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| | Address | | 9600 Gateway Drive | | Reno, Nevada 89521 | | (Washoe Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Laxalt & Nomura LTD practices in the following areas of law:
Insurance Defense, Business Litigation, Product Liability, Construction Defect, Professional Liability, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Bad Faith, Medical Device Defense, Business Transactions, Business Entity Formation, Employment Law, Personal Injury, Land Use. | | Year Established: 1986 | Firm Profile:
LAXALT & NOMURA LTD, was founded in 1986 by Bruce Laxalt and Don Nomura, two former Washoe County, Nevada, assistant district attorneys. For many years the firm focused exclusively on civil litigation, consistently obtaining winning results in the courtroom through careful case assessment and tireless trial preparation. The firm has expanded its practice areas, maintaining its traditional focus on civil litigation while offering additional transactional services to its expanding statewide and national clientele. The firm represents the statewide interests of numerous national business, employers, manufacturers, and insurers, as well as individuals. Laxalt & Nomura is a member if the International Society of Primerus Law firms. | | Firm Size: 17 | Law Firm Affiliations:
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PRIMERUS LAW FIRMS | Clients:
INSURANCE CLIENTS: AIG; American Family Insurance; American Truck and Transport Insurance Company; Assurant Health; Attorneys Liability Protection Company (ALPS); California Insurance Group; Central Insurance; Church Mutual; Citigroup/Travelers; Commerce Insurance Company; CSE Insurance Company; Diamond State Insurance; Farmers Insurance Group; Fidelity and Deposit of Maryland; Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies; Fortis Insurance/Assurant; GCAN Insurance; Great Northwest Insurance; Hartford Insurance Company; Houston Casualty; Hudson Insurance Company; Interstate Insurance; Lawyers Protector Plan; Markel Insurance Group; National Indemnity/National Fire & Marine; Nautilus Insurance Company; Northland Insurance Company; Penn America Insurance Company; Professionals Direct Insurance Company; Ranger Insurance Company; Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Company; Safeco Insurance Companies; St. Paul Travelers; Statewide Insurance; Time Insurance Company; Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance; Travelers Indemnity Company; United National Group; Universal Underwriters Group; USAA; Washington Mutual. |
LITIGATION CLIENTS: Abbott Laboratories; Albertson's/Sav-On; Aramark; Atlantis Hotel & Casino; Astrazeneca Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.; Barr Laboratories Incorporated; Bayer Corporation; Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corporation; Burns & Wilcox, Ltd.; Carson Nugget, Inc.; Caterpillar Inc.; Constitution State Services; Courtesy Oldsmobile; Creative Risk Services; Deans & Homer; Depository Trust & Clearing; Duramed; E-Z Go; Fantastic Swap Meet; Gallagher Bassett; Hilton; Hospira; Illinios Tool Works; International Game Technology, Inc., (IGT); Merck/Vioxx; NAPA/Genuine Parts Company; Nevada Mortgage Assistance Corporation; Peppermill; Pfizer; Realty Executives; Reno-Sparks Cab Company; Rite-Aid; Shufflemaster; Sierra Chemical; Signature Flight; St. Mary's Regional Medical Center; Southwest Risk Services; Terex, TM Claims; Washoe Health Systems; Worthgroup. | Reference:
Wells Fargo Bank. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
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Fixed Hourly Rates
Free Initial Consultation
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Other Office Locations of Laxalt & Nomura LTD
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
| | Bruce Laxalt (Member) born Reno, Nevada; admitted to bar, 1976, Nevada and Nevada Supreme Court; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1976-1977; Law Clerk to the Honorable Gordon Thompson, Supreme Court of Nevada, 1977-1978. Deputy District Attorney, 1978-1982 and Chief Deputy District Attorney, 1981-1982, Washoe County. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America: Defense Litigation, 1999-2005; Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers - Litigation. Member: State Bar of Nevada; Washoe County Bar Association; Nevada District Attorneys Association (Secretary, 1981; Vice President, 1982); Defense Research Institute (Surety Section); Association of Insurance Attorneys, 1985-1986; Nevada Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Reported Cases: Tweet v. Webster, 614 F.Supp. 1190 (D. Nev. 1985); Smith v. Clough, 106 Nev. 568, 796 P.2d 592 (1990); Stubli v. Big D International Trucks, 107 Nev. 309, 810 P.2d 785 (1991); Davidson v. Velsicol Chemical, 107 Nev.356, 811 P.2d 561 (1991); Mirch v Frank, 295 F.Supp.2d 1180 (D. Nev. 2003); Wiener v Beatty, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. (2005). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Employment; Civil Rights Defense; Manufacturers Liability; Tort Defense; Legal Malpractice Defense. Email: Bruce Laxalt | | Don Nomura (Member) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1976, Nevada; 1978, Nevada Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1971); Loyola Marymount University; Southwestern University (J.D., 1976). Deputy District Attorney, 1976-1980 and Chief Deputy District Attorney, 1981-1982, Washoe County. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America: Personal Injury Litigation", 2002-2005. Member: State Bar of Nevada; Washoe County Bar Association; Nevada District Attorneys Association; National District Attorneys Association; Master, American Inns of Court; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Fellow: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Professional Liability; Construction Law; Products Liability. Email: Don Nomura | | Wayne A. Shaffer (Member) born Reno, Nevada; admitted to bar, 1981, Nevada; 1982, California; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Nevada - Reno (B.A., 1977); California Western School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Member, California Western Law Review. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America - Litigation, 2001—. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Washoe County and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; American Inns of Court (Master). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Professional Negligence. Email: Wayne A. Shaffer | | Robert A. Dotson (Member) born Ames, Iowa; admitted to bar, 1994, Iowa, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: Iowa State University (B.A., 1991); University of Iowa, School of Law (J.D. with distinction, 1994). Prosecuting Internship Kossuth County, Iowa (1993). Member, Trial Advocacy Team, 1993-1994. Completed ABA National Trial Academy, 2002. Appointed Chair of the Short Trial Rules Review Committee by the Supreme Court of Nevada. Completion of the ABA National Trial Academy (2002). Member: State Bar of Nevada (Member, ADR Section); Washoe County Bar Association (Officer, 2001-2006; President, 2006-2007). Reported Cases: Nicolaus v. Westside Transport, 185 F.R.D. 608 (D. Nev. 1999); Beckwith v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 120 Nev. Adv., 83 P.3d 275 (2004); AM. Structural Composites, Inc. v ICBO, 325 F. Supp. 2nd 1148 (2004). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability. Email: Robert A. Dotson | | Steven E. Guinn (Member) born Palo Alto, California; admitted to bar, 1989, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1994, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Nevada - Reno (B.S. with distinction, 1986); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1989). Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Washoe County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Drug and Medical Device Defense; Products Liability Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Trial Practice. Email: Steven E. Guinn | | Daniel T. Hayward (Member) born Osceola, Iowa; admitted to bar, 1994, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1995, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1996, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Iowa, Iowa State University (B.A. with distinction, 1991); University of Iowa (J .D. with high distinction, 1994). Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Member, Iowa Law Review. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of Missouri; State Bar of Kansas, Washoe County Bar Association; Inns of Court (Bruce R. Thompson Chapter). Reported Cases: Abreau v. Gilmer, 985 P.2d 746 (Nev. 1999); Great Basin Brewing Co. v. Healdsburg Brewing Co., 44 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1751 (D. Nev. 1997). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Legal Malpractice Defense; Insurance Bad Faith; Personal Injury; Product Liability. Email: Daniel T. Hayward | | Jason W. Peak (Member) born Girard, Kansas; admitted to bar, 1999, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 2000, California. Education: University of Nevada - Reno (B.A., Criminal Justice, 1994); Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1999). Inside Articles Editor, Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution. Member, Moot Court Board. National Moot Court Competitor. Alternative Dispute Resolution Program Certificate Recipient. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Washoe County Bar Association; Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. Email: Jason W. Peak | | David W. Wasick (Member) born San Francisco, California; admitted to bar, 1992, Nevada; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: San Jose State University (B.A., 1975); University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 1991). Settlement Judge, Supreme Court of Nevada, 2001—. Member: State Bar of Nevada (Co-Chairperson, Alternative Dispute Committee (1998-1999). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Real Estate; Commercial Litigation. Email: David W. Wasick | | Lon A. Burke (Member) born Tacoma, Washington; admitted to bar, 1994, Arizona; 1997, Nevada; 1998, Colorado. Education: Boise State University (B.S., 1991); University of Iowa (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Premises Liability. Email: Lon A. Burke | | Janice Hodge Jensen (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1982, California; 1983, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1979); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1982). Member, Trial Advocacy Team, 1981- 1982. Recipient, Moot Court Outstanding Oral Advocacy Award, 1980-1981; Moot Court Honors Board Executive Committee, 1981-1982. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Washoe County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability. Email: Janice Hodge Jensen | | Angela M. Bader (Member) born Sunbury, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1995, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1996, California. Education: University of Nevada - Reno (B.S. in Business Administration, with high distinction, 1992); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D. with distinction, 1995). Traynor Honor Society; National Moot Court Honors, National Moot Court Honors Board, National Moot Court Competition Team. Golden Key National Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Cap & Scroll. Law Clerk to the Honorable Steven R. Kosach, Second Judicial Court of the State of Nevada, 1995-1996. Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; Washoe County Bar Association; President, Association of Defense Counsel of Northern Nevada, 2003. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Premises Liability; Employment Law. Email: Angela M. Bader | | Madelyn Shipman (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, 1942; admitted to bar, 1978, Minnesota (inactive); 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: American University (B.A., 1964); Hamline University (J.D., 1977). Member: Washoe Bar Association; Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition. Practice Areas: Land Use. Email: Madelyn Shipman | | —————————— | | James E. Murphy (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 2003, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, (B.A., 1997); University of Nevada, Las Vegas (M.A., 2000); William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada - Las Vegas (J.D., 2003). William S. Boyd School of Law Society of Advocates(Moot Court Team) 2000-2003. Adjunct Professor, History Department, University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Member: American Bar Association; Nevada Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. Email: James E. Murphy | | Ilin L. Rocovits (Associate) born Reno, Nevada; admitted to bar, 2004, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Nevada - Reno (B.S., 2000); University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law (J.D., 2004). The Order of Barristers, 2003. Chair Trial Practice Honors Board, 2003-2004. Member: State Bar of Nevada; Washoe County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. Email: Ilin L. Rocovits | | Michael W. Large (Associate) born Portland, Oregon; admitted to bar, 2003, Oregon and U.S. District Court of Oregon; 2006, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: Oregon State University (B.S., 1998); University of Oregon School of Law (J.D., 2002). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Oregon Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Proctor R. Hug, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Law Clerk to the Hon. David W. Hagen, United District Court of Nevada; Law Clerk to the Hon. Howard D. McKibben, United States District Court of Nevada. Member: State Bar of Nevada; Oregon State Bar; Washoe County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation. Email: Michael W. Large | | Holly S. Parker (Associate) born Fontana, California; admitted to bar, 2006, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. Education: University of Nevada, Reno (B.A., 2003); Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: State Bar of Nevada. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation. Email: Holly S. Parker | | Richard C. Lusiani (Associate) born Oakland, California, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Nevada; 1979, California and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Nevada, Reno (B.A., 1972); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1978; LL.M., 1991). Member: State Bar of Nevada (Member, Sections on: Alternative Dispute, 2008; Business Law, 2008); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Transactional; Civil Litigation. Email: Richard C. Lusiani | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Las Vegas, Nevada Office: 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 550, 89101. Telephone: 702-388-1551. Facsimile: 702-388-1559.
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