |
| Emily Buchwald | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation and Appellate | 5 |
| Michael James Burton | McFarling Law Group | Family Law | 2 |
| Daven Cameron | Lagomarsino Law | Personal Injury, Complex Commercial Litigation and Civil Rights | 3 |
| Donald J. Campbell | Cambell & Williams | Complex Civil and Criminal Litigation | 41 |
| Edgar Carranza | Backus, Carranza & Burden | Commercial Litigation, Employment Law and Professional Liability Defense | 24 |
| David Carroll | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Commercial and Real Estate Litigation | 18 |
| Andrea Champion | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Civil Litigation and Appellate Advocacy | 7 |
| Richard Chatwin | Gerrard Cox Larsen | Elder Law, Probate and Guardianship | 12 |
| Jared Christensen | Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O’Meara | General Civil Litigation | 10 |
| Jonathan Chung | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Family Law | 2 |
| Sean Claggett | Claggett & Sykes Law Firm | Personal Injury | 16 |
| Chad Clement | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Corporate and Appellate | 11 |
| Michael Coggeshall | Gillock & Associates | Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death and Motor Vehicle Accidents | 2 |
| Bryan Cohen | Wynn Las Vegas | Labor and Employment Law | 17 |
| Jamie Combs | Akerman | Consumer Financial Services, Litigation | 6 |
| Kyle Cottner | Kaplan Cottner | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and DUI Defense | 7 |
| Maximiliano D. Couvillier, III | Kennedy & Couvillier | Commercial Litigation, Insurance Litigation and Administrative Law | 18 |
| Richard Todd Creer | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment and Labor Law | 13 |
| Nicholas Crosby | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Labor & Employment, Constitutional Law and Litigation | 15 |
| Hayley Cummings | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | 1 |
| Krisanne Cunningham | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Law and Corporate Governance | 16 |
| Stephen Davis | Jones Lovelock | Construction Law | 3 |
| William Devine, II | Devine Law Firm | Bankruptcy, Real Estate and Probate Law | 12 |
| Anthony DiRaimondo | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Commercial Litigation | 12 |
| Sabrina Dolson | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Family Law and Personal Injury | 6 |
| Robert Draskovich | Draskovich Law Group | Criminal | 22 |
| Richard Dreitzer | Fennemore Craig | Labor & Employment Law, Complex Civil Litigation and Construction Litigation | 21 |
| Andrew P. Dunning | Black & LoBello | Commercial Litigation, Business Law and Transactions | 5 |
| Dana Dwiggins | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation, Business Litigation and Trust & Estate Administration | 20 |
| David Edington | Greenberg Traurig | Real Estate and Real Estate Finance | 3 |
| Robert Eglet | Eglet Adams | Personal Injury and Products Liability | 31 |
| Philip Erwin | Cambell & Williams | Commercial Litigation, Appeals and Personal Injury | 10 |
| Michael Esposito | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense and Complex Claims | 5 |
| Ross Evans | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation & Administration, Business Litigation and Guardianship | 11 |
| Chad Fears | Evans Fears & Schuttert | Product Liability, Business Torts and Intellectual Property Disputes | 20 |
| Michael Feder | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Sports & Entertainment Law | 20 |
| Mark Ferrario | Greenberg Traurig | Litigation | 38 |
| Frank Flansburg, III | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Litigation | 20 |
| Jessie Folkestad | Christopher Oram Law Office | Criminal Defense and Appeals | 2 |
| David Freeman | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation | 13 |
| Alan Freer | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation & Administration, Business Litigation and Guardianship | 18 |
| Adam Fulton | Jennings & Fulton | Complex Litigation, Business Formations and Transactional Law | 10 |
| Calder B. Gabroy | Calder B. Gabroy, Ltd. | Catastrophic/Personal Injury, Family Law and Criminal Defense | 3 |
| Christian Gabroy | Gabroy Law Offices | Personal Injury, Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Termination | 15 |
| Joseph Ganley | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Corporate & Commercial Law | 24 |
| Anthony Garasi | Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O’Meara | Business Law, Real Estate Law and General Civil Litigation | 12 |
| Brandon L. Gatewood | Chavez Legal Group | Personal Injury, Insurance Defense and Bad Faith | 6 |
| Elias George | H1 Law Group | Commercial & Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation and Civil Rights | 8 |
| Angel Getsov | Eglet Adams | Complex Civil Litigation, Product Liability and Class Action | 2 |
| Nedda Ghandi | Ghandi Deeter Blackham | Bankruptcy, Business and Family Law | 11 |
| Charles Gianelloni | Snell & Wilmer | Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Commercial Litigation and Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency | 7 |
| Gerald Gillock | Gillock & Associates | Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death and Motor Vehicle Accidents | 49 |
| Josh Gilmore | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Commercial Litigation & Business Torts, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | 11 |
| Katie Goldberg | Mainor Wirth | Personal Injury | 5 |
| David Gould | Messner Reeves | Appellate, Insurance Defense and Litigation | 11 |
| Jeffrey Gronich | Jeffrey Gronich, Attorney at Law | Employment Law and Contracts | 6 |
| Joseph Gutierrez | Maier Gutierez & Associates | Personal Injury, Business Litigation and Employment Litigation | 15 |
| John Gutke | Gutke Law Group | Business Litigation, Real Estate & Commercial Lending and Bankruptcy Litigation | 13 |
| Jeffrey Hall | Hutchison & Steffen | Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights, Business Law & Commercial Litigation and Condemnation Law | 14 |
| James Harper | Harper | Selim | Insurance Defense | 14 |
| Derek Hatch | Jeffery Burr | Estate Planning and Tax Litigation | 12 |
| Dale Hayes, Jr. | Hayes | Wakayama | Litigation and Personal Injury | 31 |
| Joel Henriod | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Appeals and Complex Litigation | 17 |
| Justin Hepworth | Evans Fears & Schuttert | Product Liability Defense and Insurance Coverage | 13 |
| Candace Herling | Messner Reeves | Civil Litigation and Healthcare Law | 5 |
| Kevin L. Hernandez | Law Office of Kevin L. Hernandez | Identity Theft, Illegal Debt Collection and Credit Reporting Errors | 8 |
| Lawrence Hill | Lawrence Hill and Associates | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Immigration Law Firm | 9 |
| Brooke Holmes | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Real Estate and Land Use | 3 |
| Eric Hone | H1 Law Group | Commercial & Business Litigation, Construction and Bankruptcy | 16 |
| Michael Hua | Lloyd Baker Injury Attorneys | Personal Injury and Civil Rights | 2 |
| Mark Hutchison | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Appellate Litigation and Business Law & Commercial Litigation | 27 |
| Gregory Kamer | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment and Labor Law | 38 |
| Patrick Kang | ACE Law Group | Employment Law, Personal Injury | 13 |
| Kory Kaplan | Kaplan Cottner | Complex Civil Litigation, Business Litigation and Personal Injury | 6 |
| Edwin Keller, Jr. | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment & Labor Law, Arbitration and Collective Bargaining | 23 |
| Todd E. Kennedy | Kennedy & Couvillier | Corporate Litigation, Entertainment and IP Law and Real Estate Litigation | 23 |
| Daniel Kiefer | Lee, Kiefer & Park | Trust & Estate Litigation & Appeals, Civil Litigation | 8 |
| Christopher Kircher | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Personal Injury and Complex Commercial Disputes | 11 |
| Jennifer Ko Craft | Dickinson Wright | Copyright & Trademark Law, Intellectual Property and Sports & Entertainment Law | 18 |
| David Koch | Koch & Scow | Business, Intellectual Property and Real Estate Litigation | 16 |
| John Krieger | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property and Entertainment & Sports | 24 |
| Daniela LaBounty | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | Commercial Litigation, Premises Liability & Negligent Security and Product Liability | 6 |
| Darren Lach | Eric Blank Injury Attorneys | Personal Injury | 14 |
| Scott Lachman | Akerman | Consumer Financial Services, Litigation | 10 |
| Robert S. Larsen | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate and Business Transactions | 18 |
| Curt Ledford | Davison Van Cleve | Utility, Administrative and Regulatory Law | 15 |
| Jenny Lee | Jenny Legal | Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation and Employment | 7 |
| Kennedy Lee | Lee, Kiefer & Park | Probate, Trust Administration and Trust & Estate Litigation | 8 |
| Michael Lee | Michael B Lee PC | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Appeals and Personal Injury | 13 |
| Ben Lehavi | Ben’s Law | Business Litigation, Business Transactions and Commercial Real Estate | 3 |
| Amanda Emily Litt | Litt Law Firm | Family Law, Personal Injury and Elder Abuse & Neglect | 8 |
| Bryce Loveland | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Multiemployer Employee Benefits and Litigation | 13 |
| Nicole Lovelock | Jones Lovelock | Construction, Civil Litigation and Appellate | 11 |
| Charlie Luh | Luh & Associates | Construction Defect, General Liability Defense and Consumer Bankruptcy | 21 |
| Jeffrey Luszeck | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Trust & Estate Litigation, Civil Litigation, Probate and Trust & Estate Administration | 14 |
| Patrick C. McDonnell | Sgro and Roger | Civil Litigation, Real Estate Law and Administrative Law | 6 |
| Jakub Medrala | The Medrala Law Firm | Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Employment Law | 7 |
| M. Magali Mercera | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation and Construction | 10 |
| W. Michael | Draskovich Law Group | Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation | 2 |
| Jennifer Micheli | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Appeals | 11 |
| Kirill Mikhaylov | Howard & Howard | Business Litigation, Real Estate and Intellectual Property | 5 |
| Christopher Miltenberger | Greenberg Traurig | Litigation | 13 |
| Samuel Mirkovich | Cambell & Williams | Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury | 10 |
| Royi Moas | Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin | Litigation & Class Action, Business Transactions & Corporate Law and Real Estate | 12 |
| Terry Moore | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Landlord/Tenant and Real Property | 19 |
| Carlos Morales | Morales Injury Law | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Taylor K. Morris | Morris Estate Planning Attorneys | Estate Planning, Probate & Estate and Asset Protection | 5 |
| Jared Moser | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Appeals | 7 |
| Boyd Moss | Moss Berg | Personal Injury | 16 |
| Timothy Mott | Valiente Mott | Personal Injury | 7 |
| Cody Mounteer | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Construction and Real Property | 11 |
| John Tyler Mowbray | J. Tyler Mowbray Law P.C. | Business Law, Commercial Real Estate and Trusts & Estates | 2 |
| Shaun Muaina | Henness & Haight | Personal Injury and Worker’s Compensation | 7 |
| Joanna Myers | Holley Driggs Law Firm | Intellectual Property and Entertainment | 9 |
| William O’Grady | O’Grady Law Group | Residential and Commercial Real Estate | 13 |
| Timothy O’Reilly | O’Reilly Law Group | Civil & Commercial Litigation, Complex Business Disputes and Catastrophic Personal Injury | 16 |
| Alayne Opie | Greenberg Traurig | Litigation | 8 |
| Dana P. Oswalt | Benson & Bingham | Personal Injury and Civil Litigation | 5 |
| Oliver Pancheri | Santoro Whitmire | Complex Commercial Litigation, Business Torts and Class Action Defense | 19 |
| Matthew Park | Lee, Kiefer & Park | Trust & Estate Litigation & Appeals, Civil Litigation | 9 |
| Sean Payne | Rogers, Mastrangelo, Carvalho & Mitchell | Personal Injury, Insurance Defense and Medical Malpractice | 6 |
| Matthew Pfau | Matt Pfau Law Group | Personal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury and Catastrophic Injury | 11 |
| Christopher Phillips | Phillips Ballenger | Probate, Trust and Guardianship Administration | 17 |
| James Pisanelli | Pisanelli Bice | Complex Commercial Litigation, Defamation and Construction | 29 |
| Taylor Randolph | Randolph Law | Bankruptcy, IRS Representation and Corporate Law | 13 |
| Timothy E. Revero | Richard Harris Law Firm | Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation and Administrative Law | 2 |
| Jacob Reynolds | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Constitutional Law and Election, Campaign & Political Law | 13 |
| Jarrod Rickard | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Commercial Litigation, Land Use and Employment Law | 13 |
| Keivan Roebuck | Nettles Morris | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Mark Rouse | The 702 Firm | Personal Injury | 9 |
| Maria Veronica Saladino | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Corporate Governance, Business Transactions and Mergers & Acquisitions | 3 |
| Nicholas Santoro | Santoro Whitmire | Commercial Litigation, Business Torts and Professional Liability Claims | 36 |
| Jen Sarafina | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment and Labor Law | 14 |
| Jeff Scarborough | Richard Harris Law Firm | Personal Injury | 3 |
| Allison Schmidt | Ghidotti | Berger | Litigation and Appellate | 13 |
| Robert E. Schumacher | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | Commercial Litigation, Construction and Employer Liability | 21 |
| Joel Schwarz | H1 Law Group | Commercial & Business Litigation, Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation | 15 |
| Samantha Scofield | McFarling Law Group | Divorce, Custody and Appellate Practice | 1 |
| Taylor Selim | Harper | Selim | Insurance Coverage | 9 |
| Andrew Semprazik | Barnes Law Group | Family Law | 1 |
| Aaron Shipley | McDonald Carano | Trusts & Estates, Employment & Labor Law and Commercial & Complex Litigation | 17 |
| Stephen Shulman | Willoughby Shulman | Personal Injury | 9 |
| Stephanie J. Smith | Bendavid Law | Business Litigation, Employment Litigation and General & Complex Civil Litigation | 11 |
| Jordan Smith | Pisanelli Bice | Appellate and Complex Litigation | 9 |
| Jason Smith | Santoro Whitmire | Commercial, Tort and Civil Litigation | 14 |
| Julie Speraw | Edward M. Bernstein & Associates | Workers’ Compensation | 1 |
| Debra Spinelli | Pisanelli Bice | Complex Commercial Disputes | 14 |
| Brian Steadman | Solomon Dwiggins & Freer | Estate & Tax Planning, Business Planning and Trust & Estate Administration | 12 |
| John Steffen | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Business Law & Commercial Litigation | 28 |
| Daniel Stewart | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Constitutional Law and Corporate & Commercial Law | 11 |
| Thomas Stewart | The Paul Powell Law Firm | General Litigation and Appeals | 3 |
| Kelly Stout | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Civil Litigation, Appellate Advocacy, Healthcare and Administrative Law | 10 |
| Stace Taylor | Velasquez Immigration Law Group | Immigration Law | 2 |
| Sarah Mead Thomas | Mead Law Group | Complex Commercial Litigation and Construction Law | 5 |
| Raleigh Thompson | Morris Law Group | Commercial and Civil Litigation | 11 |
| Geraldine Tomich | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Estate Planning, Asset Protection and Probate | 16 |
| Glenn Truitt | Ideal Business Partners | Healthcare Transactions & Compliance, Cannabis/Hemp/CBD Transactions & Compliance and Mergers & Acquisitions | 9 |
| Matthew Tsai | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Complex Litigation, Gaming and Licensing | 4 |
| Travis Twitchell | Bowler, Dixon & Twitchell | Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Business Law | 17 |
| Jose E. Valenzuela, III | V3 Law | Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Business Transactions | 8 |
| Michael Valiente | Valiente Mott | Personal Injury | 3 |
| Ashlee Vazquez | McFarling Law Group | Divorce, Custody and Appeals | 2 |
| Bryan Viellion | Kaempfer Crowell | Bankruptcy, Business Law and Estate Planning | 6 |
| Michael Wadley | Holland & Hart | Real Estate Development & Finance, Project Development & Finance and Construction | 9 |
| Dan Waite | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation and Real Estate | 30 |
| Liane Wakayama | Hayes | Wakayama | Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate and Guardianship | 11 |
| Eric Walther | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Complex Commercial Litigation and Appellate Law | 5 |
| Tyler Watson | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Insurance Defense, Commercial Litigation and Premises Liability | 10 |
| Kendal Weisenmiller | Jeffery Burr | Probate and Trust Administration Litigation | 10 |
| Larson Welsh | Hayes & Welsh | Civil Litigation and Creditor’s Rights | 8 |
| Tiffany Welt Doctors | Welt Law | Social Security Disability | 3 |
| Joseph Went | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights | 15 |
| James Whitmire, III | Santoro Whitmire | Complex Commercial, Insurance and Employment | 22 |
| J. Colby Williams | Cambell & Williams | Complex Commercial Litigation, Appeals and Products Liability | 25 |
| Joseph Wirth | Mainor Wirth | Personal Injury | 13 |
| Kenneth Woloson | Kenneth A. Woloson Law Office | Commercial Transactions, Succession & Business Planning and Trust & Estates | 40 |
| Ryan Works | McDonald Carano | Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring and Commercial & Complex Litigation | 15 |
| Amanda Yen | McDonald Carano | Appellate, Commercial & Complex Litigation and Employment & Labor Law | 14 |
| Shane Jasmine Young | Young Law Group | Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts), Business and Personal Injury | 15 |
| Waleed Zaman | Zaman Legal | Criminal Defense and Personal Injury | 3 |
| Kristopher Zeppenfeld | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Corporate, Real Property and Catastrophic Injury | 9 |
| Meng Zhong | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition | 10 |
Northern Nevada Top Attorneys
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Matthew Addison | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation and Construction Law | 28 |
| Bryce Alstead | Holland & Hart | Environmental & Natural Resources, Project Development & Finance and Government Affairs | 13 |
| Nathan Aman | Viloria, Oliphant, Oster & Aman | Litigation and Corporate Matters | 16 |
| Anthony Arger | Robertson, Johnson, Miller & Williamson | Commercial and Complex Civil Litigation | 5 |
| Robert Armstong | McDonald Carano | Trust & Estates, Business Entities & Transactions and Tax Law | 40 |
| Sallie Armstrong | McDonald Carano | Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring and Commercial & Complex Litigation | 38 |
| Fritz Battcher | Holland & Hart | Emerging Growth, Venture Capital & Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions | 18 |
| Wade Beavers | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Probate and Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental | 5 |
| Lauren Berkich | Berkich Lucey Law Group | Family Law | 8 |
| John Boyden | Erickson, Thorpe & Swainston | Civil Litigation | 29 |
| Louis Bubala, III | Kaempfer Crowell | Bankruptcy Law and Litigation | 16 |
| Michael Burke | Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust | Commercial Litigation, Special Education and Business Litigation | 10 |
| Justin Bustos | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation and Appellate | 16 |
| Steven Caloiaro | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Patent and Trademark Law | 8 |
| Kenneth Ching | Argentum Law | Litigation, Business and Employment Law | 12 |
| J. Douglas Clark | J. Douglas Clark, Attorney at Law Ltd. | Trusts and Estates | 40 |
| Travis Clark | Surratt Law Practice | Family Law | 6 |
| Brittany Cooper | Marilyn D. York, Inc. | Family Law | 4 |
| Joshua Correlli | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law and Real Estate & Construction | 14 |
| Tyson Cross | Cross Law Group | Tax, Estate Planning and Probate | 5 |
| John Desmond | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Appellate Practice | 25 |
| Colleen Dolan | Fennemore Craig | Real Estate, Business & Finance and Mining | 34 |
| Eric Duhon | Fennemore Craig | Real Estate, Corporate and Business & Finance | 2 |
| Holly Estes | Estes Law | Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Reorganization and Chapter 7 Liquidation | 10 |
| Melissa Exline | Surratt Law Practice | Family Law | 16 |
| Elizabeth Fielder | Fielder Law | Commercial Real Estate, Business Transactions and Entity Formation & Management | 22 |
| Douglas Flowers | Holland & Hart | Real Estate Development & Finance, Commercial Finance and Banking & Financial Services | 18 |
| Courtney Forster | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial Litigation, Real Property and Business Law | 12 |
| Adriana Fralick | AGF Law | Personal Injury, Legal & Political Counsel and Government Law | 15 |
| John Funk | Gunderson Law Firm | Business Litigation, Real Property and Judgement Enforcement | 8 |
| Stephanie Funk | Viloria, Oliphant, Oster & Aman | Civil and Trust Litigation, Estate Planning | 7 |
| David Garcia | Holland & Hart | Corporate, Emerging Growth and Mergers & Acquisitions | 22 |
| Garrett Gordon | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Land Use Law, Real Estate Law and Government Relations | 15 |
| Sihomara Graves | Kaempfer Crowell | Bankruptcy, Business Law and Estate Planning | 7 |
| Anthony Hall | Simons Hall Johnston | Litigation, Government and Employee Rights | 23 |
| Daniel Hansen | Nevada Legal Services | Housing, Consumer and Government Benefits Denials | 2 |
| Stephen Harris | Harris Law | Personal & Business Bankruptcy, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Alternatives | 45 |
| Jeffrey Hartman | Hartman & Hartman | Bankruptcy Law | 38 |
| Elizabeth High | Lee High, Ltd. | Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Collection Related Commercial Law | 13 |
| Matthew Hippler | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation and Mining | 20 |
| Katherine Hoffman | Fennemore Craig | Government Affairs, Gaming & Hospitality, Natural Resources and Energy & Environmental | 9 |
| Adam Hosmer-Henner | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Appellate and Gaming & Administrative Law | 7 |
| August Hotchkin | Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O’Meara | Business Law, General Civil Litigation and Real Estate & Construction Law | 7 |
| Procter Hug, IV | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Business Entities & Transactions, Real Estate and Trusts & Estates | 8 |
| Laura Jacobsen | McDonald Carano | Employment & Labor Law, Appellate and Trust & Estates | 5 |
| Kendra Jepsen | Simons Hall Johnston | Business, Employment & Labor and Family Law | 4 |
| Alicia Johnson | Johnson Law Practice | Business, Real Estate and Estate Planning | 13 |
| Orrin Johnson | Johnson Law Practice | Criminal Law | 12 |
| Brad Johnston | Simons Hall Johnston | Commercial Litigation, Agricultural Law and Regulatory Affairs | 17 |
| Nathan Kanute | Snell & Wilmer | Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Commercial Litigation and Receiverships | 8 |
| Patrick Kealy | Kalicki Collier | Civil Litigation, Probate, Estate Planning | 5 |
| Michael Kealy | Parsons, Behle & Latimer | Commercial Litigation, Business Torts and Natural Resources | 35 |
| Bronagh Kelly | Woodburn & Wedge | Family Law | 2 |
| Benjamin Kennedy | Dickinson Wright | Real Estate, Corporate Law and Development/Land Use | 16 |
| Frank LaForge | Holland & Hart | Appellate, Commercial Litigation and Workplace Safety & Emergency Response | 9 |
| Dora Lane | Holland & Hart | Labor & Employment | 16 |
| Chelsea Latino | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Appellate and Employment & Labor Law | 3 |
| Adam P. Laxalt | Cooper & Kirk | Litigation & Appellate and Constitutional Law | 8 |
| Cecilia Lee | Lee High, Ltd. | Bankruptcy & Commercial Law and Appeals | 32 |
| Debbie Leonard | Leonard Law | Appeals, Water & Land and Mediation | 17 |
| V. Gene Leverty | Leverty & Associates | Personal Injury | 49 |
| Colton Loretz | Woodburn & Wedge | Business & Commercial Agreements, Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate | 2 |
| Owen Mackedon | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Privileged Licensing and Real Estate & Construction | 6 |
| Kristen Martini | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Civil and Commercial Litigation | 12 |
| Paul Matteoni | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Bankruptcy & Regulatory, Construction Law and Business Litigation | 32 |
| Kristen Matteoni | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Trusts & Estates, Business & Civil Litigation and Business Entities & Transactions | 2 |
| Bret Meich | Downey Brand | General Litigation | 11 |
| Courtney Miller O’Mara | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation and Probate | 12 |
| Patrick Millsap | Wallace Millsap | Trust & Estate Law, Wrongful Death and Personal Injury | 9 |
| Alexander Morey | Silverman Kattelman Springgate | Family Law | 11 |
| Ann Morgan | Fennemore Craig | Employment & Labor Relations, Business Litigation and Trusts & Estates | 40 |
| Jason Morris | Woodburn & Wedge | Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Administration and Tax Law | 12 |
| G. Barton Mowry | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Trusts & Estates, Taxation and Non-profits & Tax-Exempt | 40 |
| Ashley Nikkel | Parsons, Behle & Latimer | Litigation, Trials & Appeals and Environmental & Natural Resources | 7 |
| Holly Parker | Laxalt & Nomura | Civil Litigation, Business Litigation and Personal Injury | 13 |
| William Peterson | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Energy & Utilities and Personal Injury | 44 |
| Brian Pick | McDonald Carano | Emerging Industries & Organizations, Real Estate & Land Use and Business Entities & Transactions | 13 |
| Shannon Pierce | Fennemore Craig | Employment & Labor Relation and Business Litigation | 8 |
| Andrea Pressler | Johnson Law Practice | Estate Planning, Probate, Wills and Trusts | 16 |
| Jacey Prupas | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Insurance & Licensure and Personal Injury | 15 |
| Michaelle Rafferty | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Trusts & Estates, Taxation and Non-profits & Tax-Exempt | 26 |
| Natalie Reed | Reed Law Offices | Family Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Litigation | 19 |
| Catherine Reichenberg | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial & Business Litigation, Real Estate and Contracts | 13 |
| Samantha Reviglio | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Intellectual Property Litigation | 3 |
| Molly Rezac | Ogletree Deakins | Employment Litigation | 19 |
| Timothy Riley | Aguirre Riley | Tax Law and Estate Planning | 13 |
| Theresa Ristenpart | Ristenpart Law | Criminal Defense Litigation and Trial Attorney | 15 |
| Brian Schusterman | McDonald Carano | Real Estate & Land Use, Business Entities & Transactions and Emerging Industries & Organizations | 12 |
| Nicole Scott | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Complex Litigation, Liquor Law and Licensing & Transactions | 6 |
| Therese Shanks | Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust | Appellate Practice, Business Litigation and Estate & Trust Litigation | 7 |
| Steven Silva | Blanchard, Krasner & French | Eminent Domain, Appellate and Civil Litigation | 8 |
| Mark Simons | Simons Hall Johnston | Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation and Real Estate Litigation | 26 |
| Weston Spann | Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney | Tort, Insurance and Personal Injury | 6 |
| Michael Sullivan | Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust | Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Alternative Dispute Resolution | 26 |
| S. Timothy Summers, Jr. | Woodburn & Wedge | Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Administration and Tax Law | 9 |
| Austin Sweet | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial Litigation, Real Property and Business Law | 10 |
| John Tennert, III | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Mining, Natural Resources and Energy & Environmental | 10 |
| Alex Velto | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation and Employment & Labor Law | 1 |
| Jesse Wadhams | Black & LoBello | Administrative & Regulatory, Government Relations and Business & Finance | 16 |
| McClure Wallace | Wallace Millsap | Civil Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation and Trust & Estate Administration | 13 |
| Anjali Webster | Dickinson Wright | Complex Litigation and Appeals | 9 |
| Shay Wells | Woodburn & Wedge | Business & Commercial Law and Litigation | 9 |
| Jeffrey Chase Whittemore | Argentum Law | Civil Litigation, Transactional Law and Government Affairs | 3 |
| Richard Williamson | Robertson, Johnson, Miller & Williamson | Commercial Real Estate Law and Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation | 14 |
| Allen Wilt | The Corix Group of Companies | Did Not Disclose | 27 |
| Hannah Winston | Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust | Civil Litigation, Corporate Law and Family Law | 2 |
| Mathew Work | Carlson & Work | Family Law, Criminal Defense and Estate Planning | 5 |
| Marilyn York | Marilyn D. York, Inc. | Family Law | 20 |
Best Up & Coming Attorneys
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Based In | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Chelsie Adams | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Healthcare and Construction Law | Las Vegas | 6 |
| Michelle Alarie | Armstrong Teasdale | Complex Commercial and General Litigation | Las Vegas | 9 |
| Anthony Arger | Robertson, Johnson, Miller & Williamson | Commercial and Complex Civil Litigation | Reno | 5 |
| Wade Beavers | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Probate and Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental | Reno | 5 |
| James Beckstrom | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Civil Litigation, Real Estate and Appellate | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Emily Buchwald | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation and Appellate | Las Vegas | 5 |
| Alexander Calaway | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Commercial Litigation, Corporate, and Real Property | Las Vegas | 1 |
| Jeremy Clarke | Simons Hall Johnston | Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury and Construction | Reno | 4 |
| Jamie Combs | Akerman | Consumer Financial Services, Litigation | Las Vegas | 6 |
| Hayley Cummings | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | Las Vegas | 1 |
| Dawn Davis | Snell & Wilmer | Product Liability Litigation | Las Vegas | 6 |
| Eric Duhon | Fennemore Craig | Real Estate, Corporate and Business & Finance | Reno | 2 |
| Michael Esposito | Kravitz, Schnitzer & Johnson | Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense and Complex Claims | Las Vegas | 5 |
| Stephanie Funk | Viloria, Oliphant, Oster & Aman | Civil and Trust Litigation, Estate Planning | Reno | 7 |
| Carmen Gilbert | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities | Las Vegas | 1 |
| Caleb Green | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Government Affairs, Immigration and Cyber-Security | Las Vegas | 1 |
| Joshua Halen | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Appellate and Religious Institutions & First Amendment | Reno | 4 |
| Chad Harrison | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury and Premises Liability | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Dare Heisterman | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment and Labor Law | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Brooke Holmes | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Real Estate and Land Use | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Dustun Holmes | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation and Appellate | Las Vegas | 7 |
| Laura Jacobsen | McDonald Carano | Employment & Labor Law, Appellate and Trust & Estates | Reno | 5 |
| Collin Jayne | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Construction and Real Property | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Chelsee Jensen | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Litigation | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Bronagh Kelly | Woodburn & Wedge | Family Law | Reno | 2 |
| Branden Kartchner | Hutchison & Steffen | Healthcare Professionals Advocacy, Insurance Litigation and Professional Liability Defense, | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Chelsea Latino | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Appellate and Employment & Labor Law | Reno | 3 |
| Kimber Laux | McFarling Law Group | Family, Divorce and Custody | Las Vegas | 1 |
| David Lewandowski | Fennemore Craig | Business & Finance, Intellectual Property & IP Litigation and Real Estate | Las Vegas | 9 |
| Amanda Emily Litt | Litt Law Firm | Family Law, Personal Injury and Elder Abuse & Neglect | Las Vegas | 8 |
| Colton Loretz | Woodburn & Wedge | Business & Commercial Agreements, Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate | Reno | 2 |
| Amber Lunn | Holland & Hart | Project Development & Finance, Construction and Real Estate Development & Finance | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Nicole Martin | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment and Labor Law | Las Vegas | 6 |
| Kristen Matteoni | Maupin, Cox & LeGoy | Trusts & Estates, Business & Civil Litigation and Business Entities & Transactions | Reno | 2 |
| Sarah Mead Thomas | Mead Law Group | Complex Commercial Litigation and Construction Law | Las Vegas | 5 |
| Carlos Morales | Morales Injury Law | Personal Injury | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Taylor K. Morris | Morris Estate Planning Attorneys | Estate Planning, Probate & Estate and Asset Protection | Henderson | 5 |
| Jacqueline V. Nichols | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation and Probate | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Alayne Opie | Greenberg Traurig | Litigation | Las Vegas | 8 |
| Michael Paretti | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Kaitlin H. Paxton | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Employment and Labor Law | Las Vegas | 5 |
| Brandi Planet | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Employment & Labor Relations and Trusts & Estates | Las Vegas | 10 |
| Maria Veronica Saladino | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Corporate Governance, Business Transactions and Mergers & Acquisitions | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Ryan Saxe | Saltzman Mugan Dushoff | Liquor Law & Privilege Licensing, Banking & Trust Company Law and Administrative & Regulatory Law | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Jeff Scarborough | Richard Harris Law Firm | Personal Injury | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Ava Schaefer | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation | Las Vegas | 7 |
| Samantha Scofield | McFarling Law Group | Divorce, Custody and Appellate Practice | Las Vegas | 1 |
| Andrew Semprazik | Barnes Law Group | Family Law | Las Vegas | 1 |
| Casey Stiteler | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Land Use & Development and Real Estate Law | Reno | 5 |
| Rachel Tygret | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Estate Planning, Family Law and Probate | Las Vegas | 4 |
| Alex Velto | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation and Employment & Labor Law | Reno | 1 |
| Luke Walker | Gunderson Law Firm | Estate Planning, Transactional and Litigation Support | Reno | 3 |
| Anjali Webster | Dickinson Wright | Complex Litigation and Appeals | Reno | 9 |
| Kendal L. Weisenmiller | Jeffrey Burr | Probate and Trust Administration Litigation | Las Vegas | 10 |
| Brooks Westergard | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Appellate Law and Intellectual Property | Reno | 3 |
| Kyle Wyant | Santoro Whitmire | Business & Corporate Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Commercial Litigation | Las Vegas | 2 |
| Wing Yan Wong | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate and Professional Liability | Las Vegas | 5 |
Government Attorneys
| Name | Organization | Based in | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Claudia E. Aguayo | City of North Las Vegas – Civil Division | North Las Vegas | 16 |
| Kendra G. Bertschy | Washoe County Public Defender | Reno | 6 |
| Katlyn M. Brady | Nevada Attorney General’s Office | Las Vegas | 3 |
| Katelyn J. Cantu | Washoe County Public Defender | Reno | 4 |
| Jeffrey Morgan Connor | Nevada Attorney General’s Office | Carson City | 10 |
| Melinda M. Correlli | Washoe County Public Defender | Reno | 8 |
| Christopher D. Craft | City of North Las Vegas | North Las Vegas | 19 |
| Jenna L. Garcia | Washoe County Alternate Public Defender’s Office | Reno | 6 |
| Katheryn A. B. Hickman | Washoe County Public Defender | Reno | 11 |
| Michael W. Large | Washoe County District Attorney’s Office | Reno | 13 |
| Tyson Darin League | Washoe County District Attorney’s Office | Reno | 6 |
| Jeremy R. Reichenberg | Carson City District Attorney’s Office | Carson City | 13 |
| Marisa Rodriguez | City of North Las Vegas | North Las Vegas | 6 |
| Bethany Rudd Sanchez | City of Henderson | Henderson | 15 |
| Micaela Rustia Moore | City of North Las Vegas | North Las Vegas | 14 |
| Chandeni Sendall | City of Reno | Reno | 7 |
| Steven G. Shevorski | Nevada Attorney General’s Office | Las Vegas | 17 |
| Bryan A. Schwartz | Clark County District Attorney | Las Vegas | 6 |
| Heidi Parry Stern | Nevada Attorney General’s Office | Las Vegas | 16 |
| Nicholas G. Vaskov | City of Henderson | Henderson | 17 |
