Top best L Lawyers in Las Vegas | 2362 available

Matt does not handle residential real estate matters.  His practice focuses on commercial real estate, real estate development and finance and general transactional law.   Chambers USA notes that he “receives glowing feedback on his work,” with one commentator saying “he is a very thorough guy – very detailed and smart.”

Martin A. Little is a shareholder with the prestigious law firm of Howard and Howard. Marty is an AV-Preeminent rated lawyer that has achieved a distinguished record as a personal injury attorney and commercial litigator, practicing in both state and federal courts in Nevada since 1999.. Recognized by Nevada Business Magazine as one of "Southern Nevada’s Top 150 Attorneys", Marty has built a reputation for aggressive, sophisticated legal representation. Marty prides himself on the level of investigation and preparation he puts into every case, which has translated into many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients in challenging cases.. Marty earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in finance from California State University at Fullerton, graduating magna cum laude. He then attended the University of Louisville School of Law, graduating magna cum laude, third in his class, while clerking full time for an established law firm. In law school, Marty was Editor of his school’s law journal, and has since written and been published in business publications on varying legal topics.. Marty is also active in the Las Vegas community. Since 2004, he has served on the Board of Directors for the YMCA of Southern Nevada, a non-profit organization committed to youth development, healthy living and social development. Some know him as the Y’s in-house attorney, but Marty’s contributions stretch far beyond those boundaries to activities such as fund raising for the Strong Kids Campaign, the YMCA’s annual giving campaign that supports underprivileged youth. Marty also serves on the board of the Spanish Hills Homeowners Association.. When away from the office, Marty enjoys spending time with his wife, Patricia, and children, Jack, Ryan, John and Iliana.

Mark practices primarily in complex commercial litigation and real estate litigation. He has a broad-based litigation practice in federal and state courts focusing on complex commercial matters, including shareholder/partnership disputes, commercial transactions, complex real estate issues, banking and lender issues, as well as advocating for plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and bad faith claims. As a practicing lawyer with an M.B.A. degree, Mark approaches clients’ matters from both a legal and business perspective and offers practical and efficient solutions.Mark has been quoted concerning real estate and litigation issues in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas Sun and in numerous other newspapers and online news sources, as well as appearing on Fox Business Network, Face to Face with Jon Ralston and “In Business” on Las Vegas One.. Throughout his years of legal experience, Mark has been involved with hundreds of arbitrations and mediations across a broad spectrum of legal matters. He has served as lead counsel in more than 75 jury and court trials in state and federal courts and has also appeared before numerous administrative tribunals. In addition to his private practice, Mark served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Oglala Sioux Nation. He has represented various individuals and entities in Tribal Court matters ranging from partnership dissolution, employment and corporate matters, as well as personal injury claims. Mark has served as president of the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association as well as a member of the Board of Governors of the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association. In addition, Mark served as chair of the South Dakota State Bar Negligence and Tort Law Committee. Within the firm, Mark serves as the Litigation Department Chair in the Las Vegas office.

Mark has published widely on a variety of legal topics, including articles in the BYU Law Review, Nevada Lawyer Magazine, Nevada Civil Practice Manual, Clark County Bar Communiqué Magazine, Construction Company Strategist magazine, and has published dozens of other legal articles on his firm blog. He also publishes a weekly article in Meridian Magazine. Mark has been awarded Martindale-Hubble’s highest AV rating, AVVOs highest Superb rating, and has been recognized by Who’s Who in American Law, and this year was granted a Fellowship as one of top one-half percent of attorneys by Litigation Counsel of America. Earlier this year Mark was included in the Top Rated Construction Lawyers in Nevada by The American Lawyer Magazine and Corporate Counsel Magazine. Mark has been involved in many of the largest class actions in Nevada, and has argued a number of cases before the Ninth Circuit and Nevada Supreme Court.  Mark was also selected this year 2014 as one of the "10 Best" Attorneys for the State of Nevada by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys (AIOPIA).  Mark has been selected as one of the 2014 Top Lawyers of Southern Nevada by Avvo Legal and Desert Companion Magazine.. Mark was raised in Las Vegas. His grandfather moved here in the 1930's and became a County Commissioner in the 1950's and 60's instrumental in building the Clark County convention center, airport and courthouse. In law school, Mark served as an author and editor on the law review and later clerked for Federal Judge Lloyd D. George in Las Vegas. Mark received his AV rating (highest possible by Martindale) based on attorney and judicial surveys, in 1996, after just 15 years of practice. This places his practice and firm in the top 5% of attorneys and law firms. Mark presided over a large nonprofit organization in Washington DC with a multi-million dollar budget and some 500 full-time volunteers during 2009-2011.  If you need to reach him immediately, call his cell at.. Representative Personal Injury Actions:. Client's legs crushed by semi-trailer accident in Utah due to negligence of truck driver, resulting in two titanium rods being placed in both broken femurs.. Client sustained severe wrist and shoulder injuries when his motorcycle collided with car making negligent turn on East Sahara Ave, requiring titanium plates and screws.. Client suffered back and neck injuries when her car was rear ended at intersection near Blue Diamond Rd.. Client was passenger in car and suffered multiple injuries when driver rolled car off the highway in Arizona.. Client suffered severe mouth, neck, back and head injuries when large disco ball dislodged from ceiling in Golden Nugget hotel/casino showroom and fell on his head (12 broken teeth).. Client sustained broken spine, pelvic when car hit at intersection on Boulder Highway.. Double fatality on U.S. 95 involving head-on collision between two trucks (settlement in excess of million dollars).. Double fatality near Lake Mead when car left roadway due to lack of adequate signage (settlement for maximum amount allowed by Federal Tort Claims Act).. Class action suit on behalf of Yucca Mountain workers who sustained silicosis and cancer due to dust unsafe work conditions at federal installation.. Jury verdict (six figure) as result of negligence and malpractice.. Playground accident involving tug of war resulting in near amputation of child's arm.. Motorcyclist rider sustained crushed shoulder and permanent arm injuries when auto driver pulled out in front causing collision; failure to yield right of way case.. Inadequate security claim alleging inadequate lighting in parking lot contributed to assault of female.. Inadequate security of casino resulting in mugging of elderly man.. Claimant tripped and fell in commercial parking lot over parking bumper (defense).. Famous Hilton Hotel fire, resulting in 8 deaths and 200 injuries, (defense).. Dog bite victim claim against owner of aggresive pet dog.. Claim against boat owner for accident (jumping wake) on Lake Mead resulting in senior citizen fracturing spine (lumber vertebrae).. Pedestrian hit by negligent car driver in Las Vegas, resulting in numerous injuries.. Claim against hospital and physician on behalf of newborn infant who developed brain bleed and CP or cerebral palsy.. We screen several medical malpractices cases per year and have them reviewed by medial authorities.

Mark H. Hutchings is a graduate of the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the William S. Boyd School of Law. This fourth generation Nevadan earned his Juris Doctorate in 2012. Mark had an exemplary record in law school, working as a research assistant for the UNLV Law Library, serving as Notes Editor for the UNLV Gaming Law Journal, and completing an externship with the Honorable Abbi Silver in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department XV. Upon entering practice, Mark cut his teeth at a large, national law firm where he handled various litigation related matters.. Mark is a member of the Nevada State Bar and handles matters in both State and Federal Court. He works in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law, handling commercial disputes, health law matters, property disputes, and personal injury disputes.

Mark G. Henness is a Founding Partner and Owner at Henness & Haight Injury Attorneys.. Mark has been practicing law in Nevada since 1995. In that time he has served in the Attorney General's Office as an attorney at Broening, Oberg Woods, Wilson & Cass and as a founding Partner and Owner at Henness and & Haight Injury Attorneys.. With over 16 years of experience engaging in legal claims with insurance companies, Mark has the knowledge and ability necessary to navigate the legal process all the way through to a verdict.. In his spare time, Mark enjoys spending time with his wife and four children and being active in the community.

Marjorie obtained her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (cum laude), in Hotel/Restaurant Management and worked in that field for four years, first as an Assistant Hotel Manager at the Sahara, in the employment center at Bellagio, and before moving into the law, as a risk management representative, investigating claims and negotiating settlements at the Mirage.. In 1998, Marjorie was accepted to the charter class at the William S. Boyd School of Law, where she graduated with honors (2002), and received the CALI Award for Law Practice Management.. Marjorie began working at a very successful personal injury firm in her last year of law school, and discovered her passion for keeping our community safe by holding wrongdoers accountable for dangerous products, dangerous premises, and negligent behaviors that hurt people. Marjorie passed the bar exam on the first attempt and was an aggressive advocate for clients from the very beginning.. Marjorie founded Ganz & Hauf with Adam Ganz in 2006. Ganz & Hauf was able to help thousands of injured people. Marjorie has successfully obtained tens of millions of dollars in personal injury, Insurance Bad Faith, wrongful death, and medical malpractice settlements and jury verdicts She continued that tradition when Ganz & Hauf merged with Matt Pfau Law Group to form H&P Law in 2020.. Marjorie is a member of the Clark County Bar Association, Arizona Bar Association, Nevada Justice Association, Nevada State Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, and Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys.. Marjorie is licensed to practice law in Nevada and Arizona. She has taught as an adjunct professor in Hotel Law at UNLV. She is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney and has been honored by SuperLawyers every year since 2019, and the The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Lawyers since 2012.. “There must be law, steadily invoked and respected by all nations, for without law, the world promises only such meager justice as the pity of the strong upon the weak.”DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Second Inaugural Address, Jan. 21, 1957. Marjorie has a passion for protecting injured people from a system designed to wear them down. She has guarded the safety of our community against unscrupulous insurance companies, big corporations and reckless individuals for her entire career. Because every safety rule Nevada has to protect people is born on the back of someone who suffered when it was broken, Marjorie empowers her clients to hold wrongdoers accountable. We don’t need more rules, we just need to hold the people who break them accountable so they don’t do it again. Marjorie has earned the respect of clients, judges, and peers alike.. Marjorie is a Certified Personal Injury Specialist with many years of trial experience. Marjorie was among the first thirteen lawyers in Nevada to complete the rigorous process and achieve the certification.. Marjorie’s philosophy, that every case, large or small, is the most important case to that client, has driven her to create a customer service oriented law firm. Your call will always be returned. Your email will always be answered. You will always have access to your lawyer.. You May Not Know About Marjorie:. Marjorie is married to a Navy veteran and has one daughter, two sons and a cat. She has tried to instill her love of the law in her family, but so far the cat is the best prospect for becoming an attorney. Her daughter is a third-grade teacher, demonstrating that the real value, helping people, has passed on. Marjorie grew up in the south side suburbs of Chicago with all the benefits and challenges of Midwestern big city life. She moved to Nevada on her own when she turned eighteen, mainly to avoid snow, and fell in love with the community. Even though she grew up in a sports city, Marjorie did not become a sports fanatic until later in life when her sons began playing sports. Now, you will rarely walk into her office and not find a Padres game or a Golden Knights game on TV.

Maria, born in Mexico and raised in Las Vegas, earned her J.D. from the William Boyd School of Law at UNLV in December 2023. She graduated with Pro Bono Highest Honors, having completed over 100 hours of volunteer work in child abuse, neglect, and immigration law cases. During her law studies, she was honored as the outstanding student in the Adjustment of Status and Deportation Defense Class within the Community Service Program and received a CALI award for her excellence in Opening Statements and Closing Arguments. As a student attorney, she mediated family law cases in the Eighth Judicial District Court.. Dedicated to aiding others, Maria has been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care since September 2020. In partnership with the Boyd School of Law Immigration Clinic, she has also helped immigrants achieve U.S. citizenship through naturalization.. With 12 years of experience in complex family law cases, appeals, and a broad understanding of immigration law, Maria is poised to join McFarling Law Group as a family law and immigration attorney upon her admission as a Nevada attorney.. Outside of her professional pursuits, Maria enjoys dancing, visiting the beach, practicing yoga, and spending quality time with her dog, Chewbacca.

MARIA LOVENTIME U. ESTANISLAO has been a Nevada licensed attorney since 2002 and has extensive experience in litigating various types of civil cases, from civil rights and personal injury cases to family law/divorce, commercial and business litigation. She received her first taste of the legal field working as a paralegal while obtaining dual Bachelors degrees in Political Science and International Development Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her passion was in advocacy for victims—whether victims of car accidents, police misconduct, other government misconduct, or breach of contract—and she represented her clients with zeal.. She first honed her advocacy skills by successfully competing against other law schools in a number of moot court competitions while attending the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. After graduating cum laude, she relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, and represented those victims of car accidents and civil rights violations both at the district court level and on appeal including before the Nevada Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has represented individuals, including doctors and dentists whose licenses were allegedly wrongfully suspended or revoked and those wrongfully injured by police misconduct. Her practice has always remained diverse, as she also represented business interests in litigation and in family law, divorce and custody matters. Her experience, skill, and passion translate to results for her clients, as she has obtained million-dollar settlements for her clients.. To better serve her clients in pursuit of justice through the courts, Maria continues to sharpen her trial skills through in-depth, on-location seminars with giants in the legal field. She first earned an Advocate certificate from the acclaimed National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). She then returned to earn a Master Advocate certificate. Most recently, Maria graduated from the selective  Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College, where she had the joy and unique opportunity to learn from one of the best trial attorneys in the nation. Maria has earned the distinction of being the only attorney in Las Vegas who has graduated from both NITA programs and the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College.. Maria is licensed to practice in all courts of the State of Nevada, the U.S. District Court for the State of Nevada, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Margaret E. Schmidt is an associate attorney with Maier Gutierrez Ayon. Margaret’s practice focuses on civil litigation including real estate, business, personal injury and bankruptcy adversary proceeding in federal and state courts.Prior to joining the firm, Margaret held associate attorney positions with the law firms Piet & Write and Marker Law and Mediation where she represented clients in the areas of family law, criminal law, business litigation and bankruptcy.While attending law school Margaret served as the vice president of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and as an extern for the Honorable Judge Jennifer Elliott in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division. In addition, she clerked for several local Las Vegas law firms. She began her career as a legal secretary in Virginia.Originally from Wimbledon, England, Margaret grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts relocating to Las Vegas in 2008.. Education. Bar Admissions. Court Admissions. Professional Memberships

Marc Naron is an associate attorney at D.R. Patti & Associates that specializes in personal injury litigation. He has practiced for the past eight years in Las Vegas as an attorney, successfully resolving numerous cases via settlement, arbitration, and trial. He represents injured clients involved in all manner of cases, including automobile accident, slip and fall, and other premises liability accidents.. Prior to joining D.R. Patti & Associates, Marc practiced across various fields of law, including family law, criminal defense, bankruptcy and construction defect litigation. The majority of his practice has always focused on personal injury. He began his career working on behalf of insurance companies to defend these cases. He now greatly enjoys using the experience he gained in that position to obtain tremendous results for his injured clients.. Marc is an avid sports fan and loyal to Los Angeles Dodgers and Las Vegas Golden Knights. Besides rooting for his home teams, Marc enjoys using his Jedi mind-trick skills to beat players in Texas Hold’em.

Marc J. Randazza is the managing partner of the firm and spends the majority of his time in the Las Vegas office, and is available for consultation in any of the firm’s offices, and at selected times in his correspondent firms’ offices in Turin, Italy and Paris, France. He is a nationally-known First Amendment and intellectual property attorney, and handles litigation and transactional matters nationwide.. Randazza’s First Amendment calling came to him at the University of Massachusetts, at Amherst, where he studied Journalism, but focused most of his studies on First Amendment legal issues.. After college, he worked as a journalist in Washington, DC, and Rome and Palermo, Italy, with sojourns on fishing vessels in Alaska, and oil tankers, tugboats, and freighters in the Caribbean and South Florida.. After his journalist and mariner days, he attended Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree, and where he spent time clerking for the Supreme Court of Vermont and for Rydin Carlsten Advokatbyrå, a Stockholm-based intellectual property law firm.. Immediately following law school, Marc received a fellowship from the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida, where he spent two years conducting in-depth research, publishing, and lecturing on First Amendment and intellectual property law issues.. Following his fellowship, Randazza established a career focused on First Amendment and Internet law.. His practice includes representation of defendants in SLAPP actions, protesters, and other free speech cases as well as intellectual property litigation and transactions. His practice includes representation of Internet businesses with Section 230 protection, adult entertainment businesses, and other businesses and individuals in intellectual property and free speech matters. Randazza was honored by Vegas, Inc. as one of Southern Nevada’s best attorneys for lawsuits and disputes.. Randazza formerly taught First Amendment Law, Entertainment Law, Trademark Law, and Copyright Law at Barry University School of Law in Orlando, Florida. He is a frequent panelist at legal conferences focused on these issues. He is often asked for commentary in the mainstream media, and has frequently appeared on national television news shows, offering commentary on First Amendment legal issues.. Randazza is an officer of the First Amendment Lawyers’ Association. He is licensed to practice law in Nevada, California, Massachusetts, Arizona, Florida, all federal courts in those states, multiple federal appellate courts, and before the United States supreme court.

Managing Partner of Bowler Dixon & Twitchell LLP, Travis K. Twitchell is dedicated to the practice of probate, estate planning, real estate, and business law. Mr. Twitchell attended law school at J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, where he earned his J.D.. Attorney Twitchell has successfully represented clients involved in multi-million dollar damage claims and other complex issues through to resolution. Additionally, he has a successful record in litigation for matters of probate, trust, and guardianship disputes. Mr. Twitchell has been an instructor on probate practice.. Mr. Twitchell is a member of the State Bar of Nevada and is licensed to practice before all Nevada State Courts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Lindsay K. Cullen is a partner at Bertoldo, Baker, Carter, Smith & Cullen in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the firm, she dedicates all of her efforts and skill to helping innocent victims of negligence and the loved ones of those wrongfully killed. A lifelong athlete, she understands the power of hard work, persistence, and great skill in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. She is a tireless advocate for her clients, going to battle for them against major insurance companies and their legal teams every day.Lindsay has been with Bertoldo, Baker, Carter, Smith & Cullen since 2013. She has always dedicated her legal practice to representing plaintiffs in complex litigation and regularly assists individuals in cases involving serious personal injury, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, and wrongful death. She is not afraid to stand up for her clients and, due to her impressive legal skill and client advocacy, has been honored with numerous awards and accolades. Among these, she has earned an AV Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® and was included in the National Trial Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 list, among many other honors.

Lilith Xara is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group. Lilith represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation, class actions, litigation involving homeowners’ association lien priority, and investigations conducted by regulatory agencies and state attorneys general. She regularly defends financial services providers against individual and class claims brought pursuant to RESPA, TILA, FCRA, FDCPA, and TCPA. Additionally, Lilith defends mortgage lenders, servicers, and other financial services providers against borrower complaints alleging violations of state statutes, wrongful foreclosures, and debt collection statutes.

Life long Las Vegan tackling the big cases and small with the same enthusiasm and results. Prolific writer, commentator and authority on Las Vegas with a great deal of experience.  http://en.

Lesley Cohen was raised in Southern Nevada, and graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, and DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Cohen is licensed to practice in both Nevada and Utah, and she has practiced law in Southern Nevada for more than twenty years. During that time, Ms. Cohen has worked almost exclusively in the family law field as she enjoys assisting families to navigate what can often be a stressful time for them.. Ms. Cohen is also a National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law Uniform Law Commissioner who has participated in drafting law that has been utilized by states throughout the country, including the Uniform Parentage Act. In Southern Nevada, Ms. Cohen received the Clark County Bar Association Circle of Support Award in recognition of her work on the Continuing Legal Education Committee, which educates attorneys on the latest trends in the law so that they can best represent their own clients. Every year, Ms. Cohen volunteers with the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada to ensure that all people have access to legal advice and representation, regardless of income.. Ms. Cohen is a member of the Nevada State Assembly, serving in the Nevada Legislature’s 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2021 sessions. For her work as a member of the Legislature, Ms. Cohen received the National Federation of the Blind Nevada Chapter Outstanding Legislator Award, Hillel of Northern Nevada Landon Rosen Memorial Award, and the Henderson Democratic Club Richard Bryan Award for Outstanding Community Service.. When she is not working, Ms. Cohen is active in pet rescue, volunteering with both retired racing greyhounds and cats. She also volunteers as a guide with Achilles Track Group for the blind, guiding blind and visually impaired walkers for their weekly training.

Leonard Stone is a founding partner of Shook & Stone, and has spent more than 29 years handling catastrophic injury and Wrongful Death cases involving commercial vehicles, pedestrians, industrial or construction accidents, as well as dangerous conditions of public and private property. Mr. Stone has been licensed to practice law in Nevada since 1995, acting as lead counsel on many multi-million dollar personal injury cases during the course of his career over three decades.. Mr. Stone is involved in local, statewide and national bar associations and public interest groups, serving multiple terms as a member of the Board of the Nevada Justice Association (“NJA”). He currently serves as Chair of the NJA’s Leadership Development, Ethics, Membership committees, and the Trial Lawyers Cares Committee, which engages in good works throughout the State of Nevada. He currently serves as Secretary on the Executive Committee for the NJA, and is in line to become President of the Association. Mr. Stone has testified before the State’s governing bodies in favor of consumer oriented litigation, and supports candidates that believe in protecting our civil liberties.. Mr. Stone’s personal expertise is Personal Injury Litigation. He has successfully obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements from hotel-casinos, businesses, property owners, trucking companies, retail establishments, drivers and insurance carriers. He describes his litigation approach as calculated and relentless, with the ultimate goal of holding tortfeasors accountable for the harms and losses caused by their indifference toward human life.. Mr. Stone previously served as Chairman of the Board of Jewish Nevada, and has held numerous leadership positions with that organization. He is a Past-President of the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada, and is the current Chair of the Hebrew Free Loan Committee, a non-profit entity which provides interest-free loans to help people in need of a hand-up, not a hand out.. In addition, Mr. Stone has been recognized as a leader in the Southern Nevada Community, receiving both the prestigious Vegas Dozen from the Nevada Cancer Institute and multiple leadership awards from the Jewish Community.. Mr. Stone received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Brandeis University in 1991 and his law degree from Loyola Law School in 1995. He began his career as an insurance defense attorney before discovering his passions of promoting justice and fairness for consumers, safeguarding victims’ rights, and strengthening the Civil Justice System . He is actively involved in numerous trial advocacy educational endeavors focusing upon the latest developments in the fields of trial advocacy and communication.. Mr. Stone resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his amazing wife Judith, a Marketing Specialist, two unique children (Jonah and Ilana), two cats (Ozzy and Ace) and a Tibetan Terrier (Izzy). Aside from his family, community and professional interests, Mr. Stone is committed to healthy living, seeking out and cultivating friendships, traveling, and following snow reports with the insatiable goal of first tracks on a bluebird day.

Leon Mead has been handling construction law matters almost exclusively for over 35 years. His practice is primarily devoted to representation of public and private owners, developers, contractors, specialty contractors, construction managers, material suppliers and design professionals, in construction contract preparation, negotiation and implementation; LEED Certification/Green Building compliance, litigation, arbitration and mediation, construction claims, mechanics lien remedies, construction defect defense including residential and commercial deficiency design and construction claims, delay, disruption, acceleration and other impact claims, bid protests, professional licensing, construction related administrative & criminal defense, construction industry issues, commercial and business litigation. He also serves as a Private Arbitrator, Mediator and Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) Member.. On construction and development related transactional matters, Leon has significant experience in planning, negotiating, drafting and coordinating contracts as unique as design and construction of multi-billion-dollar complex commercial multi-use projects, and as routine as form UCC Article 2 sales transaction / credit agreements for construction goods and materials. His experience includes myriad delivery method options (including Design-Bid-Build (Competitive Bidding), Design-Build, Construction Management at Risk, Construction Management as Agent, Owner-Builder, Design, Build, Operate and Maintain, Fast-Track and Flash-Track), utilizing various financing and compensation methods (including lump sum, cost plus fee, guaranteed maximum price (“GMP”), joint venture funding, public private partnership, etc.). This experience allows him to partner with and advise clients as to various strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks that each of these construction methods pose, and recommend strategies to manage the particular issues unique to the project circumstances. Leon has also advised clients on necessary construction administration and management processes that avoid pitfalls created by legislative enactment.. Leon is dedicated to development of Nevada laws that impact construction and to advising his clients and the Nevada construction industry of their implications: Testifying before numerous state legislative committees on construction related topics and cited by the Nevada Supreme Court in support of construction related opinions. Leon is a frequent lecturer and prolific author on construction law and industry issues. He is the author of the first (and only) comprehensive “Nevada Construction Law” treatise, published by Thompson Reuters / West, 2009 through 2012; DHG Publications 2013 through 2016 (and cited with approval by the Nevada Supreme Court in multiple published decisions), and numerous articles on construction law topics. He teaches Construction Law as faculty adjunct at the William S. Boyd School of Law (UNLV), an invited lecturer on construction law to the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, and State Bar of Nevada Annual Meetings. He has recently been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Nevada Lawyer, the official magazine of the State Bar of Nevada. He also serves as an independent mediator and arbitrator of construction disputes.. Leon’s work is recognized by his 2021 Top Lawyer Lifetime Achievement award from Vegas, Inc.®; 2006-2023 Band 1, Litigation: Construction-Nevada ranking by Chambers USA®; Selection as 2013 & 2016 Construction Lawyer of the Year in Las Vegas by Best Lawyers®; 2006 through 2024 inclusion in Best Lawyers®; 2007 through 2024 listing in Superlawyers®, his AV rating from Martindale-Hubble®, selection as a Senior Fellow by the Litigation Counsel of America®, Founding Member of the Construction Litigation Counsel of America®, as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation®, 2015 Associate Member of the Year of the Nevada Contractors Association®, 2007, Associate Member of the Year of the Nevada Framing Contractors Association®, and as the 2005 Associate member of the Year by the Associated General Contractors, Las Vegas Chapter®. He has the distinction of being the only practicing lawyer to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Nevada Contractors Association (fka Associated General Contractors, Las Vegas Chapter), and has held that position since 2005; and in 2016 Leon was appointed to the NCA’s Executive Committee. In 2015 he founded the Nevada Association of Construction Counsel, a group dedicated to the betterment of Nevada construction law.

Leland Eugene Backus is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law and has been counsel in some of the largest complex cases in the country, including the MGM Grand Hotel fire litigation, DuPont Plaza Hotel Fire litigation, the PEPCON plant explosion, bone screw litigation, tobacco litigation, yellow brass fitting litigation, Venetian Resort construction litigation, and CityCenter Harmon Tower construction and lien master litigation.   Mr. Backus is a Fellow in the trial lawyer honorary society of Litigation Counsel of America and the Order of Justitia honorary trial order.  He is a founding member and Director of Eagle International Associates.  Mr. Backus is a founding shareholder of Backus, Carranza & Burden rated by Martindale Hubbell as a Preeminent Law Firm with the highest rating of AV.  He has been recognized as a Superlawyer, Top Lawyer and his firm as one of the Best Law Firms in Nevada by U. S. News & World Report.  Mr. Backus is also an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association for construction and commercial disputes.  He practices in the areas of complex commercial litigation, professional liability, construction, hotel/casino, complex and insurance litigation, health care law and international law.  Mr. Backus has been an author for the Nevada Civil Practice Manual, Defense Law Journal, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, and has authored several articles in the field of litigation. He has lectured and engaged in mock trials on an international basis on a variety of topics pertaining to mass disaster litigation, computer use in litigation, litigation practice, construction law, claims presentation, evidence, insurance law, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation and a variety of litigation and procedural areas of law. Mr. Backus was a trustee and past chairman of the Nevada Law Foundation; past chairman of Big Brothers and Big Sisters; a past director of The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee; a past charter president of the Exchange Club of Las Vegas; former chairman of the State of Nevada Certified Court Reporters Board, and is presently Secretary, Chairman and Director of Send Me On Vacation, Inc., a nonprofit charity that sends breast cancer survivors on vacation following treatment.

Leavitt & Leavitt, PLLC provides sophisticated estate planning for a youthful audience, whether that youth is measured in years or heart. We help out clients give their family the gift of preparation, and knowing the difficult decisions have been made well in advance.. Allen is a long-term resident of Nevada, with roots that go back four generations. When not providing his clients' solutions to the inevitability of death and taxes, he enjoys geocaching, hiking, SCUBA diving, woodworking, and spending time with his wife and five children.

Lawyer Kyleen Cane holds licenses to practice in California, Washington, Nevada, Hawaii, and the United States Tax Court. She is also a California and Nevada real estate broker. After she attended high school in Hawaii, Cane traveled to California in order to study economics at the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a flawless 4.0 GPA. Afterwards, Kyleen Cane began studying law at the University of Southern California School of Law in Los Angeles, where she graduated in the top five percent of her class and earned multiple scholarships. She also served as a Clerk for Justice Thompson of the California Court of graduating, Kyleen Cane became an Associate with the Law Firm of Goodsill Anderson & Quinn, spending a year with the Honolulu-based firm. She then began a career as an instructor, serving as a Professor of Business Law and Real Estate at the University of Hawaii College of Business, where she was eventually tenured. Other teaching positions have included Western State University School of Law and Whittier College School of Law. Kyleen Cane and her partner opened the law firm of Wellman & Cane in Newport Beach, which offered legal services for eight years. Cane also functioned as the CEO of Tele-Lawyer, Inc., leaving the position in Cane now operates as Managing Partner at Cane Clark LLP. Based in Las Vegas, Cane Clark LLP is a boutique firm that specializes in helping entrepreneurs. With lawyers ready to practice in five states and the nation’s capital, the firm focuses on areas including periodic reporting, public offerings, private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and securities law. A member of the State Bar of Nevada, Cane also serves as Chairman of the association’s Technology an author, Kyleen Cane has written many books, as well as articles such as, “Tax Advantages of Structured Settlements in Personal Injury Suits,” which was published in The Journal of Taxation. Other articles include, “A Systematic Method for Evaluating Tax Sheltered Investments” and “The Current State of State Tender Offer Legislation.” She has written several books in the Five-Minute Lawyer series, including The Five Minute Lawyer’s Guide to Divorce and the Five Minute Lawyer’s Guide to Bad Debts.. Kyleen Cane is also a licensed pilot with more than 850 flight hours. She owns a Cirrus SR 22 turbo fixed-wing plane and volunteers with Angel Flight West, a nonprofit that connects individuals in need of health care or other services with pilots.

Laura is an associate in the Las Vegas office of Daehnke Stevens LLP.  Laura’s litigation practice is focused primarily on representing physicians and other healthcare providers in medical negligence claims and defending physicians in administrative board actions.  Laura also has experience litigating legal malpractice, employment, general business, breach of contract and general liability cases in Nevada state and federal courts.. Laura graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science.  Following graduation, Laura worked as a veterinary technician at a specialty animal hospital where she oversaw and coordinated a clinical study for the FDA approval of a new veterinary pharmaceutical.. In 2003, Laura received her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law.  While at USD, she was a member of the Pro Bono Legal Advocates and participated in Moot Court competitions and Civil Clinic.  After completing her first year of law school, Laura served as extern law clerk to the Honorable Donald M. Mosley of the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada.. Laura became a member of the State Bar of California in December 2003 and a member of the State Bar of Nevada in April 2004.  She is licensed to practice before all courts of the states of Nevada and California, as well as the United States District Court, Central District of California and District of Nevada.

Laura is a second generation Las Vegas attorney. After graduating from Bonanza High School, Laura attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, graduating with her Bachelor of Arts in History. She attended law school at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law. After her second year of law school, Laura completed a summer judicial externship with the Honorable Stephen Huffaker of the Eighth Judicial District Court; and then upon graduation from law school, she became his final law clerk before his retirement. She then clerked for the Honorable Jennifer Togliatti upon the Governor appointing her as Judge Huffaker’s replacement.. Laura then worked as an associate for various private firms focusing on the areas of civil litigation, probate, bankruptcy, estate planning, business formation, and family law.. Laura is licensed to practice in both the State and Federal Courts of Nevada and Idaho and is a member of the State Bar of Nevada and the Idaho State Bar. Upon joining Goldsmith & Guymon, P.C. her focus is in Probate, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Guardianship, and Family Law.

Las Vegas personal injury attorney Thomas Friedman fights hard for injured accident victims. He’s ready to work on your behalf if you’ve been injured in the greater Las Vegas area in an accident that was not your fault. Backed by the legal team at Precision Injury Law, attorney Thomas Friedman handles injury cases arising from traffic accidents, injuries on private property, dog bites, defective consumer product injuries, wrongful death claims, and any other accidents resulting in injuries due to the negligence of another – we're here to help you and your loved ones in your time of need.. When attorney Thomas Friedman and the team at Precision Injury Law handle your case, we ensure that you completely understand the legal process, and we aggressively protect your rights. If an acceptable settlement is not offered out-of-court, we will take your claim to trial, fight effectively for the full compensation you are entitled to by law, and bring the entire matter to its best possible conclusion on your behalf. To get started or to learn more, call Precision Injury Law. Our offices are conveniently located in Las Vegas at 5528 South Fort Apache Road in the Fort Apache Point Business Center.. Precision Injury Law5528 South Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148