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| | Address | | 2300 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 1000 | | Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 | | (Clark Co.) | | | |
| | | McDonald Carano Wilson LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in all Courts. Gaming, Administrative Law, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Securities Law, Securities Litigation, Commercial, Construction, Real Property, Taxation, Probate, Business and Estate Planning, Workers Compensation (Employers' Defense), Labor, Employment Law, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Insurance Defense, Environmental Law. | | Year Established: 1949 | | Firm Size: 50 | Representative Clients:
AT&T Communications of Nevada; Boyd Gaming Corp.; Nevada State Bank; Shaver Construction. |
Other Office Locations of McDonald Carano Wilson LLP
Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. (Main Office)
| | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | Thomas R. C. Wilson (Partner) born San Francisco, California, April 15, 1935; admitted to bar, 1961, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1957); Georgetown University (LLB., 1961). Delta Theta Phi. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America , 1995-1996, 2002, Business Litigation, Woodward/White, Inc. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1961-1964. State Senator, 1970-1986. Chairman, Nevada Commission on Ethics in Government, 1989-1996. Member from Nevada, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1983. Member, San Francisco Region Panel, President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1982-1985. Trustee, Nevada Law Foundation, 1986-1991. Member: American Bar Association; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Natural Resources Law; Environmental Law; Tort Litigation. Email: Thomas R. C. Wilson | | Alvin J. (Bud) Hicks (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, March 24, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Nevada; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., cum laude, 1968; J.D., 1972). Author: "No Longer the Only Game in Town: A Comparison of the Nevada and New Jersey Regulatory Systems of Gaming Control," Southwestern University Law Review, 1980-1981. Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County (Reno) Nevada, 1972-1973. Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Nevada Gaming Division, 1974-1978. Trustee, 1981-2000 and President, 1985-1986, International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Counsellors, International Association of Gaming Attorneys, 2001—. Member: Washoe County and American (Member, General Practice Section; Chairman, Gaming Law Committee, 1986-1988) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Gaming Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Government Affairs; Bankruptcy. Email: Alvin J. (Bud) Hicks | | Robert E. Armstrong (Partner) born Reno, Nevada, March 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Nevada; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, District of Columbia. Education: University of Santa Clara (B.S.C., 1976); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1979); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Certified Public Accountant, Nevada, 1980. Chief Author, Civil Practice Manual, LexisNexis (1993 -2006 ed.) ("Decedent's Estates" Chapter). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America; Best of the United States; Outstanding Lawyers of America. Past President: Reno Philharmonic Association; Athletic Association University of Nevada; Hidden Valley Country Club. Co-Founder, Community Foundation of Western Nevada. Member: Washoe County and American Bar Associations; Nevada State Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; International Association of Gaming Attorneys; Sports Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American College of Tax Counsel, 1999. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Taxation Law; Trust and Estates. Email: Robert E. Armstrong | | George F. Ogilvie III (Partner) born Las Vegas, Nevada, February 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Nevada. Education: Loyola Marymount University; University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1985); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1988). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Government Affairs. Email: George F. Ogilvie III | | Pat Lundvall (Partner) born Oakland, Nebraska, April 28, 1958; admitted to bar, 1989, Nevada; U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Nebraska (B.S., with distinction, 1980; M.S., with distinction, 1983); University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., Valedictorian, with Great Distinction, 1989). Member: Order of the Coif; Traynor Honor Society. Listed in: "Who's Who in American Law"; "Best Lawyers in America". Author: "The Rise and Fall of the Antitrust Exemption for the Business of Insurance," John Stauffer Memorial published by McGeorge School of Law, June 1989. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (First Attorney in Nevada to be certified by the Nevada State Bar as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist, March, 2004)(Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Pat Lundvall | | Scott A. Swain (Partner) born Provo, Utah, April 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Arizona and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1992, Utah and U.S. Tax Court; 1993, Nevada. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1985); University of Miami (LL.M., Estate Planning, 1993). Member, Board of Trustees, 1995-2002 and President, 1997-2000, National Kidney Foundation of Nevada. Member, Board of Directors and Member, Policy Advisory Board, 1999—, Nevada Taxpayers Association. President, Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council, 1997-1998. Member: Washoe County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; Utah State Bar. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Business Law; Taxation Law. Email: Scott A. Swain | | Andrew P. Gordon (Partner) born San Francisco, California, June 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Arizona; 1988, Nevada. Education: Claremont Men's College (B.A., cum laude, 1984); Harvard University (J.D., 1987). Chair, Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee. Nevada Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2001-2007. Chair: Nevada Recommended Jury Instructions (Civil); Nevada Appellate Practice Manual; Nevada Family Law Manual. Past Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee and Past Chair, CLE Publications Committee, State Bar of Nevada; recognized in the 2006 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Member: State Bar of Arizona; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Construction Law; Labor and Employment; Bankruptcy. Email: Andrew P. Gordon | | Andrew S. Gabriel (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, California; 1992, Nevada. Education: Cornell University (B.S., with distinction, 1978); University of California at Los Angeles (M.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1988). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Law; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: Andrew S. Gabriel | | Jeffrey A. Silvestri (Partner) born Las Vegas, Nevada, October 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Nevada; 1998, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, 1991); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Administrative Law; Government Affairs. Email: Jeffrey A. Silvestri | | Anthony D. Guenther (Partner) born Richmond, California, April 22, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, Nevada. Education: Harvey Mudd College (B.S., 1987); University of San Diego (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Litigation; Commercial Law; Personal Injury Law; Workers Compensation Law; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Anthony D. Guenther | | Terry John Care (Partner) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1992, Nevada. Education: University of New Mexico (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Elected Member, 1998 and Member, Committees on Judiciary, Government Affairs, and Taxation, Nevada State Senate. Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1966-1969]. Reported Cases: Bergstrom v. Estate of DeVoe, 854 P.2d 860 (Nev. 1993); Hansen v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 6P.3d 982 (Nev. 2000). Email: Terry John Care | | Jacquelyn S. Leleu (Partner) born Winfield, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2001, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: Loyola University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996; J.D., 1999). Pi Sigma Alpha (Secretary, 1993-1994); Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, CALI Award of Academic Achievement in Constitutional Law, 1998. Member: Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Jacquelyn S. Leleu | | ASSOCIATES | | Brandon M. Barkhuff (Associate) born Las Vegas, Nevada, November 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Nevada. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 2001); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Brandon M. Barkhuff | | Kristen T. Gallagher (Associate) born Winfield, Illinois, July 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, Nevada. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1993); University of Nevada (M.S.W., 2002; J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice. Email: Kristen T. Gallagher | | Andrea Jundt (Associate) born Vancouver, Washington, 1983; admitted to bar, 2007, Nevada. Education: Western Washington University (B.A., 2004); University of Nevada (J.D., 2007). | | Josephine Binetti McPeak (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, June 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Nevada. Education: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (B.A., 1999); Boston University (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Josephine Binetti McPeak | | Patrick Murch (Associate) born Syracuse, New York, 1969; admitted to bar, 2006, Nevada. Education: State University of New York, Cortland (B.S.E., 1992); Oregon State University (M.Ed., 1996); University of Nevada-Las Vegas (M.Ed., 2001); William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas (J.D., 2006). Member: National Moot Court Competition; Nevada Law Journal. Email: Patrick Murch | | Craig A. Newby (Associate) born Stevens Point, Wisconsin, December 22, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois; 2001, U.S.Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2003, Nevada. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1996); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2000). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(45%); Federal Civil Litigation(45%); Appellate Litigation(10%). Email: Craig A. Newby | | Cody R. Noble (Associate) born Ogden, Utah, February 13, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Utah; 2003, Nevada and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Southern Utah University (B.S., 1998); Brigham Young University (J.D., 2002); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 2003). Member: Utah State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Business Law. Email: Cody R. Noble | | Aaron D. Shipley (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Utah and Nevada. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1996; J.D., 2001). Member: American Bar Association; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Aaron D. Shipley | | David J. Stoft (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Nevada. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., 2001); William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Email: David J. Stoft | | Ryan J. Works (Associate) born Berlington, Iowa, January 26, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Nevada. Education: University of Nevada, Reno (B.S., 2001); University of Nevada, Las Vegas (J.D., 2004). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation. Email: Ryan J. Works | | Amanda Yen (Associate) born Adrian, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2005, Nevada. Education: Pepperdine University (B.A., 1999); William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas (J.D., 2005). Email: Amanda Yen | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Reno, Nevada Office: 100 West Liberty Street, 10th Floor. Telephone: 775-788-2000. Telecopier: 775-788-2020.
| | All attorneys are members of the Clark County Bar Association and the State Bar of Nevada. | | (For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Reno, Nevada). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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