LEGAL EXPERIENCE

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.

My connection to Nevada runs generations deep, with a family history rooted in public service, journalism, law, and civic leadership. My grandfather, Denver Sylvester Dickerson, served as Governor of Nevada. My father, Denver Dickerson, was a respected Nevada newspaper publisher and public servant: he served as a campaign manager and executive staff member for U.S. Senators Alan Bible and Howard Cannon, and went on to become Governor of Guam. My uncle, George Dickerson, served as Clark County District Attorney and later practiced as a family law litigator. My uncle Harvey Dickerson served as three-term Nevada Attorney General.

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.

• Seeking reinstatement of expelled City Council Member

• 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.

• Seeking damages for allegedly retaliatory termination of a school district Director of Information Technology

• 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.