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Member at the firm Silverman, Decaria & Kattelman, Chartered
Areas of Practice
Family Law; Adoption Law; Child Custody; Child Support; Divorce
Admitted
1981, Nevada; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1983, California
Law School
Gonzaga University, J.D., cum laude, 1981
College
University of Utah, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977
Membership
Washoe County (Board of Directors of Volunteer Lawyers, 1997-2000; President, 1998-2000) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada (Executive Committee Member, Family Law Section; Chair 1995 and 1996 Family Law Seminar; Member, Child Support Statute Review Committee, 1992, 1996; Chair, Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board, 1996-1999); State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.
Biography
Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk, Honorable John W. Barrett, Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, 1981-1982. Presenter at various CLE seminars on Family Law. Monthly Column, Family Law, Washoe County Bar Publication, The WRIT. Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year, 1996-1997. Nevada Delegate, National Council of Community Property States, 1996. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member, Nevada Supreme Court Rules Committee, 2005. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Journal of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Editorial Board); International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Reported Cases
Schryver vs. Schryver, 108 Nev. 10, 826 P.2d 569 (1992); Scott vs. Scott, 107 Nev. 237, 822 P.2d 654 (1991); Wilson vs. Pacific Maxon Inc., 102 Nev. 52, 714 P.2d 1001 (1986); Wilson vs. Pacific Maxon, Inc., 100 Nev. 479, 686 P.2d 235 (1984).
Born
Ogden, Utah, November, 4, 1954
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