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| | Address | | 2805 Mountain Street | | Carson City, Nevada 89703 | | (Independent City) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 775-885-1896 | | Fax: 775-885-8728 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.dlpfd.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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(Main Office)
| Dyer, Lawrence, Penrose, Flaherty & Donaldson practices in the following areas of law:
Labor and Employment Law, Banking, Water Law, General Litigation, Administrative, Business, Corporate, Real Estate, Construction, Contractors Licensing, Third Party Logistics and Public Warehousing Law, Estate Planning and Probate, Alternative Dispute Resolution. | Firm Profile:
Dyer, Lawrence, Penrose, Flaherty & Donaldson is listed in Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 11 | Representative Clients:
Ozburn-Hessey Integrated Logistics; Viking Metallurgical Corporation; Rite Aid Pharmacies; Longs Drugs; Albertsons/Savon Drugs; CVS Pharmacies; National Association of Chain Drug Stores; Nevada State Education Association; Clark County (Las Vegas) Education Association; Education Support Employees Association (Clark County, Las Vegas); Washoe (Reno) Education Association; Carson City Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 2251; Tahoe Douglas Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 2441; Incline Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 2139; Las Vegas Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 1285; Sparks Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 1265; Storey County Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 4227; Reno Airport Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 2955; East Fork Fire and Paramedic Employees Association, IAFF Local 3726; Nevada Division of Forestry Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 3895; Las Vegas City Employees Association; American Fidelity Insurance Company; Horace Mann Insurance Company; High Desert Fitness and Rehabilitation; Personnel Services, Inc.; Nevada Power Company; Dermody Owen Properties; Adele's Restaurant; Reno Green Landscaping; Don Schumacher Racing; Schumacher Electric; Carson-Tahoe Hospital Employees Association; Douglas County Employees Association; Douglas County Sheriff's Protective Association; Elko County Sheriff's Employees Association; Nevada Corrections Association; Nevada Department of Public Safety Association; State Peace Officers Council; State of Nevada Employees Association. | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | PARTNERS | | Michael W. Dyer (Member) born Albany, Kentucky, November 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Georgia; 1975, Nevada. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1970); Emory University (J.D., 1972). Attorney: Nevada Attorney General's Office, 1975-1979; Georgia Attorney General's Office, 1973-1975. General Counsel: Comstock Bank, 1984-1999; Nevada State Education Association, 1986—. Member: State Bar of Nevada; National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Labor and Employment Law; Business Acquisitions; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Banking Law; Financial Institutions Law; Business Law; Commercial Law; Warehousing Law; Pharmacy Law. Email: Michael W. Dyer | | Sandra G. Lawrence (Member) born Yerington, Nevada, January 15, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1987, California. Education: University of Nevada (B.A., 1981); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1986). Law Clerk to Judge Michael R. Griffin, First Judicial District Court of Nevada. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; National Association of Lawyers for Education Associations; First Judicial District Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Unfair Labor Practices; Wills; Trusts; Estate Planning; Probate; Business Law. Email: Sandra G. Lawrence | | James W. Penrose (Member) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1983, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Riverside (A.B., cum laude, 1977); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1982). Traynor Society. Attorney: Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau, 1986-1991; Nevada Supreme Court, 1985-1986. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Appellate Practice; Legislation. Email: James W. Penrose | | Francis Christopher Flaherty (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, December 25, 1960; admitted to bar, 1994, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: The University of Texas at El Paso (B.S., with high honors, 1989); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1994). Chief Articles Editor, The Review of Litigation, 1993-1994. Author: Note, "Sanctions in Willy v. Coastal Corp., Rule 11 or 'Catch' 11," 13 Rev. Litigation 105 (1993). Member, Board of Trustees, Young Volunteers of Nevada, 1995-1997. Member, State Bar of Nevada, Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board, 2002-2005; Access to Justice Committee, 1996-1997; Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section, 1994-1997. Member: First Judicial District Bar Association (President, 1999-2003); State Bar of Nevada (Member, Board of Governors, 2005mdash;); Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2001). [Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy, 1982-1986]. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Water Law. Email: Francis Christopher Flaherty | | Thomas J. Donaldson (Member) born Las Vegas, Nevada, July 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Nevada at Reno (B.A., 1986); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1994). Law Clerk to Judge Michael E. Fondi, First Judicial District Court of Nevada, 1994-1995. Member: State Bar of Nevada; First Judicial District Bar Association (President, 1996-1997). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor Law; Administrative Law; Education Law; Employment Law. Email: Thomas J. Donaldson | | ASSOCIATES | | Michael K. Chaudhuri (Associate) born 1959; admitted to bar, 2007, Nevada. Education: Michigan State University, East Lansing (B.A., 1981; M.L.I.R., 1983) Phi Alpha Delta; University of Alabama School of Law (J.D. 2006). Fellow, Peggy Browning, Chicago Newspaper Guild. Extern, National Labor Relations Board. Former Business Editor, Dow Jones & Co. Member: State Bar of Nevada; American Bar Association (Team Member: National Arbitration Competition; Negotiations Competition). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Michael K. Chaudhuri | | Jessica C. Prunty (Associate) born Elko, Nevada, November 23, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Nevada. Education: University of Nevada (B.S., 1995); Willamette University (J.D., 1999). Note Editor, Willamette University Law Review, 1997-1999. Nevada Contributing Editor, Western Water Law & Policy Reporter, March 2005—. Law Clerk to Judge Michael R. Griffin, First Judicial District Court of Nevada, 1999-2000. Member: State Bar of Nevada; First Judicial District Bar Association. Practice Areas: Water Law; Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Jessica C. Prunty | | Paul D. Cotsonis (Associate) born Washington, D.C., September 18, 1972; admitted to bar, 2004, Nevada. Education: University of Nevada (B.S., 1997; B.A., 1999); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Employment Law(80%); Civil Litigation(20%). Email: Paul D. Cotsonis | | Thomas A. Wilczek (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 2004, Nebraska and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 1983); University of Colorado (M.S., 1990); Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (J.D., 2001). Member: Air and Waste Management Association. Practice Areas: Environmental; Natural Resources. | | FIRM ADMINISTRATOR | | Kimberly R. Urso | | OF COUNSEL | | Margaret A. Twedt (Of Counsel) born La Crosse, Wisconsin, September 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1989, California, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: St. Olaf College (B.A., cum laude, 1969); University of California (M.A., 1973; J.D., 1989). Law Clerk for the Honorable Justice Cliff Young, Nevada Supreme Court, 1988-1989. Author: "Water Rights (And Wrongs)", Inter Alia Volume 57, No. 4. Member: American Bar Association (Vice-Chair, Water Resources Committee, 1995-1997); State Bar of California; State Bar of Nevada; Northern Nevada Women Lawyers Association; Nevada Water Resources Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Water Law. Email: Margaret A. Twedt | | Michael E. Fondi (Of Counsel) born Ely, Nevada, April 4, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1964, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1959); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1962). Recipient, Nevada Judge of the Year Award, Nevada District Judges Association, 1996. Legal/Administrative Assistant to Governor Grant Sawyer, 1963-1965. Attorney, Nevada Attorney General's Office, 1965-1966. Carson City District Attorney, 1971-1977. State District Court Judge, 1977-2000 (retired, August 2000). Member: Washoe County and First Judicial District Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Nevada District Judges Association (Past President); Thompson American Inns of Court (Master). Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution. | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Peter English Email: Peter English | | Amanda Skiba |
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