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Brian Blankenship is a partner with Claggett & Sykes. Brian graduated high school in Bayonne, New Jersey. After high school, Brian obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from Georgetown University. While at Georgetown, Brian played varsity football for 4 years and served as team captain in 2001. Upon graduation, Brian worked as a paralegal for 3 years at Dewey Ballantine, LLP, a corporate law firm in Washington D.C. before enrolling in law school at California Western School of Law in 2005. While in law school, Brian served on the Moot Court Honors Board and published articles for the law school newspaper. Brian also received an Academic Achievement Award in Trial Advocacy.. In 2008, Brian obtained his juris doctorate from California Western School of Law and moved to Las Vegas to clerk for a construction defect law firm in Las Vegas. After passing the Nevada Bar Exam in 2009, Brian began his legal career at Lee Hernandez Brooks Garafalo & Blake. In 2010, Brian joined Marquis Aurbach Coffing where he specialized in business litigation and successfully represented individual and corporate clients in various civil disputes. In June 2014, Brian joined Schwartz Law Firm, and subsequently Schwartz Flansburg PLLC. During his tenure at Schwartz Flansburg, Brian founded a personal injury practice with Sam Schwartz. Since 2014, Brian has focused his career on representing victims of car crashes, slip and falls, and all personal injuries. In July 2018, Brian founded Blankenship Injury Law where he continued representing personal injury victims. Brian joined Claggett & Sykes in 2019.. Since 2014, Super Lawyers has annually selected Brian as one of its “rising stars” in Nevada. In 2017, Nevada Business Magazine selected Brian as one of its Legal Elite attorneys in Nevada.. In his spare time, Brian enjoys playing golf and spending time with his wife and family.

Michael was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Roy and Karen Nixon, a geologist and a nurse practitioner, respectively. As a child, Michael enjoyed playing soccer and excelled on the field, playing for the top-level teams in Georgia, winning regional tournaments, and competing in international tournaments as well. Michael also played high school football, finishing as State Runner Up in Class AAAAA his senior season. In addition to soccer and football, Michael also ran track for his local high school, Brookwood, and held team records in the 4×100 relay before graduating in 2003 and attending Georgia Southern University.. Michael knew he wanted to be a lawyer since he was 12 years old, and focused his curriculum on that pursuit, joining debate and mock trial clubs in high school, and even winning a debate tournament before focusing on varsity football and stepping away from the podium. His senior year of high school, he served as the mock trial club captain, and led his team to regionals their very first year in existence.. Michael continued his pursuit of reaching law school while at GSU, majoring in Justice Studies and minoring in Philosophy. Michael served as President of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity and held various positions in other social and academic organizations as well.. Between college and law school, Michael sold construction and industrial supplies in north Georgia, getting a feel for the blue collar world that continues to assist him in connecting with his clients today. Eventually, Michael chose Mercer University, the Walter F. George School of Law, to obtain his Juris Doctorate degree. There, he received real-world experience and practical education, also serving on the school’s national moot court teams, winning awards for best oralist his final year of law school. Michael also served on the Mercer Law Review and assisted with the law school’s mock trial teams.. From Mercer, Michael was recruited by a well-established and successful insurance defense firm in Las Vegas, which is how he ended up out west after graduation. Michael’s talent and work ethic was visible to the founding partner, and he immediately entrusted Michael with high-level cases and trial experience in his very first year as a licensed attorney.. Michael worked for the insurance companies for 7 years. Now, Michael works for the people. Michael’s current focus is on personal injury, bad faith, premises liability, auto accidents, slip/trip and falls, commercial claims, wrongful death, nursing home litigation as well as trucking accidents and bus accidents. In his free time, Michael enjoys snowboarding, bodybuilding, standup comedy, and concerts. Michael is equally comfortable on the beach as he is in the mountains, and he truly enjoys the access to nature that Las Vegas provides.. Since making the switch to represent injured plaintiffs, Michael has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyer Association as a Top 40 under 40 and a Top 100 trial attorney.. As an attorney with Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas, Michael is proud to serve his clients and seek justice for our community.

Kristie Fischer is an experienced civil litigation attorney, licensed in Nevada and Minnesota, with a reputation for excellence in trial advocacy. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 2009, graduating in the top 15% of her class. While in law school, Ms. Fischer competed nationally as part of the Society of Advocates moot court team and earned the CALI award for her outstanding performance in Persuasive Legal Writing. Over the course of her career, she has successfully litigated hundreds of civil matters and has been recognized for her courtroom achievements, including being named one of Nevada’s Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Attorneys by the National Trial Lawyers Association in 2018. Ms. Fischer has also contributed to the legal profession as an author for the Nevada Pattern Jury Instructions and the Nevada Civil Practice Manual. Outside of her legal practice, she enjoys traveling with her family and spending time outdoors.