(Main Office)

Maintaining a highly-diversified litigation practice since its creation in 1993, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, handles all types of complex commercial and personal injury actions in all forums from alternative dispute resolution, to trial, and through all levels of the appellate court system including the United States Supreme Court. The firm was a pioneer in Nevada's construction defect litigation, having successfully tried the first major homeowner versus developer class actions in the state to verdict. As innovators in multi-district product defect litigation and other mass torts, the firm has prosecuted hundreds of breast implant, pedicle bone screw, prescription drug, and other claims, and Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, has been instrumental in making the tobacco industry accountable to smokers. Although Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP is known primarily for its highly successful representation of plaintiffs, the firm's practice also includes defense work for prominent Las Vegas resorts, developers, title companies, contractors, and municipalities. Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, utilizes the most cutting-edge litigation support services to ensure its clients receive the most progressive representation available.

Statement of Practice

Complex and Commercial Litigation, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Construction Defects, Real Estate, Eminent Domain, Zoning and Land Use, Commercial Leasing, Construction, Administrative Law, Arbitration and Mediation, and Civil Appeals.

Representative Clients:

Bovis Lend Lease Holdings, Inc.
Casino Ready Mix, Inc.
City of Las Vegas
First American Title Insurance Company
Jaynes Corp.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
MacDonald Properties
Mandalay Resorts
The Midby Companies
MMC, Inc.
New Jersey Sports Productions, Inc. d/b/a Main Events
Olympia Group, LLC
Ovation Development
Pacific Properties & Development
Pardee Construction Co.
ProLogis
Sempra Energy
Southern Highlands Development Corporation
Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc.
Ellis Island
North Brown Properties, Inc.
Foothills Partners.

Address

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, 17th Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89169, (Clark Co.)

Phone

Phone: 702-385-6000
Facsimile: 702-385-6001

Website

http://www.kempjones.com

OF COUNSEL

Kirk R. Harrison (Of Counsel) born Cedar City, Utah, September 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Nevada, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Utah (B.A., with honors, 1975; M.B.A., 1976); J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., 1979). Member: National Panel of Mediators, National Panel of Arbitrators and National Panel of Large Complex Case Programs. Member: Clark County and American (Member, Sections on: Construction Law; Dispute Resolution; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Mediation.

ASSOCIATES

Patrick Kyle Smith (Associate) born Jonesboro, Arkansas, February 10, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., International Relations; B.A., Latin American Studies, cum laude, 2000); University of Arkansas School of Law (2001-2002); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2004). Defense Fellow, U.S. Department of Defense and Schedule C Appointee of President William Jefferson Clinton. Law Clerk to Judge James C. Mahan, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Member: Clark County Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada.

Shan D. Davis (Associate) born Richfield, Utah, May 14, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, Nevada; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: Southern Utah University (B.S., 2000); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., 2004). Dean's List. Member of Southern Utah University Student Government; Chairman of the President's Committee; Intern Utah House of Representatives and Senate (Speaker Pro Tem's intern) 2000 Session; Clerk for the Michigan Attorney General's Office 2002-2003; Clerk Michigan Protection and Advocacy 2003-2004, worked on cases involving school desegregation in urban Detroit, 8th Amendment cruel and unusual punishment, ADA compliance, and a convicted person's constitutional right to travel between countries. Member: Clark County Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada. Special Agencies: Member Associated General Contractors and Associated General Contractors Government Affairs Committee; Member Nevada Contractors Association; Co-Editor of "First Phase", a construction law news letter for Nevada Contractors Association members.

Spencer H. Gunnerson (Associate) born Salt Lake City, Utah, April 7, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Nevada. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1999); University of Utah (J.D., 2003). Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Law & Family Studies, 2002-2003. Author: "Franco v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The Constitutionality of Clergy Malpractice Claims," JLFS, Vol. 4, No. 1; "Pitiful Plaintiffs: Child Welfare Litigation and The Federal Courts," JLFS, Vol. 4, No. 2. Member: Clark County Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada; Nevada Justice Association (formerly NTLA). Languages: German.

Matthew S. Carter (Associate) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2005, Nevada; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2001); Pepperdine University (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California; State Bar of Nevada; Clark County Bar Association. Languages: Spanish and Japanese.

Carol L. Harris (Associate) born Fort Riley, Kansas, March 10, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Nevada. Education: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (B.A., 2003); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Clark County Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada.Email: Carol L. Harris

Amanda B. Watson (Associate) born Henderson, Nevada, July 7, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., Government and International Studies, 1997); University of San Diego (J.D., 2004). Intern, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, 1996. Policy Analyst, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1999-2001. Member, Public Interest Law Foundation. Participant, San Diego Land Use Clinic. Extern, City of San Diego Real Estate Assets Department, 2003-2004. Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law; Construction Law; Real Estate.

Denise Balboni (Associate) born Las Vegas, Nevada, September 9, 1983; admitted to bar, 2007, Nevada. Education: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (B.A., cum laude, 2004); William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Law Clerk to the Honorable James Hardesty, Supreme Court of Nevada, 2007-2008. Symposium Editor, Nevada Law Journal, 2006-2007. Author: "But I Thought This Was Sin City!: Nevada's Restrictions on Advertisements for Legal Brothel Services," 7 NLJ 548 (2007). Recipient, Best Brief Award, Regional ABA Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2006. Judicial extern to the Honorable David Wall, 2005. Member: State Bar of Nevada; Clark County Bar Association.

Michael J. Gayan (Associate) born West Bend, Wisconsin, November 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., Business Management, 2004); William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Senior Staff, Nevada Law Journal, 2007-2008; Author: "Judge Dredd: Hollywood Fiction or Las Vegas Reality?" 8 NLJ 698 (2008); Judicial extern to Judge Robert C. Jones, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Member: Clark County Bar Association, State Bar of Nevada. Languages: Swedish.