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| | Address | | 9950 West Cheyenne | | Las Vegas, Nevada 89129 | | (Clark Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 702-384-4012 | | Telecopier: 702-383-0701 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ROCGD.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Insurance, Medical, Legal, Probate, Estate Planning, Tax, Business, Corporate and Family Law. | Firm Profile:
Originally founded in 1960 and incorporated later that decade, the Firm, with the retirement of its original founding members, has undergone several name changes. The Rawlings, Olson & Cannon name was adopted in 1983, and in January of 1995, the Firm became known as Rawlings, Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux. The Firm has consistently enjoyed the reputation of having one of the superior civil litigation practices in the state of Nevada. During its nearly 40 years of operation, approximately 95% of the Firm's practice has been dedicated to civil litigation. The Law firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. The Firm's mission and goal are to provide our clients with professional and responsive legal services in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner. | | Firm Size: 31 | Representative Clients:
Aetna Insurance Co.; Albertsons, Inc.; Allianz Insurance Co.; Allstate Insurance Co.; American Home Assurance; Bank of America; Bituminous Insurance Co.; Canal Insurance Co.; Catholic Healthcare West; CIGNA; Clark County; CNA Insurance Co.; Columbia Casualty Co.; Crawford & Co.; Ford Motor Co.; General Adjustment Bureau; Great American Insurance; Harrah's (Holiday Inn Casino); Hartford Insurance Group; Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co.; Home Insurance Co.; Honda; Houston General Insurance Co.; John Deer Insurance Co.; Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Leader National Insurance Co.; Maryland Casualty; Medical Insurance Exchange; National General Insurance Co.; National Union Fire Ins. Co.; Navastar International Transportation, Inc.; Nissan; Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Co.; Professional Risk Management Services; Prudential Insurance Company; Royal Insurance Co; Scottsdale Insurance Co.; Shand, Morahan & Co.; TIG; Tokio Marine Management Inc.; Transamerican Insurance Co.; U.S.A.A.; University Medical Center (UMC); Value Rent-A-Car; Yasuda Claims Service, Inc.; Zurich-American Insurance Group. | | James R. Olson (Member) born Las Vegas, Nevada, December 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Nevada; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Nevada (B.S., with high distinction, 1971); University of Arizona (J.D., with distinction, 1974). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Arizona Law Review, 1974. Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Clark County and American (Member, Sections on: Insurance Negligence and Compensation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; Defense Research Institute; Association of Southern Nevada Defense Counsel; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Products Liability Law; Professional Malpractice Law. Email: James R. Olson | | Walter R. Cannon (Member) born St. Paul, Minnesota, December 26, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1976, Nevada and U.S. District Court of Nevada; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Long Beach City College (A.A., 1970); California State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); University of San Diego (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Clark County and American (Member, Section on Insurance Negligence and Compensation Practice Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Southern Defense Counsel; Nevada Inn of Court (Master). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Bad Faith Law; Civil Rights Law; Malpractice Law. | | John E. Gormley (Member) born Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania; 1975, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1979, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Susquehanna University (B.A., 1971); Duquesne University (J.D., 1974). Member: Clark County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute. [Capt., JAG, USMC, 1974-1978]. Practice Areas: Civil Rights Law; Insurance Defense Law; Products Law; Premises Liability Law. | | Richard E. Desruisseaux (Member) born Fall River, Massachusetts, July 28, 1941; admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1976, Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., with honors, 1972); University of San Diego (J.D., 1975). Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Products Liability Law. Email: Richard E. Desruisseaux | | Dana Jonathon Nitz (Partner) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvey Mudd College (B.S., with honors, 1977); University of Southern California (J.D., 1981). Member: Clark County and American (Member, Sections on: Negligence; Insurance and Compensation Law; Fidelity and Surety Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Construction Defects; Contracts; Insurance Coverage; Bond Law; Surety Law; Civil Rights Law; Negligence Trials and Appeals. Email: Dana Jonathon Nitz | | Peter M. Angulo (Member) born Mesa, Arizona, June 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1985); J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (J.D., 1989). Order of the Barristers. First Year Director, Moot Court, 1986. Member, Board of Advocates. Winner, Best Brief, First Year Moot Court Competition. Recipient, A. H. Christensen Memorial Advocacy Award. Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Rights Law; Malpractice; Insurance Defense Law. Email: Peter M. Angulo | | Michael E. Stoberski (Member) born Troy, New York, October 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, California; 1992, Nevada; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of San Diego (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991). Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability. Email: Michael E. Stoberski | | David M. Jones (Member) born Las Vegas, Nevada, October 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Arizona State University (B.A., 1987); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1992). Recipient, Trial Advocacy Award. Hearing Officer, Clark County School District. Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute. Email: David M. Jones | | Michael A. Federico (Member) born Buffalo, New York, March 3, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (M.B.A., 1994); University of Houston (J.D., 1996). Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association. Email: Michael A. Federico | | Thomas D. Dillard, Jr. (Member) born Las Vegas, Nevada, March 28, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1998, U.S. Circuit Court, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Utah (B.S., magna cum laude, 1994; J.D., 1997). President, Latter Day Saint Law Student Association, 1996. Author: "The RFRA: Two Years Later and Two Questions Threaten Its Legitimacy," Journal of Contemporary Law, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1996. Reported Cases: Oliver v. Keller, 289 F. 3d 623 (9th Cir. 2002); Nadell v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 268 F. 3d 924 (9th Cir. 2001); Diggs v. Keller, 181 F.R.D. 468 (D. Nev. 1998). Practice Areas: Civil Rights Defense; Municipal Defense; Insurance Defense; Employment Discrimination. Email: Thomas D. Dillard, Jr. | | Philip S. Gerson (Member) born New York, N.Y., October 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1996, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., 1989); University of Dayton (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Philip S. Gerson | | Max Edward Corrick, II (Member) born San Francisco, California, July 14, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1994); Washington University (J.D., 1998). Member: Clark County Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada. | | Felicia Galati (Member) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 10, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Ontario; 2000, Nevada. Education: York University (B.A., 1987); University of Western Ontario (LL.B., 1990). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Civil Litigation; Employment Discrimination. Email: Felicia Galati | | OF COUNSEL | | William S. Boyd (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, November 4, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Nevada. Education: University of Nevada (B.A., 1952); University of Utah (J.D., 1957). Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Municipal Judge, 1963-1964. Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada. | | George R. Lyles (Of Counsel) born Pueblo, Colorado, October 31, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, Mississippi; 1974, Nevada; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Colorado and Southern Colorado State College (B.S., 1968); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1973. Author: Note, 43 Mississippi Law Journal 558, 1972. Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada (Member, Medical-Legal Screening Panel, 1979-l981); Mississippi State Bar. (Also Member, Lyle & Associates). | | David P. Schwartz (Of Counsel) born Halifax, Canada, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1976, Nevada. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1967); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1971). Member: State Bar of Nevada; National District Attorney Association. Reported Cases: State v. Beau; Maestas State v. Marol Maestas; State v. Brian Ray & Susan Carno. Practice Areas: Civil Practice. | | —————————— | | Jeffrey F. Allen (Associate) | | Raymond E. McKay (Associate) | | Soonhee Bartel Bailey (Associate) | | Danielle L. Wright (Associate) | | Matthew D. Peterdy (Associate) | | Joslyn D. Shapiro (Associate) | | Jamie Chu (Associate) | | Matthew C. Wolf (Associate) | | Zachary J. Thompson (Associate) |
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