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Donald C. Smith

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Admitted
9/25/1978 (48 years - more experience than 98% of active Nevada attorneys)
Law school
U.of San Diego
Location
N. Las Vegas, NV

Contact and address

Address
N. Las Vegas, NV

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Record last verified Jun 7, 2026

Discipline history

No discipline on record.

Record last verified Jun 7, 2026

Appellate record

Handled 16 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada cases on record.

Results in appellate decisions and orders

69% won of 13 decided cases
Won 9Mixed 0Lost 4
Civil cases
67% of 12
Court-order requests
100% of 1
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
  • Civil cases - Defending a ruling: won 8 of 12
  • Court-order requests - Opposing a court-order request: won 1 of 1

Appellate courts uphold far more rulings than they overturn, so lawyers who mostly defend rulings tend to show higher won-shares than lawyers who mostly challenge them. This breakdown lets you compare like with like.

Won means the court ruled the way this side asked. Mixed means the court agreed in part. Cases that were dismissed or have no clear result are listed but not counted. Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.

  • 83262-COA - LAS VEGAS METRO. POLICE DEP'T VS. STATE, DEP'T OF BUS. AND INDUS. (Jun 28, 2022)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 82864-COA - INT'L ACAD. OF STYLE VS. DIV. OF INDUS. RELATIONS (May 18, 2022)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 81832-COA - PROP. CARE MGMT. VS. DIV. OF INDUS. RELATIONS (Aug 18, 2021)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 78009-COA - TREASURE ISLAND HOTEL/CASINO VS. VOORHEES (May 20, 2020)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 79241-COA - PELICAN, LLC VS. CHIEF ADMIN. OFFICER OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMIN. (Apr 30, 2020)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 78076 - AM. EXPRESSWAY INC. VS. SIERRA NEV. ADM'RS, INC. (Apr 16, 2020)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 75211 - WATSON VS. HELMSMAN MGMT. SERV.'S (Jun 17, 2019)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 74048 - THE ORIGINAL ROOFING CO., LLC VS. CHIEF ADMIN. OFFICER OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMIN. (Jun 6, 2019)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 70592 - N. LAKE TAHOE PROTECTION DIST. VS. BD. OF ADMIN. (Dec 6, 2018)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 73823 - CARTER VS. SOUTHWEST COURIER, INC. (Jul 16, 2018)Dismissednot counted case details

Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com - Nevada appellate decisions and orders

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