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Firm: Law Offices of Steven M. Burris

2810 W Charleston Boulevard , Las Vegas , Nevada 89102

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

As the founder of the Law Offices of Steven M. Burris, Las Vegas attorney Steven M. Burris offers counsel to injury victims. For more than three decades, he has been practicing as a lawyer. Las Vegas Life has recognized Mr. Burris as one of their Top 5 Lawyers. He was selected for inclusion in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Mountain States Super Lawyers®. Attorney Burris’ peers have recognized him with the AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. He is an honors graduate of the University of California Law School. To learn more, please contact his firm today.

Firm: Steven Pacitti, Esq., LL.M.

4435 S. Eastern Avenue , Las Vegas , Nevada 89119

Practice Areas: Contracts & Agreements

Steven Pacitti’s practice focuses on business entities and transactions, real estate, estate and tax planning, intellectual property and sports/entertainment law.. Mr. Pacitti has more than 20 years of broad-based commercial legal and business experience. In addition to individual transactions, Mr. Pacitti acts as outside general counsel for numerous businesses, across many industries. This breadth of legal and business acumen provides valuable insights and guidance to Mr. Pacitti’s clients in legal, business, or transactional environments and cuts across several legal disciplines.   In addition to traditional commercial and business transactions, Mr. Pacitti has developed a sophisticated concentration in negotiating and preparing trademark, copyright and rights of publicity licensing agreements for high-profile clients and organizations, such as Shaquille O’Neal, Hulk Hogan, Andre Agassi, Stefani Graf, the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, and Stefani Graf’s Children for Tomorrow. He has represented the Pure Management Group in its successful quest to bring Dick’s Last Resort, Lucky Strike, Trader Vic’s, and the Pussycat Dolls Lounge to Las Vegas. He negotiates celebrity appearances for various nightclubs and entertainment venues and was instrumental in finalizing agreements with Mariah Carey, Nicky Hilton, Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, Nick Lachey, and many others.. In the field of sports and entertainment law, Mr. Pacitti represents world champion boxers, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre, Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar, and WEC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo, as well as several other athletes, managers, media, promoters, and sponsors in the growing mixed-martial arts industry. He also represents some of the world’s most famous celebrity impersonators and has negotiated, documented, and overseen numerous television, movie, music, and theatre productions. Mr. Pacitti is a member of the advisory board for the University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Sport and the Law and speaker for the ABA Young Lawyers’ IP and Sports section.. In addition, he has negotiated license agreements with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), the Professional Bull Riders Tour (PBR), World Series of Poker, Planet Hollywood as well as, Elvis Presley Enterprises and the Frank Sinatra Estate.. Mr. Pacitti also handles hotel and private equity transactions. Over the course of his career, he has participated in well over $1 billion in hospitality property acquisitions nationally, as well as an extensive array of transactions affiliated with the hospitality industry.. Mr. Pacitti previously served as of counsel to one of Nevada’s largest and most prestigious law firms; top legal officer at a dynamic fast-rising supplement and energy drink company during a period of unprecedented expansion in the supplement and beverage industries; a full spectrum sports and entertainment company; and a national hotel company.. Mr. Pacitti joined Black & LoBello in 2010.  He received his B.B.A from St. Bonaventure University in New York, Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo, College of Law, an LL.M. from the University of Florida, College of Law.

Firm: Chang Law Group, LLC

3430 East Flamingo Road , Las Vegas , Nevada 89121

Practice Areas: Probate

Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP

100 N City Pkwy Ste 1750 , Las Vegas , Nevada 89106

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Barber Law Group

557 Washington St , Reno , Nevada 89503

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

I was born and raised in Reno, Nevada, and went to law school at Willamette College of Law in Salem, Oregon. Prior to passing the Nevada Bar, I interned for Judge Berry in Washoe County, and was a law clerk for Judge Russell in Carson City, and Judge Gregory in Douglas County. After passing the Nevada Bar, I became a criminal Deputy District Attorney in Carson City, and now practice family law and criminal defense with Barber Law Group.

Firm: Bush & Levy, LLC

1404 S. Jones Blvd , Las Vegas , Nevada 89146

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: McFarling Law Group

6230 West Desert Inn Rd. , Las Vegas , Nevada 89146

Practice Areas: Family

Summer was born and raised in PRC’s capital city Beijing. She came to the United States as an international student in 2010. Summer is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington, and DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada, Illinois, and the United States District Court of the Northern District in Illinois. After living in the Midwest for 13 years, Summer moved with her young family to Nevada.. During law school, Summer clerked for Judge Mark J. Lopez (retired) in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. She also practiced in the DePaul Domestic Violence Project to assist domestic violence victims. Summer is a past president of the DePaul Pacific American Law Students Association and a two-time Diversity Scholarship winner. She started volunteering at Chicago Chinatown Pro Bono Clinic as a Mandarin- English interpreter during her first year in law school. Due to her community service, she was awarded the DePaul Dean’s Certificate of Service and the Chancellor’s Award for Service.. In Chicago, Summer worked in a Fortune 500 company, a municipal law department, and a big family law firm. She gained extensive and sophisticated civil litigation experience with a focus on Matrimonial Law. Summer is a certified Child’s Representative by Chicago Volunteer Legal Service who is appointed by the court and represents the minor children’s best interests. She has also been a fierce advocate for the Asian American community in Chicago. Summer was the communication chair and officer of the Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago, and a board member of the Chinese American Bar Association. Summer also participates in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association lobby day at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. annually before covid pandemic. She continues her volunteer and community service with the Chinese Mutual Aid Association and Chinese American Service League with her legal and bilingual skills.. As a new mother and recent immigrant, Summer empathizes with her clients’ struggles and goals, which she has fought for in and out of the courtroom. Summer is a voracious reader because of her father, her primary caretaker with his flexible schedule as a small business owner. She also got her passion for sports and politics from her father. But Summer received the best advice on how to be a good parent from her mother: just be a role model.

Firm: King Scow Koch Durham LLC

11500 S Eastern Ave Ste 210 , Henderson , Nevada 89052

10091 Park Run Drive , Las Vegas , Nevada 89145

Practice Areas: Insurance

Firm: Oshins & Associates, LLC

1645 Village Center Circle #170 , Las Vegas , Nevada 89134

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Steven J. Oshins, Esq., AEP (Distinguished) is a member of the Law Offices of Oshins & Associates, LLC in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is rated AV by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and was named the Las Vegas Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America®.  He was inducted into the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame® in 2011.  He has been named one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Worth, one of Southern Nevada’s Best Lawyers in In Business Las Vegas, one of the Best Lawyers in America in the Trusts & Estates category in The American Lawyer, one of the Best Lawyers in America in the Tax Law category in Corporate Counsel, named Nevada Super Lawyer in the Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning category in Nevada Business Journal, named Nevada Super Lawyer in the Estate Planning & Probate category in Las Vegas Life and named Mountain States Super Lawyer in the Estate Planning & Probate category.. Steve has been featured and/or quoted in many media publications including, among others, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Kiplinger’s, Registered Rep, Private Wealth, The Trust Advisor, Investment News and Lawyers Weekly USA. He was interviewed by former Good Morning America Co-Host Joan Lunden for a dynasty trust DVD that has been distributed nationally by financial planners and life insurance agents since early 2009.. He has authored numerous estate planning and asset protection articles in magazines such as Estate Planning, Trusts & Estates, LISI, Probate & Property, Journal of Financial Service Professionals, The Monthly Digest of Tax Articles, CCH Estate Planning Review, Asset Protection Journal, Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal, as well as others. Steve received an EPIC Award as Best Young Author from Trusts & Estates magazine in 1998. He is also a frequent lecturer nationally on advanced estate planning and asset protection techniques, including lecturing at the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning.. Steve has been very active in helping get some of the most valuable trust and creditor protection laws passed inNevada. In the 2001 legislative session, he co-authoredNevada’s charging order law for limited liability companies and limited partnerships, making the charging order the exclusive remedy for a judgment creditor underNevadalaw. He co-authored a change to that law in the 2003 legislative session that enhanced the 2001 version of the Nevada law and then again co-authored another charging order bill in the 2011 legislative session which included statutorily protecting single member LLCs with charging order protection and statutorily disallowing any equitable remedies to apply to Nevada limited liability companies, limited partnerships and corporations (except for the alter ego theory which still applies to corporations). In the 2005 legislative session, Steve authoredNevada’s 365-year rule against perpetuities law that now allows people to set up 365-year dynasty trusts inNevada. He authored a law creating a new form of business entity called the Restricted LLC and Restricted LP in the 2009 legislative session making Nevada the first state to offer these favorable laws that allow for significantly higher valuation discounts than are allowed under any other state law.

Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC

100 W Liberty St Ste 940 , Reno , Nevada 89501

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner, Senet & Wittbrodt LL

7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd. , Las Vegas , Nevada 89128

Practice Areas: Real Estate

As a third generation Las Vegan, my family has been involved in Las Vegas businesses, construction and development for more than 80 years.  I attended the public schools in Las Vegas, graduating from Valley High School at 16 years old in 1979, and then attended UNLV and UNR, graduating from UNR in 1983 at the age of 20 with a B.S. in Accounting with Information Systems Option.  I was the only undergraduate to ever teach at UNR by letter of Appointment from then UNR President Joe Crowley, and was a member of the Business Games Team for UNR that won the national competition.  I worked for several years in Southern California prior to returning to school in 1988 where I attended Southwestern University School of Law’s S.C.A.L.E. program and graduated in 1990.  I was a member of the school’s ABA Negotiation team, which won the regional competition and I also founded the Real Estate Association on campus.  I passed the Nevada State Bar in 1990 and began practicing law in 1991 after completing a one-year clerkship with Judge Joseph Bonaventure.. My law practice has focused on real estate, construction, contracts and real estate litigation, serving various construction companies (generals and subs), real estate companies, brokers and agents as well as lenders, developers and individual investors.  I have taught classes independantly as well as through the Great Las Vegas Association of Realtors.. For approximately fourteen years I worked in-house as a transactional attorney and/or officer of the businesses.  I served as Commercial Counsel for Triple Five Corporation for almost three years, Nevada Legal Counsel for Dyson & Dyson Real Estate Associates for seven years, Assistant General Counsel for NV Energy for a year and Executive Vice President of Peek Construction Company and Williams Brother, Inc. for almost three years.  Most recently, I have joined the law offices of Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt.  I was also a Pro-Tem Municipal Court Judge for the City of Las Vegas (part time Criminal Judge) for 19 years, but retired from that position.. I practice in all Courts in Nevada (including Federal Court, 9th Circuit and 6th Circuit).  I also practice before most administrative bodies including, but not limited to, the Clark County Commission, all local City Councils, Nevada State Contractor's Board, Nevada Division of Real Estate, Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, Nevada Transportation Authority and Nevada State Gaming Board.. Additionally, I had served for two terms as Chairman of The Court Reporters Board for the State of Nevada, first appointed by Governor Miller and then reappointed by Governor Guinn.  I have been involved in shaping legislative bills with the Associated General Contractors, Court Reporter Board as well as those those involving real estate issues.. I have also been involved heavily in our community over the years, most currently appointed by the Clark County Commission to serve on the Jaycees Retirement Community Board of Directors from 2005 through 2021, wherein I retired from the board as President.  I am a past President of the Fremont Rotary Club, past President of the Buena Park Boys and Girls Club, a founding member and past Co-President of the Interfaith Hospitality Network (now named Family Promise, a coalition to assist homeless families), as well as formerly serving several years as a member of the Boys Nite Out Committee and other fundraising committees for the Las Vegas Boys and Girls Club.. I have three children, all born in Las Vegas and have attended Clark County Public Schools. My eldest currently teaches Special Eduction for the Clark County School District.  My second child is now pursuing his dream in the music industry, and my youngest works specifically with Autistic Children as a Pediactric NueroPsychologist.

2001 S. Rainbow Blvd , Las Vegas , Nevada 89146

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Firm: Law Offices of Steven J. Klearman & Associates

437 West Plumb Lane , Reno , Nevada 89509

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

I'm a trial lawyer with a long background in Nevada law and I've fought for justice for my clients in Nevada courts for more than 36 years.. I have an extensive background in serious injury cases and I've handled many wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases in my career working on behalf of Nevada injury victims.. My firm handles all injury cases, both large and small, and prides itself on fair and excellent service. When you come to my firm, you meet with me and I handle your case with the support of an experienced and friendly staff and a network of consultants including nurses, doctors, and investigators.. I came to Nevada in 1988 and worked for five years under the supervision of former Nevada Governor, Robert List, at what was then Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison and List. (Beckley, Singleton merged with Lewis and Roca in 2008). I later served as Managing Shareholder of Barber, Klearman and Associates.  Since 2005, I've been the Managing Shareholder of Steven J. Klearman & Associates, a civil litigation law firm located in Reno, Nevada, and I practice primarily in the area of injury law. I've handled more than 2000 injury cases and my firm is constantly involved in fighting out cases within the Nevada court system.. I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. I studied as a fellowship student of Mandarin Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan (and got to live in Taipei for more than a year) before I earned my B.A.,magna cum laude, from the University of Missouri.. Then I studied international law at the University of Notre Dame’s Concannon Programme of International Law in London (and lived in London for more than a year) before I received my J.D. from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.. I completed Harvard Law School’s mediator training course in 2000.  I was subsequently appointed as a mediator in the United States District Court, District for Nevada.  I am also a court-appointed arbitrator in the Washoe County District Court system and regularly hear cases and make decisions with jurisdiction up to $50, plus fees and costs.. My articles on various aspects of law have appeared in publications both in the U.S. and abroad, including The Nevada Lawyer and The Federal Bar News and Journal. My first Nevada legal guide, Elements of Nevada Legal Theories (now in its 15h Anniversary Fourth Edition), is considered by many to be a definitive guide to Nevada law; it is widely used by Nevada judges and attorneys.  I've also published three other legal guides: Nevada Statutes of Limitation, Nevada Evidence Law, and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.. I've been an active member of the State Bar since I became licensed.  I've served as Vice-Chair of the Nevada State Bar’s Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board and I was a member, for many years, of Nevada’s Medical Screening Panel and Nevada’s Revised Jury Instruction Committee. I was also the long-time Chair of the Nevada State Bar’s Consumer Protection Committee.. Nevada's my home and I'm happy to be here. I'm a hiker, a cyclist and a snowboarder and my wife and I love to four-wheel throughout Nevada when we have time.... If you've been injured in an accident, come see what sets our firm apart...

Firm: Law Office of Steven J. Karen

2810 West Charelston, Suite H82 , Las Vegas , Nevada 89102

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

I was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1992 . I am admitted to practice in all courts in the State of Nevada I am admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (Federal Court), The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Shortly after I moved to Las Vegas I met and married my wife Cheryl Karen. We have three children. We are very involved in the Las Vegas Jewish Community. We attend services regularly at Chabad of Southern Nevada. I have been actively practicing law in Las Vegas for over 20 years. I am a solo practitioner. I enjoy running my own business, and I like being an attorney. I am well known in the local courts. I go to court nearly every day. You can go to the Clark County website case search and type in my name under attorneys to see the kinds of cases I have handled in District Court. It will show too many cases to display, but you can get a good idea that I have handled lots of serious cases.  I graduated law school from Whittier College School of Law in 1992 in the top 20% of my class. Back then it was located in Los Angeles near Hancock Park. Now it is in Orange County. I graduated college from California State University San Bernardino in 1989. I had three college scholarships and I was a national essay contest winner. I grew up in San Bernardino. I graduated from San Gorgonio High School. In addition to being a full time attorney I am a part time District Court Judge (pro tempore) since 2007. That means that I preside as a judge over civil cases worth up to $50,. I have presided over several jury trials and bench trials. I have been a traffic court referee for Las Vegas Justice Court. I have presided over the Justice Court traffic sessions for attorneys. I have also been a small claims court Judge from 2005-2012. I am also a District Court Arbitrator. I am an attorney member of the Union Privilege Legal Services Plan. I am pleased to announce that I have represented Union Members for over 20 years. To get on this plan I had to be nominated by a local union and voted on by the union members every year. I identify with working people. I worked my way thru school and was a member of the Teamsters Union when I worked in a pipe manufacturing plant during the summer break from college. I have handled all kinds of serious cases from amputation injuries to wrongful death . I enjoy challenges and I am willing to go to trial when needed.  I enjoy helping people. I understand that bad things can happen to good people.

Firm: Mueller Hinds & Associates

800 S. Eighth Street , Las Vegas , Nevada 89101

Practice Areas: Car Accidents

Firm: Dimopoulos Injury Law

6671 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Suite 275 , Las Vegas , Nevada 89119

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Day & Nance

1060 Wigwam Parkway , Henderson , Nevada 89074

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

520 S. 4th St. , Las Vegas , Nevada 89101

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Have you, a relative or friend been arrested or accused of a crime? Facing criminal charges can be a terrifying experience, but having a knowledgeable, experienced criminal defense lawyer on your side is the only practical way to confront it. Call for a free Consultation today.

Firm: Law Offices of Steven Marzullo Ltd. A Professional Corporation

626 South Third Street , Las Vegas , Nevada 89101

Practice Areas: Real Estate Law, Corporate Law, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Landlord and Tenant Law, Mobile Home Law, Probate