Now in its fourteenth year, Legal Elite is an annual list showcasing Nevada lawyers. These attorneys represent the best of the best and have been recognized by their associates for their work and dedication to the legal field. Polling began in mid-February of this year and several thousand 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 2020 Annual Report from the State Bar of Nevada’s Annual Report indicates that there are almost 9,200 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 a special list ranking Nevada’s best “Up and Coming” attorneys.
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For attorneys who made the list.
Each attorney that made it on the list this year not only had to receive enough votes to qualify, but they also went through several levels of verification and scrutiny before appearing 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. Each attorney’s standing with the state bar was reviewed and they were contacted directly to verify information. The few that passed every level of scrutiny appear on the following pages.
Top vote getters for the north, south and Up and Coming lists were asked to appear on the cover. Featured this year are John Funk with Gunderson Law from the north, Hayley Price with Craig P. Kenny & Associates from the south and Caleb Green with Dickinson Wright who represents the Best Up and Coming list. Congratulations to all of the distinguished attorneys featured among the 2021 Legal Elite.
Southern Nevada Top Attorneys
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Navid Afshar | Clark County Special Public Defender’s Office | Criminal Law | 3 |
| Nima Afshar | Clark County District Attorney’s Office | Government Criminal Prosecution | 4 |
| Claudia Aguayo | City of North Las Vegas | Labor & Employment, Collective Bargaining, Public Safety | 17 |
| Michelle Alarie | Armstrong Teasdale | Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Employment & Labor | 10 |
| Ryan Alexander | Ryan Alexander | Personal Injury, Bankruptcy | 12 |
| Ryan Andersen | Andersen Law Firm | Bankruptcy | 9 |
| Paola Armeni | Clark Hill | Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, General Litigation | 17 |
| Christine Atwood | Messner Reeves | Litigation | 4 |
| Christian Augustin | Claggett & Sykes Law Firm | Personal Injury and Civil Litigation | 5 |
| Mary Bacon | Spencer Fane | Business Litigation | 8 |
| Brittni Bailus | Lincoln Gustafson & Cercos | Construction, Personal Injury, General Civil Litigation | 5 |
| Christian Balducci | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Health Care Law, Real Property | 8 |
| Jeffrey Barr | Armstrong Teasdale | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Crisis Management | 20 |
| James Beckstrom | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Contract Litigation, Business Agreements | 5 |
| Marcus Berg | Moss Berg Injury Lawyers | Automobile Crashes, Slip & Falls, Workers’ Compensation | 15 |
| Todd Bice | Pisanelli Bice | Complex Commercial Litigation, Appeals, Regulatory Matters | 28 |
| Anaeita Biesiada | Shumway Van | Did Not Disclose | 4 |
| Christopher Blakesley II | LBC Law Group | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense | 9 |
| Brian Blaylock | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities, Commercial Agreements, Mergers & Acquisitions | 8 |
| Gina Bongiovi | Bongiovi Law Firm | Business | 13 |
| Michael Bonner | Greenberg Traurig | Corporate, Gaming | 39 |
| John Bragonje | Lewis Roca | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking and Lending Disputes | 15 |
| Alison Brasier | Hicks & Brasier | Personal Injury | 13 |
| Jennifer Braster | Naylor & Braster Attorneys at Law | Commercial Litigation | 14 |
| Shemilly Briscoe | Briscoe Law Group | Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Contractor Licensing | 14 |
| Amanda J. Brookhyser | Garg Golden Law Firm | Personal Injury Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment | 11 |
| Alexis Brown | Alexis Brown Law | Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Personal Injury | 9 |
| Alexander Calaway | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Business and Commercial Law | 1 |
| Daven Cameron | Cameron Law | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Yolanda Carapia | De Castroverde Law Group | Personal Injury | 2 |
| Andrea Champion | Bailey Kennedy | Civil Litigation, Business/Corporate, Appellate | 6 |
| Jessica Chong | Spencer Fane | Civil Litigation | 6 |
| Hai Ling Chu | HLC Legal | Estate, Probate, Contracts | 9 |
| Jonathan S. Chung | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Family Law | 3 |
| Dylan Ciciliano | Garman Turner Gordon | Commercial Litigation | 9 |
| Douglas Cohen | Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin | Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury, Business Torts, Business Litigation | 35 |
| Christopher Connell | Connell Law | Personal Injury, Real Estate, Business Litigation | 8 |
| Kyle Cottner | Kaplan Cottner | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI Defense | 8 |
| John Courtney | LBC Law Group | Personal Injury, Business Law, Criminal Defense | 12 |
| Maximiliano Couvillier III | Kennedy & Couvillier | Civil Litigation, Entertainment and Sports Law, Appeals and Administrative Law | 19 |
| Nicholas Crosby | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Labor & Employment, Litigation, Constitutional Law | 16 |
| Hayley Cummings | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | 2 |
| Hunter Davidson | Cogburn Law | Personal Injury | 2 |
| Stephen A. Davis | Jones Lovelock | Construction Law, Business Litigation, Appellate | 4 |
| William Devine II | Devine Law Firm | Bankruptcy, Asset Protection, Business Law | 13 |
| Anthony DiRaimondo | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Commercial Litigation | 13 |
| Sabrina Dolson | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Family Law | 7 |
| Cary Domina | Peel Brimley | Construction Litigation | 13 |
| Robert Draskovich | The Draskovich Law Group | Criminal Defense | 23 |
| Andrew Dunning | LBC Law Group | Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Personal Injury | 5 |
| Dana Dwiggins | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Estate Litigation, Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Administration | 21 |
| Emily Dyer | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Commercial Litigation | 3 |
| Adam Ellis | Panish Shea & Boyle | Injury | 3 |
| Phil Erwin | Campbell & Williams | Complex Commercial Litigation | 11 |
| Michael Esposito | Kravitz, Schnitzer, Johnson, Watson & Zeppenfeld | Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Insurance Defense | 6 |
| Lars Evensen | Holland & Hart | Bankruptcy, Construction, Commercial Litigation | 18 |
| Chad Fears | Evans Fears & Schuttert | Pharmaceutical/Medical Devices, Intellectual Property, Business Torts | 21 |
| Michael Feder | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law | 20 |
| Christopher Ford | Ford & Friedman | Family Law Litigation, Complex Divorce, Child Custody | 11 |
| Cory Ford | Lagomarsino Law | Civil Rights, Estate Planning, Business Litigation | 2 |
| Alan Freer | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust and Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Administration, Business Litigation | 19 |
| David Friedman | Messner Reeves | Real Estate | 45 |
| Matthew Friedman | Ford & Friedman | Complex Divorce, Family Law, Appellate Practice | 11 |
| Alex Fugazzi | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Cannabis, Professional Malpractice and Liability | 16 |
| Adam Fulton | Jennings & Fulton | Business Litigation, Cannabis Law, Personal Injury | 11 |
| Christian Gabroy | Gabroy Law Offices | Litigation | 16 |
| Sydney Gambee | Holland & Hart | Banking Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Law | 4 |
| Joseph Ganley | Hutchison & Steffen | Corporate & Commercial Law, Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Construction Law | 25 |
| Rex Garner | Fox Rothschild | Litigation, Financial Services Industry | 16 |
| Jennifer Gaynor | J. Gaynor Law | Gaming, Liquor, Government Relations | 15 |
| Elias George | H1 Law | Business Litigation and Land Use / Zoning | 9 |
| Angel Getsov | Eglet Adams | Complex Civil Litigation, Mass Torts, Class Action | 3 |
| Ramez Ghally | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Administrative Law, Corporate & Commercial Law | 1 |
| Nedda Ghandi | Ghandi Deeter Blackham | Bankruptcy, Family Law | 12 |
| Charles Gianelloni | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Cannabis, Blockchain | 8 |
| Gerald Gillock | Gerald I. Gillock & Associates | Medical Malpractice, Birth Injuries, Brain Injuries | 50 |
| Joshua Gilmore | Bailey Kennedy | Commercial Litigation, Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility | 11 |
| Stephanie Glantz | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Civil Litigation, Appellate Advocacy, Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility | 2 |
| Katie Goldberg | Goldberg Injury Law | Personal Injury | 6 |
| Dara Goldsmith | Goldsmith & Guymon | Probate, Elder Law, Estate Planning | 29 |
| Richard Gordon | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Litigation, Insurance | 16 |
| Ryan Gormley | Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial | Complex Civil Litigation and Appeals | 6 |
| Rusty Graf | Black & Wadhams | Real Estate, Commercial Litigation | 23 |
| Caleb Green | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Government Affairs, Immigration and Cyber-Security | 1 |
| Thomas Grover | Blackrock Legal | Trust Litigation, Estate Probate | 9 |
| Theresa Guerra | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | 1 |
| John Gutke | Gutke Law Group | Complex Business, Commercial Litigation | 14 |
| Derek Hatch | Jeffrey Burr | Estate Planning, Tax Litigation | 12 |
| Dale Hayes | Hayes Wakayama | Personal Injury Law, Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense | 32 |
| Candace Herling | Messner Reeves | Appellate, Litigation, Professional Liability | 6 |
| Jared Herling | Heaton & Associates | Plaintiff Medical Malpractice, Plaintiff Personal Injury, Plaintiff Slip and Fall | 7 |
| Kevin Hernandez | Law Office of Kevin L. Hernandez | Identity Theft, Debt Collection Abuse, Illegal Credit Reporting. | 9 |
| Robert Hernquist | Howard & Howard | Intellectual Property Litigation, Financial Institutions, Construction | 13 |
| Lawrence C. Hill | Lawrence C. Hill and Associates | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Immigration | 10 |
| Dustun Holmes | Pisanelli Bice | Business, Complex Commercial Litigation | 8 |
| Eric Hone | H1 Law | Commercial & Business Litigation, Construction, Corporate | 17 |
| W. Michael Horvath | The Draskovich Law Group | Criminal Defense, Personal Injury | 3 |
| Michael Hua | Michael Hua Injury Law | Personal Injury, Litigation | 3 |
| Mark Hutchison | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Appellate Litigation, Business Law & Commercial Litigation | 28 |
| Tin Hwang | Hwang Law Group | Family Law, Personal Injury, Immigration | 5 |
| Lee Iglody | Iglody Law | Commercial Litigation | 19 |
| Jared Jennings | Jennings & Fulton | Real Estate, Family Law | 19 |
| Prescott Jones | Resnick & Louis | General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Corporate/Cannabis Law | 11 |
| Kory Kaplan | Kaplan Cottner | Complex Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Personal Injury. | 7 |
| Todd Kennedy | Kennedy & Couvillier | Litigation, Commercial Matters, Appeals | 24 |
| Daniel Kiefer | Lee Kiefer & Park | Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Appeals, Civil Litigation | 9 |
| Christopher Kircher | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation and Collections | 12 |
| Jennifer Ko Craft | Dickinson Wright | Copyright & Trademark Law, Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law | 18 |
| David Koch | Koch & Scow | Business, Intellectual Property, Real Estate Litigation | 17 |
| John Krieger | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Entertainment & Sports | 24 |
| Marta Kurshumova | Jones Lovelock | Complex Commercial and General Litigation, Civil Litigation, Business Litigation | 3 |
| Kimber Laux | McFarling Law Group | Divorce, Custody, Family Law | 1 |
| Jeffrey Lavigne | The Law Office of Kristian Lavigne & Associates | Did Not Disclose | 5 |
| Charles Lee | Garg Golden Law Firm | Labor & Employment, Civil Litigation | 6 |
| Jenny Lee | Jenny Legal | Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury | 8 |
| Kennedy Lee | Lee Kiefer & Park | Probate, Trust Administration, Trust & Estate Litigation | 9 |
| Michael Lee | Michael B. Lee Law Firm | Business, Commercial, Real Estate | 14 |
| Patricia Lee | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Family Law | 18 |
| Ben Lehavi | Ben’s Law | Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Real Estate | 3 |
| Alexander LeVeque | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Estate Litigation, Commercial Litigation, General Civil Litigation | 12 |
| Joseph Liebman | Bailey Kennedy | Real Estate Litigation, Healthcare Litigation, Product Liability | 14 |
| Amanda Litt | Litt Law Firm | Family Law, Personal Injury, Elder Abuse & Neglect | 9 |
| Geordan Logan | Claggett & Sykes Law Firm | Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Product Liability and Medical Malpractice | 5 |
| Nicole Lovelock | Jones Lovelock | Business Litigation, Construction Law, Complex Commercial and General Litigation | 12 |
| Ryan Lower | Kaempfer Crowell | Litigation | 16 |
| Jeffrey Luszeck | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Estate Litigation, Civil Litigation, Probate & Trust Administration | 15 |
| Scott Marquis | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Real Estate, Litigation, Corporate | 23 |
| Briana Martinez | Kaempfer Crowell | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Business Law, Real Estate & Construction | 2 |
| Michael Matzke | De Castroverde Law Group | Personal Injury | 3 |
| Matthew McArthur | Ballstaedt Law Firm | Bankruptcy | 11 |
| Robert McCoy | Kaempfer Crowell | Commercial Litigation, Complex Civil Litigation, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Litigation | 16 |
| Jakub Medrala | The Medrala Law Firm | Personal Injury, Real Estate, Civil Litigation | 8 |
| Jennifer Micheli | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense | 12 |
| Kirill Mikhaylov | Howard & Howard | Real Estate, Intellectual Property Litigation, Construction | 6 |
| Kade Miller | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities, Commercial Agreements, Real Estate | 8 |
| Samuel Mirkovich | Campbell & Williams | Personal Injury, Complex Commercial Litigation | 11 |
| Royi Moas | Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin | Litigation, Business Transactions, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury | 13 |
| Carlos Morales | Morales Injury Law | Accident & Injury Law | 5 |
| Kyle Morishita | De Castroverde Law Group | Immigration | 6 |
| Christian Morris | Nettles Morris | Personal Injury | 12 |
| Taylor Morris | Morris Estate Planning Attorneys | Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate | 6 |
| Jared Moser | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate | 8 |
| Boyd Moss | Moss Berg Injury Lawyers | Automobile Crashes, Slip & Falls, Wrongful Death | 17 |
| Timothy Mott | Valiente Mott Injury Attorneys | Personal Injury | 8 |
| Cody Mounteer | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Construction Contracting, Consulting/Risk Management | 12 |
| John Mowbray | Spencer Fane | Litigation & Dispute Resolution | 44 |
| Shaun Muaina | Henness & Haight | Personal Injury/Workers Compensation | 8 |
| Joanna Myers | Holley Driggs Law Firm | Intellectual Property, Entertainment | 10 |
| Stacy Newman | Federal Public Defender | Capital Habeas Litigation | 4 |
| Jaqueline Nichols | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Government Entities, Municipal Law, Litigation | 4 |
| William Noall | Garman Turner Gordon | Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy | 32 |
| Timothy R. O’Reilly | O’Reilly Law Group | Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 17 |
| Dana P. Oswalt | Benson & Bingham | Personal Injury, Civil Litigation | 6 |
| Oliver Pancheri | Santoro Whitmire | Construction Litigation, Business Litigation, Real Estate | 20 |
| Michael Paretti | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | 5 |
| Matthew Park | Lee Kiefer & Park | Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Appeals, Civil Litigation | 9 |
| Sean Payne | Rogers Mastrangelo Carvalho & Mitchell | Personal Injury, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice | 7 |
| J. Stephen Peek | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Banking Litigation, Securities Litigation | 48 |
| Ryan Petersen | Wiley Petersen | Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Premises Liability | 13 |
| Christopher Phillips | Phillips Ballenger Estate Attorneys | Estate | 18 |
| James Pisanelli | Pisanelli Bice | Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction, Healthcare | 30 |
| Brandi Planet | Lex Domus Law | Estate & Legacy Planning, Business Litigation | 11 |
| Tara Popova | Popova Law | Commercial Litigation | 10 |
| Hayley Price | Craig P. Kenny & Associates | Civil Litigation, Criminal | 3 |
| Dennis Prince | Prince Law Group | Personal Injury, Insurance Law, Commercial Litigation | 27 |
| Taylor Randolph | Randolph Law Firm | Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law | 14 |
| Mitchell Resnick | Resnick & Louis | Insurance Defense Litigation, Coverage, & First Party Property Damage | 10 |
| Timothy Revero | McAvoy Amaya & Revero, Attorneys | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Appellate Law | 3 |
| Jarrod Rickard | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Commercial Litigation, Land Use, Employment Law | 14 |
| Yasnai Rodriguez-Zaman | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Family Law | 3 |
| Keivan Roebuck | Roebuck Law Firm | Personal Injury, Insurance Law, Traffic Tickets | 5 |
| L. Christopher Rose | Howard & Howard | Real Estate, Business, Automotive | 20 |
| Racheal Ross | Nettles Morris | Personal Injury | 2 |
| Mark Rouse | The 702 Firm | Personal Injury | 10 |
| Maria Veronica Saladino | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Corporate, Business Transactions, Corporate Governance | 4 |
| Bethany Sanchez | City Attorney’s Office-Henderson | Land Development, Economic Development, Regulatory Compliance | 16 |
| Nicholas Santoro | Santoro Whitmire | Commercial Litigation, Business Torts, Real Estate Litigation | 36 |
| Jeff Scarborough | Richard Harris Law Firm | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Corey Schmutz | Jeffrey Burr | Estate Planning, Probate | 10 |
| Bradley Schrager | Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin | Elections, Government, Political Law | 14 |
| Joel Schwarz | H1 Law | Commercial & Business Litigation, Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation | 16 |
| Jared Sechrist | Garman Turner Gordon | Commercial Litigation | 14 |
| Connor Shea | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy | 3 |
| James Shea | Shea & Larsen | Financial Institutions, Bankruptcy, Landlords | 38 |
| Jason Smith | Santoro Whitmire | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Tort | 15 |
| Jordan Smith | Pisanelli Bice | Complex Commercial Litigation, Appeals | 10 |
| Stephanie J. Smith | Bendavid Law | Business Litigation, Employment Litigation, General & Complex Civil Litigation | 12 |
| Mark Solomon | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Probate Administration, Trust & Estate Litigation, Business Litigation | 44 |
| Doreen Spears Hartwell | Hartwell & Thalackar | Employment Law, Business Litigation | 20 |
| Debra Spinelli | Pisanelli Bice | Complex Commercial Litigation | 15 |
| Mark Starr | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Gaming, Corporate, Business | 3 |
| Brian Steadman | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Estate & Tax Planning, Business Succession Planning, Trust & Estate Administration | 13 |
| John Steffen | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Law & Commercial Litigation | 29 |
| Kelsey Stegall | Littler Mendelson | Labor & Employment Law | 4 |
| Kari Stephens | Jeffrey Burr | Probate, Trust Administration, Estate Planning | 19 |
| David Stern | Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin | Community Associations | 1 |
| Daniel Stewart | Hutchison & Steffan | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Constitutional Law, Corporate & Commercial Law | 12 |
| Thomas Stewart | The Powell Law Firm | Personal Injury, Appeals | 4 |
| David Straus | Law Offices of David Straus | Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills | 29 |
| Sarah Thomas | Mead Law Group | Construction, Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation | 6 |
| Raleigh Thompson | Kaempfer Crowell | Litigation | 12 |
| Matthew Tsai | Lewis Roca | Litigation and Disputes, Gaming, Tax | 4 |
| Travis Twitchell | Bowler Dixon & Twitchell | Business Law, Commercial Law, Estate Planning | 18 |
| Rachel Tygret | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Estate Planning, Family Law, Probate | 5 |
| Jose E. Valenzuela III | V3 Law | Personal Injury, Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation | 9 |
| Michael Valiente | Valiente Mott Injury Attorneys | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Dan Waite | Lewis Roca | Litigation and Disputes, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation | 30 |
| Melissa Waite | Dickinson Wright | Real Estate, Cannabis, Development/Land Use | 13 |
| Liane Wakayama | Hayes Wakayama | General Civil, Business, Probate/Trust Litigation | 12 |
| Eric Walther | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Litigation | 6 |
| Brittnie Watkins | Nevada Gaming Control Board | Gaming | 6 |
| Kendal Weisenmiller | Jeffrey Burr | Probate, Trust & Probate Litigation | 10 |
| Mark Weisenmiller | Garman Turner Gordon | Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy | 10 |
| Larson Welsh | Law Office of Hayes & Welsh | Creditor’s Rights, Commercial Collections, Civil Litigation | 9 |
| Joseph Went | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Distressed Assets | 16 |
| Telia Williams | Law Office of Telia U. Williams | Complex Civil Litigation | 16 |
| Jackie Witt | Wood, Smith, Henning, and Berman | Complex Civil Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Real Estate Law | 3 |
| Ryan Works | McDonald Carano | Bankruptcy, Insolvency, & Financial Restructuring, Commercial & Complex Litigation | 16 |
| Edward Wynder | Mustang Law | Preventing Injury | 5 |
| Tiffany Yang | Ace Law Group | Personal Injury, Employment Discrimination | 1 |
| Samantha Zabo | Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada | Child Welfare Law | 1 |
| Waleed Zaman | Zaman & Trippiedi | Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Family Law | 5 |
| Kristopher Zeppenfeld | Kravitz, Schnitzer, Johnson, Watson & Zeppenfeld | Civil Litigation, Corporate, Real Property | 10 |
| Matthew Zirzow | Larson & Zirzow | Bankruptcy Law , Business Litigation | 21 |
Northern Nevada Top Attorneys
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Seth Adams | Woodburn & Wedge | Bankruptcy, Litigation | 12 |
| Soraya T. Aguirre | Aguirre Riley | Estate Planning, Ultra High Net Worth Wealth Transfer, Trust Administration | 15 |
| Nathan Aman | Viloria Oliphant Oster & Aman | Business Law, Corporate Matters, Construction Law | 17 |
| Anthony Arger | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation | 6 |
| Karen Baytosh | Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara | General Liability, Environmental and Construction Litigation | 13 |
| Wade Beavers | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation, Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental | 6 |
| Lauren Berkich | Berkich Lucey Law Group | Family Law | 9 |
| Kendra G. Bertschy | Washoe County Public Defender’s Office | Criminal Defense | 7 |
| Elizabeth Bittner | Bittner Legal | Family Law, Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury | 16 |
| Damon Booth | MOBO LAW | Business Law, Civil Litigation, Construction Law | 4 |
| John Boyden | Erickson Thorpe & Swainston | Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Insurance Defense | 30 |
| Denise Bradshaw | Bradshaw Law | Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Specializing in Birth Injuries | 13 |
| Louis Bubala | Kaempfer Crowell | Bankruptcy Law, Litigation | 16 |
| Michael Burke | Robison Sharp Sullivan & Brust | Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate Litigation | 11 |
| Kenneth Ching | Washoe Legal Services | Child Advocacy | 13 |
| Timothy Clausen | NV Energy | Energy Regulatory | 14 |
| Brittany Cooper | Attorney Marilyn York | Family Law | 5 |
| Joshua Correlli | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Real Estate & Construction | 15 |
| Tyson Cross | Cross Law Group | Estate Planning, Probate, Tax | 6 |
| Richard Davies | Richard P Davies Law | Traffic, DUI, Personal injury | 16 |
| John Desmond | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property, Appellate Practice | 25 |
| Robert Dotson | Dotson Law | Business, Commercial, Insurance | 26 |
| Holly Estes | Estes Law | Bankruptcy | 11 |
| Craig Etem | Fennemore Craig | Real Estate, Corporate Law, Business and Finance | 24 |
| Joseph Fahrendorf | Fahrendorf Law Offices | Criminal Defense, DUI Defense, Sports Law | 5 |
| Elizabeth Fielder | Fielder Law | Commercial Real Estate, Business Transactions, Entity Formation | 23 |
| Alex Flangas | Kaempfer Crowell | Litigation, Water Law | 36 |
| Melissa Flatley | Nevada Division of Water Resources | Administrative Law | 9 |
| Elizabeth Fletcher | Fletcher & Lee | Bankruptcy | 14 |
| Douglas Flowers | Holland & Hart | Real Estate Development, Finance, Banking & Financial Services | 19 |
| Courtney Forster | Gunderson Law | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 13 |
| John Funk | Gunderson Law | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 9 |
| Stephanie Funk | Viloria Oliphant Oster & Aman | Estate/Probate & Litigation | 8 |
| David Garcia | Holland & Hart | Corporate, Emerging Growth, Mergers & Acquistions | 24 |
| Joey Gilbert | Joey Gilbert Law | Personal Injury, DUI Defense, Crimial Law | 16 |
| Julia Gold | Law Offices of Julia S. Gold | Estate Planning, Tax, Probate | 21 |
| Sihomara Graves | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Estate Planning, Litigation | 7 |
| Jason Guinasso | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Employment & Labor Law, Civil Litigation | 17 |
| Mark Gunderson | Gunderson Law | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 41 |
| Anthony Hall | Simons Hall Johnston | Did Not Disclose | 24 |
| Patricia Halstead | Halstead Law Offices | Probate, Estate Planning, Litigation | 22 |
| Leslie Hart | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Banking Litigation | 27 |
| Matthew Hippler | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation | 21 |
| Adam Hosmer-Henner | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Gaming & Administrative Law, Trust, Estate, & Fiduciary Litigation | 8 |
| August Hotchkin | Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara | Business Litigation, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death, General Liability | 8 |
| Proctor Hug IV | Maupin Cox & LeGoy | Business Entities, Transactions, Real Estate | 37 |
| Brian Irvine | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Cannabis Law, Bankruptcy/Restructuring | 19 |
| Laura Jacobson | McDonald Carano | Employment & Labor Law | 6 |
| Alicia Johnson | Johnson Law Practice | Business, Real Estate, Estate Planning & Probate | 14 |
| Orrin Johnson | Orrin Johnson Law | Criminal Law | 13 |
| Brad Johnston | Simons Hall Johnston | Commercial Litigation, Agricultural Law, Civil Litigation | 17 |
| Bronagh Kelly | Woodburn & Wedge | Family Law, Litigation | 3 |
| Wayne Klomp | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Commercial Leasing, Financial Services Litigation | 14 |
| Dora Lane | Holland & Hart | Labor and Employment, Employment Litigation | 17 |
| Chelsea Latino | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Employment & Labor Law, Appellate | 4 |
| Adam Laxalt | Cooper & Kirk | Civil Litigation, Criminal | 9 |
| Tyson League | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Criminal Law, Employment Law | 7 |
| Ryan Leary | Laxalt & Nomura | Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Business | 11 |
| Debbie Leonard | Leonard Law | Water, Land, Appellate Practice | 18 |
| Vernon Leverty | Leverty & Associates | Personal Injury, Insurance & Regulator | 49 |
| Joel W. Locke | Allison MacKenzie | Estate Planning, Probate/Trust Administration, Employer Labor Law | 14 |
| Timothy Lukas | Holland & Hart | Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights, Distressed Assets | 28 |
| Owen Mackedon | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Privileged Licensing, Real Estate & Construction | 7 |
| Kristen Matteoni | Maupin Cox & LeGoy | Did Not Disclose | 3 |
| Paul Matteoni | Lewis Roca | Construction Projects, Litigation and Disputes | 32 |
| Chloe McClintick | Attorney Marilyn York | Family Law | 1 |
| Jonathan McGuire | Simons Hall Johnston | Employment & Labor Law and Commercial Litigation | 1 |
| Emily Meibert | Allison MacKenzie | Estate Planning, Business Law, Civil Litigation | 1 |
| Bret Meich | Downey Brand | Complex Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, Employment Litigation | 12 |
| Christian Moore | Lemons Grundy & Eisenberg | Business & Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Malpractice Litigation | 31 |
| Ann Morgan | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Employment & Labor, Trusts & Estates | 41 |
| G. Barton Mowry | Maupin Cox & LeGoy | Trusts, Estates, Taxation | 41 |
| James Newman | Holland & Hart | Corporate, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions | 25 |
| Ashley Nikkel | Parsons Behle & Latimer | Litigation, Mining, Environmental | 8 |
| Courtney O’Mara | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation, Probate | 13 |
| William Peterson | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Public Utilities | 44 |
| Brian Pick | McDonald Carano | Emerging Industries & Organizations, Real Estate & Land Use, Business Entities & Transactions | 14 |
| Janine Prupas | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Personal Injury | 16 |
| Garrit Pruyt | Carson City District Attorney’s Office | Criminal Law | 7 |
| Michaelle Rafferty | Maupin Cox & LeGoy | Trusts, Estates, Taxation | 27 |
| Samantha Reviglio | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Law | 4 |
| Molly Rezac | Ogletree Deakins | Civil & Commercial Litigation, Employment Law | 10 |
| Catherine Riechenberg | Gunderson Law | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 13 |
| Timothy Riley | Aguirre Riley | Estate and Family Business Planning, Tax Law | 14 |
| Theresa Ristenpart | Ristenpart Law | Criminal Law | 15 |
| Michael Rosenauer | Michael Rosenauer Attorney at Law | Trust and Estate Administration/Litigation | 34 |
| Brian Schusterman | McDonald Carano | Business Entities & Transactions, Emerging Industries & Organizations, Real Estate & Land Use | 13 |
| Nicole Scott | Lewis Roca | Litigation and Disputes, Licensing and Transactions | 6 |
| Chandeni Sendall | Reno City Attorney’s Office | Civil Division | 8 |
| Therese Shanks | Robison Sharp Sullivan & Brust | Appellate Law, Business Litigation | 8 |
| Steven Silva | Blanchard Krasner & French | Eminent Domain, Appellate Practice, Real Property | 9 |
| Mark Simons | Simons Hall Johnston | Complex Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Business Torts | 27 |
| J. Robert Smith | Simons Hall Johnston | Complex Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation | 13 |
| Jerry Snyder | Jerry Snyder Law | Construction Law, Water Law, Corporate Governance | 22 |
| Charles Spann | Beckett Yott & Spann | Product Liability , Complex Civil Litigation, Trucking Law | 38 |
| Weston Spann | Bradley Drendel & Jeanney | Torts, Insurance, Personal Injury | 7 |
| Austin Sweet | Gunderson Law | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 11 |
| John Tennert III | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Mining, Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental | 11 |
| Jonathan Tew | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Litigation, Business Transactions, Real Estate | 11 |
| Amy Tirre | Law Offices of Amy N. Tirre | Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Business Debt Collection | 23 |
| Adam Tully | Carson City District Attorney | Government | 6 |
| Justin Vance | Dotson Law | Business Litigation, Personal Injury, Appellate | 12 |
| Alex Velto | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Employment & Labor Law | 2 |
| Jesse Wadhams | Black & Wadhams | Government Affairs, Healthcare Litigation, Mining Law | 17 |
| McClure Wallace | Wallace& Milsapp | Trust & Estate Litigation, Civil Litigation | 14 |
| Lance White | Widdis & White | Family Law | 14 |
| Nicole Widdis | Widdis & White | Family Law | 10 |
| Richard Williamson | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Law | 15 |
| Mathew A. Work | Carlson & Work | Family Law, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury | 6 |
| Laurie Yott | Beckett Yott & Spann | Workers’ Compensation | 34 |
Best Up & Coming Nevada Attorney
** In order to qualify as a Best Up and Coming Attorney, each attorney must have been under 40 years of age and licensed in Nevada for 10 years or less at press time.
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada | Based In |
| Christine Atwood | Messner Reeves | Litigation | 4 | Las Vegas |
| Wade Beavers | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation, Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental | 6 | Reno |
| James Beckstrom | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Contract Litigation, Business Agreements | 5 | Las Vegas |
| Karson Bright | Howard & Howard | Business, Corporate, Healthcare | 2 | Las Vegas |
| Alexander Calaway | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Litigation, Business and Commercial Law | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Daven Cameron | Cameron Law | Personal Injury | 4 | Las Vegas |
| Jonathan S. Chung | The Dickerson Karacsonyi Law Group | Family Law | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Hayley Cummings | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | 2 | Las Vegas |
| Joseph Dagher | Kaempfer Crowell | Civil & Commercial Litigation, Business Law | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Shelby Dahl | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property | 5 | Las Vegas |
| Eric Duhon | Fennemore Craig | Real Estate, Corporate Law, Business and Finance | 2 | Reno |
| Adam Ellis | Panish Shea & Boyle | Injury | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Ross Evans | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust and Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Administration, Business Litigation | 12 | Las Vegas |
| Paxton Fleming | Howard & Howard | Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights | 2 | Las Vegas |
| Ramez Ghally | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Administrative Law, Corporate & Commercial Law | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Carmen Gilbert | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Stephanie Glantz | Bailey Kennedy | Complex Civil Litigation, Appellate Advocacy, Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility | 2 | Las Vegas |
| Ronald Goodwin JR | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Estate Planning, Business Planning, Trust Administration | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Sihomara Graves | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Estate Planning, Litigation | 7 | Reno |
| Caleb Green | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Government Affairs, Immigration and Cyber-Security | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Theresa Guerra | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Joshua Halen | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Appellate, Religious Institutions & First Amendment | 5 | Reno |
| Emilee Hammond | Viloria Oliphant Oster & Aman | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Business Law | 3 | Reno |
| Candace Herling | Messner Reeves | Appellate, Litigation, Professional Liability | 6 | Las Vegas |
| Jared Herling | Heaton & Associates | Plaintiff Medical Malpractice, Plaintiff Personal Injury, Plaintiff Slip and Fall | 7 | Las Vegas |
| Brooke Holmes | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Real Estate, Estate Planning, Probate | 5 | Las Vegas |
| Joshua Hood | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Estate & Trust Litigation, Estate & Trust Administration, Civil Litigation | 8 | Las Vegas |
| W. Michael Horvath | The Draskovich Law Group | Criminal Defense, Personal Injury | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Michael Hua | Michael Hua Injury Law | Personal Injury, Litigation | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Collin Jayne | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Construction Law | 5 | Las Vegas |
| Chelsee Jensen | Lewis Roca | Litigation and Disputes, Intellectual Property Litigation | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Gil Kahn | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Appeals & Critical Motions | 4 | Las Vegas |
| Kory Kaplan | Kaplan Cottner | Complex Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Personal Injury. | 7 | Las Vegas |
| Marta Kurshumova | Jones Lovelock | Complex Commercial and General Litigation, Civil Litigation, Business Litigation | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Chelsea Latino | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Employment & Labor Law, Appellate | 4 | Reno |
| Tyson League | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Criminal Law, Employment Law | 7 | Reno |
| Jenapher Lin | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Risk Management | 4 | Las Vegas |
| Amber Lunn | Holland & Hart | Project Development, Construction, Real Estate Develpoment & Finance | 4 | Las Vegas |
| Brianna Martinez | Kaempfer Crowell | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Business Law, Real Estate & Construction | 2 | Las Vegas |
| Michael Matzke | De Castroverde Law Group | Personal Injury | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Kirill Mikhaylov | Howard & Howard | Real Estate, Intellectual Property Litigation, Construction | 6 | Las Vegas |
| Jacqueline Nichols | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Government Entities, Municipal Law, Litigation | 4 | Las Vegas |
| Hayley Price | Craig P. Kenny & Associates | Civil Litigation, Criminal | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Samantha Reviglio | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Law | 4 | Reno |
| Racheal Ross | Nettles Morris | Personal Injury | 2 | Las Vegas |
| Connor Shea | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Mark Starr | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Gaming, Corporate, Business | 3 | Las Vegas |
| David Stern | Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin | Community Associations | 1 | Las Vegas |
| Casey Stiteler | Lewis Roca | Zoning, Planning, and Land Use | 5 | Reno |
| Piers Tueller | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Commercial Law | 3 | Las Vegas |
| Rachel Tygret | Marquis Aurbach Coffing | Estate Planning, Family Law, Probate | 5 | Las Vegas |
| Kimberly Valentin | De Castroverde Law Group | Personal Injury | 9 | Las Vegas |
| Alex Velto | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Employment & Labor Law | 2 | Reno |
| Bryan Viellion | Kaempfer Crowell | Privileged Licensing, Business Law, Estate Planning | 6 | Las Vegas |
| Luke Walker | Gunderson Law | Trust and Estates, Contracts and Commercial Transactions | 4 | Reno |
