Top best Divorce & Separation Lawyers in ZIP 89134 | 3 available

Tom Standish has been practicing law in Las Vegas, Nevada for over 44 years, devoting his practice exclusively to family law litigation with emphasis on significant contested matters.  He has litigated innumerable highly complex cases and is recognized as one of the leading trial lawyers in family law in the State of Nevada.  He has lectured extensively to attorneys, serves as a mediator in complex divorce cases, taught community property and family law as an adjunct professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law and is a past president of the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.  Mr. Standish attended the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Toronto and obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada in 1977.

Ms. Primas is a native born Nevadan and grew up in Las Vegas. After graduating with honors from Durango High School, Ms. Primas received several scholarships to the University of Nevada, Reno, where she earned a B.A. in Economics in 2005. Ms. Primas was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society in 2005.. After her time at the University of Nevada, Reno, Ms. Primas earned a leadership scholarship to Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio, where she earned her J.D. in 2010. During her time at Case, she earned a position on the Dean’s Honor List and was very active in various student government and law related organizations and committees.. Immediately after completing law school, Ms. Primas returned to Las Vegas to pursue her legal career. She was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada and the United States District Court, District of Nevada, in 2010, and is a member of the Howard D. McKibben chapter of the Inns of Court. Ms. Primas’ passion and expertise lies in the area of family law.

Carlia S. Waite is licensed in Nevada as well as Missouri and practices exclusively in family law. Mrs. Waite has almost two decades of experience in all areas of domestic relations litigation to include divorce, post-divorce, paternity, child custody, adoption, and guardianship. She also has specific training in mediation and collaborative law. Mrs. Waite also gained significant invaluable experience in Missouri representing children as their Guardian ad Litem in juvenile and family court.. Mrs. Waite graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Missouri State University in 1995.  She then went on to obtain a master’s degree in social work (MSW) from the same university in 1998.  Upon graduating with her MSW, Carlia worked in the area of social work and became frustrated with the limitations placed upon the assistance she was able to provide for her clients.  Because of this frustration, she was determined to attend law school.