MY Background

With more than 40 years of legal experience, I have devoted my career to handling complex employment, civil rights, and commercial litigation throughout Nevada. I earned my Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University School of Law, where I graduated Valedictorian and was a finalist in the Linden Cup Moot Court Competition. I received my Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.

I have represented individuals, professionals, executives, and businesses in high-stakes disputes at both the trial and appellate levels. Before establishing my own practice, I served as Senior Law Clerk to United States District Judge Bruce R. Thompson and practiced with respected Nevada litigation firms, building the courtroom experience that continues to define my multi-decade private practice today.

NOTABLE RECENT CASES

  • Resolved a disciplinary matter involving a physician.

  • Negotiated the settlement of a legal malpractice matter before litigation was filed.

  • Successfully resolved proceedings involving the attempted suspension of an educational psychologist.

  • Settled a six-figure breach of employment contract dispute before opening statements at trial.

  • Resolved litigation involving enforcement of a non-compete agreement.

  • Settled a dispute involving severance compensation for a terminated CEO on the eve of trial.

  • Resolved a school principal's dispute with a district employer involving an attempted termination.

  • Obtained settlement for employees seeking unpaid overtime resulting from improper job classification.

  • Currently representing a school district executive director in simultaneous whistleblower litigation and pre-termination administrative proceedings.

  • Currently representing a university professor in litigation involving denial of tenure.

Civil Rights & Government Accountability

  • Resolved litigation arising from an alleged police beating.

  • Prepared and litigated another police excessive-force case.

  • Resolved litigation involving a stabbing incident.

  • Represented parties in litigation involving a tribal chairman dispute.

  • Currently handling litigation involving the termination of a child welfare caseworker who reported alleged failures to investigate child neglect.

  • Currently handling litigation involving alleged commercial encroachment onto private property under wildfire mitigation efforts.

Commercial & Complex Litigation

  • Saved a company from default and obtained summary judgment within four months.

  • Achieved final resolution in litigation challenging expenditures related to predator wildlife management.

  • Obtained final resolution in a legal malpractice action arising from commercial litigation.

  • Currently handling litigation involving delayed governmental permit processing affecting residential property improvements.