For the past 15 years, Nevada Business Magazine has been publishing a list showcasing the state’s top attorneys as voted by their peers. Formerly known as Legal Elite this annual list came to represent the best of the best in the legal industry. This year, the editorial team at the magazine is rebranding Legal Elite to better reflect the prestigious position these attorneys hold in Nevada. Aptly named Top Rank Attorneys, the lawyers who make it on the list and are at the top of their fields. These attorney’s dedication to the craft was noted by their peers who nominated and voted for them for this recognition. Polling for Top Rank Attorneys 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.
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. When the nomination process closed, 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 attorneys that passed every level of scrutiny appear on the following pages.
Top vote getters for the North, South and Best Up and Coming lists were asked to appear on the cover. Featured this year are Mark Hutchison with Hutchison & Steffen representing the south; Kristen Matteoni with Snell & Wilmer from the north; and Jackson Wong of Kemp Jones who represents the Best Up and Coming list. Congratulations to all of the distinguished lawyers featured among the 2022 Top Rank Attorneys.
Southern Nevada Attorneys
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Scott M. Abbott | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Labor & Employment Law | 29 |
| Anthony Ager | Sklar Williams | Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury | 19 |
| Claudia Aguayo | City of North Las Vegas | Labor & Employment, Collective Bargaining, Public Safety | 18 |
| Michael S. Alires | Snell & Wilmer | Real Estate, Master Planned Communities & Subdivisions, Commercial Development and Leasing | 6 |
| W. West Allen | Howard & Howard | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trademarks | 26 |
| Madeline Arcellana | Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara | Civil Litigation, General Liability, Personal Injury | 6 |
| Brett A. Axelrod | Fox Rothschild | Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy, Cannabis Law, Gaming | 25 |
| Brittni Bailus | John Park Law Firm | Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration | 6 |
| Tiffany Ballenger Floyd | Phillips Ballenger | Estate Attorneys | Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Business Planning | 14 |
| Jeffrey Barr | Armstrong Teasdale | Cannabis Law, Commercial Litigation,Crisis Management | 21 |
| James A. Beckstrom | Beckstrom & Beckstrom | Real Estate, Title and Business Litigation | 6 |
| Marcus Berg | Moss Berg | Automobile Accidents, Trips/Falls/ Slips, Workers’ Compensation | 16 |
| Todd Bice | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation, Hotels & Gaming, Political | 29 |
| Anaeita Biesiada | The Clarkson Law Group | Real Property Law, General Litigation, Community Association Law | 5 |
| Brian Blakley | Lewis Roca | Litigation & Disputes, Class Action, Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense | 8 |
| Eric Blank | Eric Blank Injury Attorneys | Automobile Accidents, Slip and Falls, and Workers’ Compensation | 22 |
| Brian L. Blaylock | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial Agreements | 9 |
| Erica A. Bobak | Prêt-à-Lawyer | Business & Corporate Law, Transactional Drafting, Intellectual Property | 6 |
| Gina Bongiovi | Bongiovi Law | Business law | 14 |
| John Bragonje | Lewis Roca | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking & Lending Disputes, Construction Projects | 16 |
| Jennifer Braster | Naylor Braster | Commercial Litigation | 15 |
| Shemilly Briscoe | Briscoe Law Group | Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Contractor Licensing | 15 |
| Gian Brown | Holland & Hart | Corporate, Emerging Growth, Venture Capital & Private Equity | 9 |
| Christopher Burk | Patriot Law Firm | Personal Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Premises Liability | 17 |
| Jeffrey L. Burr | Jeffrey Burr | Tax, Estate Planning | 42 |
| Deidre J. Call | Deidre J Call Esq | Real Estate, Business, Commercial Law | 25 |
| Daven Cameron | Cameron Law | Personal Injury | 5 |
| Yolanda Carapia | De Castroverde Law Group | Personal Injury Litigation | 3 |
| Andrea Champion | Jones Lovelock | Business Litigation, Appellate Law | 7 |
| Szu-Lung Chang | Chang Law Group | Business Planning, Probate Administration | 12 |
| David Chavez | Ballard Spahr | Commercial Litigation, Consumer Financial Services | 2 |
| Jessica Chong | Spencer Fane | Commercial Litigation & Insurance Defense | 6 |
| Hai Ling Chu | HLC Legal | Probate, Business, Estate Planning | 10 |
| Dylan Ciciliano | Garman Turner Gordon | Civil Litigation | 10 |
| Chad Clement | Marquis Aurbach | Litigation, Corporate, Appellate | 11 |
| Jamie S. Cogburn | Cogburn Law | Personal Injury | 18 |
| Christopher Connell | Connell Law | Personal Injury, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property | 14 |
| Melissa Corral | Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada | Immigration, Family & Unemployment Law | 5 |
| Kyle Cottner | Kaplan Cottner | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI Defense | 9 |
| Jennifer Ko Craft | Dickinson Wright | Copyright & Trademark Law, Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law | 19 |
| R. Todd Creer | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Labor & Employment Law | 15 |
| Rebecca Crooker | Bailey Kennedy | Commercial Litigation, Appellate, Healthcare | 2 |
| Krisanne Cunningham | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, LLCs & Joint Ventures | 18 |
| Stephen Davis | Jones Lovelock | Construction Law, Appellate Law, Business Litigation | 5 |
| William Devine II | Devine Legal Group | Bankruptcy, Asset Protection, Business Law | 14 |
| J. Malcolm DeVoy | Holland & Hart | Healthcare Law, Corporate, Commercial Litigation | 11 |
| Anthony DiRaimondo | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Commercial Litigation, Real Estate & Construction Litigation | 14 |
| Andrew Dunning | LBC Law Group | Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Personal Injury | 6 |
| Dana A. Dwiggins | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Estate Litigation, Business Litigation, Trust & Estate Administration | 22 |
| Emily Dyer | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Commercial Litigation | 4 |
| Michael Esposito | Kravitz Schnitzer Johnson Watson & Zeppenfeld | Complex Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Insurance Defense | 7 |
| Johnathon Fayeghi | Sklar Williams | Civil & Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Licensing & Acquisitions, & Healthcare Regulatory Compliance | 9 |
| Chad Fears | Evans Fears & Schuttert | Pharmaceutical/Medical Devices, Intellectual Property, Business Torts | 22 |
| Michael Feder | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property, Arbitration & Mediation | 21 |
| Chris Ford | Ford & Friedman | Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody | 12 |
| Alan D. Freer | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Administration, Business Litigation | 20 |
| Matt Friedman | Ford & Friedman | Family Law, Appellate, Child Custody | 12 |
| Duane Frizell | Frizell Law Firm | Business, Commercial and Real Estate Litigation | 16 |
| Adam Fulton | Jennings & Fulton | Civil Litigation, Cannabis Law, General Counsel Services | 12 |
| Sydney Gambee | Holland & Hart | Financial Institutions Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Law | 5 |
| Jill Garcia | Hone Law | Employment Litigation & Counseling, Commercial Litigation | 20 |
| Rex Garner | Fox Rothschild | Litigation, Financial Services Industry, Product Liability & Mass Torts | 17 |
| Jennifer Gaynor | J. Gaynor Law | Gaming, Liquor, Regulatory | 16 |
| Elias George | EPG Law Group | Land Use/ Zoning, Business Litigation | 10 |
| Ramez A. Ghally | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Administrative & Regulatory Law, Family Law | 2 |
| Nedda Ghandi | Ghandi Deeter Blackham | Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Family Law | 13 |
| Charles E. Gianelloni | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Cannabis, Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency | 9 |
| Christian Gianni | Boyce & Gianni | Trust, Estate & Business Planning | 23 |
| Carmen B. Gilbert | Snell & Wilmer | Corporate & Securities | 2 |
| Joshua Gilmore | Bailey Kennedy | Commercial Litigation, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | 12 |
| Stephanie Glantz | Weinberg Wheeler | Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Healthcare | 3 |
| Kylee Gloeckner | Sansone Gloeckner | Car Crashes, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury | 6 |
| Caleb Green | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Government Affairs, Cybersecurity | 2 |
| Derek Hatch | Jeffrey Burr | Tax, Litigation, Estate Planning | 13 |
| Joel Henriod | Lewis Roca | Appellate, Litigation & Defense | 18 |
| Justin Hepworth | Evans Fears & Schuttert | Products Liability Litigation, Bad Faith Insurance Litigation, Commercial Litigation | 15 |
| Daniel Hill | Hill Firm | Criminal Defense | 9 |
| Lawrence C. Hill | Lawrence C. Hill & Associates | Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Immigration | 11 |
| Brooke A. Holmes | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Real Estate, Acquisition and Finance | 5 |
| Dustun Holmes | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation, Appellate | 9 |
| Eric D. Hone | Hone Law | Commercial & Business Litigation, Construction & Design Litigation | 18 |
| W. Michael Horvath | The Draskovich Law Group | Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Federal | 4 |
| Amy Howard | Hone Law | Employment Litigation & Counseling, Commercial & Business Litigation | 6 |
| Mark Hutchison | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Administrative & Regulatory Law, Appellate Litigation | 29 |
| Tin Hwang | Hwang Law Group | Personal Injury, Family Law, Immigration Law | 6 |
| Kimberley A. Hyson | Jones Lovelock | Business Litigation | 12 |
| Collin Jayne | Marquis Aurbach | Commercial Litigation, Construction, Real Estate | 6 |
| Chelsee Jensen | Lewis Roca | Litigation & Disputes, Intellectual Property Litigation, Appellate | 4 |
| Jack Juan | Marquis Aurbach | Construction, Real Estate, Business | 24 |
| Kory Kaplan | Kaplan Cottner | Complex Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Personal Injury | 8 |
| Edwin A. Keller | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Labor & Employment Law, Arbitration & Collective Bargaining | 25 |
| Brandon Kemble | City of Henderson | Municipal Law | 13 |
| Chris Kircher | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Business Law | 13 |
| David Koch | Koch & Scow | Business, Intellectual Property, Real Estate Litigation | 18 |
| John Krieger | Dickinson Wright | Copyright & Trademark Law, Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law | 25 |
| Marta Kurshumova | Jones Lovelock | Business Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Appellate Law | 4 |
| Darren Lach | Lach Injury Law | Car Accident, Wrongful Death, Slip & Fall | 16 |
| Zachariah Larson | Larson & Zirzow | Consumer & Business Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Guardianship | 20 |
| Nicholas Lasso | Richard Harris Law Firm | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Kimber Laux | McFarling Law Group | Divorce, Custody, Family Law | 2 |
| Diane Lee | Luh & Associates | Insurance Defense, ADR | 20 |
| Patricia Lee | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Healthcare Professionals Advocacy | 19 |
| Ben Lehavi | Ben’s Law | Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Real Estate | 4 |
| Alexander G. LeVeque | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Estate Litigation, Commercial Litigation, General Civil Litigation | 13 |
| Joseph A. Liebman | Bailey Kennedy | Real Estate Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Healthcare Litigation | 15 |
| Jenapher Lin | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Business/Corporate Law, Appellate | 5 |
| Martin Little | Howard & Howard | Business Litigation | 22 |
| Robert Loftus | Marquis Aurbach | Estate Planning, Probate, Litigation | 6 |
| Ryan Loosvelt | GGRM Law Firm | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Appeals | 18 |
| Nicole E. Lovelock | Jones Lovelock | Business Litigation, Construction Law, Appellate Law | 13 |
| Ryan Lower | Kaempfer Crowell | Litigation | 17 |
| Ellsie Lucero | Kaempfer Crowell | Litigation | 2 |
| Jeffrey P. Luszeck | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Trust & Estate Litigation, Civil Litigation, Probate & Trust Administration | 16 |
| Nicole A. Martin | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Labor & Employment Law | 8 |
| Briana Martinez | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Cannabis, Estate Planning | 3 |
| Michael Matzke | De Castroverde Law Group | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Michael McCue | Lewis Roca | Intellectual Property, Copyright, Intellectual Property Litigation | 25 |
| Dan McNutt | McNutt Law Firm | Business Litigation | 20 |
| Jakub Medrala | The Medrala Law Firm | Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Real Estate Law | 9 |
| Samantha Mentzel | Sin City Divorce | Family Law, Divorce, Custody | 9 |
| Jennifer L. Micheli | Marquis Aurbach | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense | 13 |
| Kirill V. Mikhaylov | Pacific West Injury Law | Personal Injury | 7 |
| Joelle Misuraca | The Cottle Firm | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slips and Falls, Premises Liability | 3 |
| Royi Moas | Wolf Rifkin Shapiro | Litigation & Class Actions, Business & Real Estate Transactions, Personal Injury | 14 |
| Terry A. Moore | Marquis Aurbach | Litigation, Landlord/Tenant, Real Property | 20 |
| Carlos A. Morales | Morales Injury Law | Accident & Injury Law | 6 |
| Taylor Morris | Morris Estate Planning Attorneys | Estate Planning, Trust, Probate | 7 |
| Jared Moser | Marquis Aurbach | Litigation, Appellate, Commercial Litigation | 9 |
| Boyd Moss | Moss Berg | Wrongful Death, Catastrophic Injuries, Automobile Collisions | 18 |
| Shaun Muaina | Hennes & Haight Injury Law | Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation | 9 |
| Joanna Myers | Holley Driggs | Cannabis Law, Entertainment, Intellectual Property | 11 |
| Jackie Nichols | Marquis Aurbach | Government Entities, Municipal Law, Litigation | 5 |
| Shauna Norton | Dickinson Wright | Intellectual Property, Trademarks Copyrights | 13 |
| Sean O’Callaghan | Lawrence C. Hill & Associates | Personal Injury, Litigation | 2 |
| William O’Grady | O’Grady Law Group | Timeshare, Real Estate, Consumer Law | 15 |
| Alayne Opie | Greenberg Traurig | Commercial Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Product Liability | 10 |
| Dana P. Oswalt | Benson & Bingham | Personal injury | 7 |
| Oliver Pancheri | Santoro Whitmire | Business & Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Partnership Litigation, Real Estate Litigation | 21 |
| Donald Paradiso | Ladah Law | Personal Injury | 9 |
| Ryan Petersen | Wiley Petersen Law Offices | Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Premises Liability | 14 |
| Danielle Petkovich | Aisen, Gill & Associates | Criminal Justice | 2 |
| Chris Phillips | Ford & Friedman | Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody | 4 |
| Christopher J. Phillips | Phillips Ballenger | Estate Attorneys | Trusts & Estate Litigation, Estate Administration, Probate | 19 |
| James J. Pisanelli | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation, Construction, Defamation | 31 |
| Brandi Planet | Lex Domus Law | Estate & Legacy Planning, Business Litigation, Business Advisement | 12 |
| Amy Porray | McFarling Law Group | Divorce, Guardianship, Prenuptial Agreements | 16 |
| Taylor Randolph | Randolph Law Firm | Tax, Bankruptcy, Real Estate | 15 |
| Josh Reisman | Reisman Sorokac | Business Litigation, Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation | 22 |
| Jarrod L. Rickard | Semenza Kircher Rickard | Commercial Litigation, Land Use, Employment Law | 15 |
| Marisa Rodriguez | City of North Las Vegas | Litigation, Transactions, Labor & Employment | 8 |
| Keivan Roebuck | Roebuck Law Firm | Personal Injury Law | 6 |
| L. Christopher Rose | Howard & Howard | Business Litigation, Real Estate | 21 |
| Mark Rouse | Big Horn Law | Personal injury | 11 |
| Lawrence Ruiz | Ruiz Law Firm | Car Accident, Workers’ Compensation, Slip & Fall | 13 |
| Sophie Salcedo | Las Vegas Defense Group | Criminal Defense | 2 |
| Bethany R. Sanchez | City of Henderson | Land Development, Economic Development, Regulatory Compliance | 17 |
| Jen J. Sarafina | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Labor & Employment Law, Arbitration | 16 |
| Jeff Scarborough | Richard Harris Law Firm | Personal Injury | 5 |
| Allison Schmidt | Nevadas Lawyers | Financial Services Litigation, Compliance, Legislative Affairs | 14 |
| Corey J. Schmutz | Jeffrey Burr | Estate Planning & Probate | 11 |
| Robert E. Schumacher | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | Commercial Litigation, Construction & Professional Liability Defense | 21 |
| Samuel A. Schwartz | Schwartz Law | Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law | 14 |
| Joel Schwarz | Hone Law | Commercial & Business Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Litigation, Landlord-Tenant | 17 |
| Jared Sechrist | Garman Turner Gordon | Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Surety Law | 15 |
| Stephen Shulman | Willoughby Shulman | Personal Injury | 11 |
| Jordan Smith | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation, Appellate | 11 |
| Jason Smith | Santoro Whitmire | Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation | 16 |
| Elizabeth M. Sorokac | Reisman Sorokac | Business Transactions, Commercial Real Estate, Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation | 19 |
| Debra L. Spinelli | Pisanelli Bice | Commercial Litigation | 16 |
| Brian K. Steadman | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Estate & Tax Planning, Business Succession Planning, Asset Protection | 14 |
| John Steffen | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Law & Commercial Litigation | 30 |
| Zach Takos | Takos Law Group | Complex Commercial Litigation, Appeals, Business Strategies | 13 |
| Raleigh Thompson | Kaempfer Crowell | Litigation | 13 |
| Adam Trippiedi | TriLaw | Estate Planning, Real Estate, Probate | 11 |
| Matthew Tsai | Lewis Roca | Litigation & Disputes, Gaming, Insurance Services | 5 |
| Travis Twitchell | Bowler Dixon & Twitchell | Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate | 19 |
| Maryam Vasek | Hicks & Brasier | Personal Injury | 4 |
| Brian Vasek | Vasek Law | Criminal, Warrants, Record Sealing | 6 |
| Liane K. Wakayama | Hayes Wakayama | General Civil, Business, Probate/Trust Litigation | 13 |
| Eric Walther | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Appellate, Litigation | 7 |
| Robert Warns | Reisman Sorokac | Business Litigation, Pre-Litigation Dispute Resolution, Writ Proceedings | 11 |
| Mark Weisenmiller | Garman Turner Gordon | Corporate Restructuring, Complex Insolvency, Bankruptcy Litigation | 11 |
| Larson Welsh | Law Office of Hayes & Welsh | Creditor’s Rights, Commercial Collections, Civil Litigation | 10 |
| Colby Williams | Campbell & Williams | Complex Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance, Products Liability | 27 |
| Paul Williams | Bailey Kennedy | Commercial Litigation, Class Action and Appellate | 10 |
| Kenneth A. Woloson | Kenneth A. Woloson Law Office | Commercial Transactional, Succession & Business Planning, Trusts & Estates | 41 |
| Jackson Wong | Kemp Jones | Commercial Litigation, Mass Torts Litigation/ Class Actions, Personal Injury Litigation | 1 |
| Ryan Works | McDonald Carano | Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring, Commercial & Complex Litigation | 17 |
| Brittany Young | Kaplan Cottner | Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation | 7 |
| Waleed Zaman | Zaman & Trippiedi | Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Family Law | 6 |
| Meng Zhong | Lewis Roca | Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property, Copyright | 11 |
| Matthew C. Zirzow | Larson & Zirzow | Business & Consumer Bankruptcy | 22 |
Northern Nevada Attorneys
| Name | Firm | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Seth Adams | Woodburn & Wedge | Bankruptcy Litigation, General Civil Litigation | 13 |
| Soraya Aguirre | Aguirre Riley | Complex Estate Planning, Probate, Estate & Trust Administration | 16 |
| Nathan Aman | Viloria Oliphant Oster & Aman | Litigation, Business Law | 18 |
| Dane Anderson | Woodburn & Wedge | Business Litigation, General Civil Litigation, Personal Injury & Torts | 22 |
| Jessica Anderson | Anderson Keuscher | Divorce and Family Law | 19 |
| Anthony Arger | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation, Real Estate Law, Trust Litigation | 7 |
| Robert Armstrong | McDonald Carano | Trust & Estates, Business Entities & Transactions, Tax Law | 42 |
| Wade Beavers | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation | 7 |
| Lauren Berkich | Berkich Lucey Law | Family law | 10 |
| John Boyden | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | General Liability, Construction, Professional Liability | 31 |
| Denise Bradshaw | Bradshaw Law | Personal Injury (General), Medical Malpractice and Birth Injuries | 14 |
| Duncan Burke | Simons Hall Johnston | Litigation, Construction & Real Estate, Employment & Labor | 8 |
| J. Douglas Clark | J. Douglas Clark, Attorney at Law | Trusts & Estates | 42 |
| Travis Clark | Surratt Law | Family Law & Estate Planning, Mediation | 8 |
| Brittany Cooper | Brittany Cooper Law | Family Law, Pre/Post Martial Agreements | 6 |
| Josh Correlli | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Real Estate & Construction | 16 |
| Tyson Cross | Cross Law Group | Estate Planning, Probate, Tax Law | 7 |
| Lucy Crow | Lewis Roca | Litigation & Disputes | 2 |
| Rafael DeOliveira Mariano | Mariano & Associates | Workers’ Compensation | 7 |
| John Desmond | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Intellectual Property, Appellate Practice | 26 |
| Bonnie Drinkwater | Drinkwater Eaton | Corporate Law, Business Law, Intellectual Property | 27 |
| Eric Duhon | McDonald Carano | Real Estate & Land Use, Business Entities & Transactions | 3 |
| Mark W. Dunagan | Reno City Attorney’s Office | Employment, Public Safety, Appellate | 14 |
| Holly E. Estes | Estes Law | Bankruptcy | 12 |
| Melissa Exline | Surratt Law | Family Law & Estate Planning, Mediation | 18 |
| Sarah Ferguson | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Law, Appellate | 4 |
| Elizabeth Fielder | Fielder Law | Commercial Real Estate, Business Transactions, Entity Formation | 24 |
| Elizabeth Fletcher | Fletcher & Lee | Bankruptcy | 15 |
| John R. Funk | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 10 |
| Stephanie Funk | Viloria Oliphant Oster & Aman | Estate/ Probate Litigation | 9 |
| Alison Gansert Kertis | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | General Liability | 6 |
| Jenna Garcia | Washoe County District Attorney’s Office | Criminal Law | 8 |
| Leigh Goddard | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Employment & Labor Law, Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation | 24 |
| Julia Gold | Law Offices of Julia S. Gold | Estate Planning, Family Business Planning, Trust Administrations | 22 |
| Jason Guinasso | Hutchison & Steffen | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Civil Litigation, Employment & Labor Law | 18 |
| Mark Gunderson | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 42 |
| Anthony Hall | Simons Hall Johnston | Employment & Labor, Alternative Dispute Resolution | 25 |
| Patricia Halstead | Halstead Law Offices | Probate, Estate Planning, Litigation | 23 |
| Sarah Hardy-Cooper | Routsis Hardy-Cooper Pulver | Family Law | 20 |
| Matt Hippler | Holland & Hart | Commercial Litigation, Real Property Litigation | 22 |
| Adam Hosmer-Henner | McDonald Carano | Appellate, Commercial & Complex Litigation, Gaming & Administrative Law | 9 |
| Procter Hug IV | Maupin Cox & LeGoy | Business Entities & Transactions, Real Estate, Employment & Labor Law | 10 |
| Brian Irvine | Dickinson Wright | Business Litigation, Cannabis Law, Bankruptcy/ Restructuring | 20 |
| Andolyn Johnson | U.S. Attorney’s Office | Criminal Law | 4 |
| Brad Johnston | Simons Hall Johnston | Litigation, Construction & Real Estate, Trust & Estate Litigation | 18 |
| Patrick Kealy | Woodburn & Wedge | General Civil Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Administration | 7 |
| Bronagh Kelly | Woodburn & Wedge | Family Law & Domestic Relations, General Civil Litigation | 4 |
| John Keuscher | Anderson Keuscher | Divorce and Family Law | 20 |
| Wayne Klomp | Great Basin Law | Business Litigation, Water Law, Real Estate | 15 |
| Dora Lane | Holland & Hart | Labor & Employment, Employment Litigation & Class Actions | 18 |
| Chelsea Latino | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Appellate, Employment & Labor Law | 5 |
| Debbie Leonard | Leonard Law | Water, Land, Appellate Practice | 19 |
| Colton Loretz | Reisman Sorokac | Business Transactions, Commercial Real Estate, Alternative Dispute Resolution | 4 |
| Owen Mackedon | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Privileged Licensing, Real Estate & Construction | 8 |
| Philip Mannelly | McDonald Carano | Construction Law & Litigation, Commercial & Complex Litigation, Employment & Labor Law | 5 |
| Kristen Martini | Lewis Roca | Litigation Disputes, Liquor Law, Appellate | 13 |
| Kristen D. Matteoni | Snell & Wilmer | Estate Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, Trust and Estate Litigation | 4 |
| Paul Matteoni | Lewis Roca | Construction Projects, Litigation & Disputes, Class Actions | 33 |
| Chloe McClintick | Attorney Marilyn D. York, Inc. | Family Law | 2 |
| Julie McGrath Throop | Terry Friedman and Julie Throop | Personal Injury, Auto Collisions, Slip/Trip/Falls | 13 |
| Emily Meibert | Hutchison & Steffen | Litigation, Estate Planning and Real Estate | 2 |
| Bret F. Meich | Downey Brand | Appellate & Writ Practice, Complex Business Litigation, Construction Litigation | 13 |
| Kaitlyn Miller | Kaitlyn Miller Law | Custody, Divorce, Child Support | 13 |
| Patrick Millsap | Wallace & Millsap | Complex & High-Value Litigation | 11 |
| Alexander Morey | Silverman Kattelman Springgate | Family Law | 13 |
| G. Barton Mowry | Maupin Cox & LeGoy | Trusts & Estates, Taxation, Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt | 42 |
| James Newman | Holland & Hart | Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Securities & Capital Markets | 26 |
| Ashley Nikkel | Parsons Behle & Latimer | Mining, Project & Permitting & Compliance, NEPA | 9 |
| Courtney M. O’Mara | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning | 14 |
| Kelly Peters | Fennemore Craig | Business Litigation, Employment & Labor | 1 |
| Brian Pick | McDonald Carano | Emerging Industries & Organizations, Real Estate & Land Use, Business Entities & Transactions | 15 |
| Andrea K. Pressler | Johnson Law Practice | Estate Planning & Probate | 18 |
| Jacey C. Prupas | Snell & Wilmer | Commercial Litigation, Insurance & Licensure, Personal Injury | 17 |
| Eric A. Pulver | Routsis Hardy-Cooper Pulver | Family Law | 20 |
| Michaelle D. Rafferty | Maupin Cox & LeGoy | Trusts & Estates, Taxation, Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt | 28 |
| Catherine Reichenberg | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 15 |
| Samantha Reviglio | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Law | 5 |
| Stephanie Rice | Midtown Law | Litigation, Complex Litigation, Business Law | 12 |
| Tim Riley | Aguirre Riley | Estate & Family Business Planning, Tax Law | 15 |
| Brian Schusterman | McDonald Carano | Business Entities & Transactions, Emerging Industries & Organizations, Real Estate & Land Use | 14 |
| Nicole Scott | Lewis Roca | Litigation & Disputes, Licensing & Transactions, Liquor Law | 7 |
| Chandeni Sendall | City of Reno | Civil Division | 9 |
| Therese Shanks | Fennemore Craig | Appellate Law, Business Litigation | 9 |
| Scott Shaver | Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth | Public Finance, Bond & Underwriter Counsel | 18 |
| Jonathan Shipman | City of Reno | Land Use, Real Estate, Redevelopment/ Economic Development | 26 |
| Steve Silva | Nossaman | Eminent Domain, Appellate Litigation | 10 |
| Mark Simons | Simons Hall Johnston | Litigation, Construction & Real Estate, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Trust & Estate Litigation | 27 |
| Weston L. Spann | Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney | Torts, Insurance, Personal Injury | 8 |
| Casey J. Stiteler | Snell & Wilmer | Real Estate | 6 |
| Austin Sweet | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 12 |
| Courtney Sweet | Gunderson Law Firm | Commercial Litigation, Business, Real Estate | 14 |
| John Tennert III | Fennemore Craig | Business & Finance, Business Litigation, Financial Restructuring | 12 |
| Amy N. Tirre | Law Offices of Amy N. Tirre | Bankruptcy – Creditor’s Side, Commercial Litigation | 24 |
| Alex Velto | Hutchison & Steffen | Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Employment & Labor Law | 3 |
| Richard Viloria | Kaempfer Crowell | Business Law, Real Estate & Construction | 8 |
| F. McClure Wallace | Wallace & Millsap | Trust & Estate Litigation, Civil Litigation | 15 |
| Shay Wells | Woodburn & Wedge | Business & Commercial Agreements, Corporate Structure & Formation, Business Litigation | 11 |
| Richard Williamson | Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson | Commercial & Complex Civil Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Law | 16 |
| Lisa Wiltshire Alstead | McDonald Carano | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Employment & Labor Law, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring | 15 |
| Hannah Winston | Robison Sharp Sullivan & Brust | Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Family Law | 4 |
| Laurie A. Yott | Beckett, Yott & Spann | Workers’ Compensation | 35 |
Up & Coming Attorneys
* 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 | Based In | Practice Emphasis | Years Practicing in Nevada |
| Julia Armendariz | McDonald Carano | Las Vegas | Appellate, Commercial & Complex Litigation | 1 |
| David B. Barney | Sklar Williams | Las Vegas | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation | 3 |
| James A. Beckstrom | Beckstrom & Beckstrom | Las Vegas | Real Estate, Title and Business Litigation | 6 |
| Karson D. Bright | Howard & Howard | Las Vegas | Business Litigation, Corporate Litigation | 3 |
| Cameron Brown | Ford & Friedman | Las Vegas | Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody | 1 |
| Alex Calaway | Marquis Aurbach | Las Vegas | Litigation, Corporate, Business & Commercial Law | 2 |
| Daven Cameron | Cameron Law | Las Vegas | Personal Injury | 5 |
| David Chavez | Ballard Spahr | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation, Consumer Financial Services | 2 |
| Lucy Crow | Lewis Roca | Reno | Litigation & Disputes | 2 |
| Adam Ellis | Panish Shea & Boyle | Las Vegas | Injury | 4 |
| Carmen B. Gilbert | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Corporate & Securities | 2 |
| Ronald T. Goodwin, Jr. | Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman | Las Vegas | Estate Planning, Business Planning, Trust Administration | 2 |
| Caleb Green | Dickinson Wright | Las Vegas | Intellectual Property, Government Affairs, Cybersecurity | 2 |
| Joshua Halen | Holland & Hart | Reno | Commercial Litigation, Appellate, Religious Institutions & First Amendment | 6 |
| Dare E. Heisterman | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Las Vegas | Labor & Employment Law | 6 |
| Brooke A. Holmes | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Las Vegas | Real Estate, Acquisition and Finance | 5 |
| W. Michael Horvath | The Draskovich Law Group | Las Vegas | Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Federal | 4 |
| Chelsee Jensen | Lewis Roca | Las Vegas | Litigation & Disputes, Intellectual Property Litigation, Appellate | 4 |
| Kendra Jepsen | Simons Hall Johnston | Reno | Litigation, Construction & Real Estate, Trust & Estate Litigation | 6 |
| Steve Kish | Howard & Howard | Las Vegas | Business Litigation, Business Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights | 2 |
| Chelsea Latino | McDonald Carano | Reno | Commercial & Complex Litigation, Appellate, Employment & Labor Law | 5 |
| Jenapher Lin | Holland & Hart | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation, Business/Corporate Law, Appellate | 5 |
| Robert Loftus | Marquis Aurbach | Las Vegas | Estate Planning, Probate, Litigation | 6 |
| Colton Loretz | Reisman Sorokac | Reno | Business Transactions, Commercial Real Estate, Alternative Dispute Resolution | 4 |
| Ellsie Lucero | Kaempfer Crowell | Las Vegas | Litigation | 2 |
| Philip Mannelly | McDonald Carano | Reno | Construction Law & Litigation, Commercial & Complex Litigation, Employment & Labor Law | 5 |
| Nicole A. Martin | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Las Vegas | Labor & Employment Law | 8 |
| Briana Martinez | Kaempfer Crowell | Las Vegas | Business Law, Cannabis, Estate Planning | 3 |
| Tabetha Martinez | Marquis Aurbach | Las Vegas | Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense | 5 |
| Kristen D. Matteoni | Snell & Wilmer | Reno | Estate Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, Trust and Estate Litigation | 4 |
| Austin Maul | Fennemore Craig | Las Vegas | Business Litigation | 1 |
| Jonathan McGuire | Simons Hall Johnston | Reno | Employment & Labor, Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2 |
| Caylye Nordling | Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll | Las Vegas | Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Law, Corporate Governance | 1 |
| Sean O’Callaghan | Lawrence C. Hill & Associates | Las Vegas | Personal Injury, Litigation | 2 |
| Christian P. Ogata | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation | 1 |
| Kaila Patrick | Howard & Howard | Las Vegas | Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate | 1 |
| Kaitlin H. Paxton | Kamer Zucker Abbott | Las Vegas | Labor & Employment Law | 7 |
| Nathaniel Saxe | Reisman Sorokac | Las Vegas | Business Litigation, Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation | 1 |
| Hayden R. D. Smith | Marquis Aurbach | Las Vegas | Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate | 2 |
| Weston L. Spann | Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney | Reno | Torts, Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation | 8 |
| Jane Susskind | McDonald Carano | Reno | Appellate, Commercial & Complex Litigation, Employment & Labor Law | 3 |
| Piers Tueller | Hutchison & Steffen | Las Vegas | Administrative & Regulatory Law, Business Law & Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Commercial Law | 4 |
| Christopher Warburton | Howard & Howard | Las Vegas | General Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate | 5 |
| Alexis R. Wendl | Snell & Wilmer | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation | 2 |
| Jackson Wong | Kemp Jones | Las Vegas | Commercial Litigation, Mass Torts Litigation/ Class Actions, Personal Injury Litigation | 1 |
