Gary Logan
DeceasedBar #302 - ATTORNEY Deceased
- Admitted
- 11/10/1969
- Law school
- Creighton University
In Memoriam
Wm. Gary Logan - 1944-02-24 to 2021-01-14
Wm. Gary Logan built his legal career in Nevada after earning a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California School of Business and a law degree from Creighton University School of Law, where he received numerous academic awards. Following his admission to the Nevada bar, he began practice as a Deputy District Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Clark County District Attorney's Office, and he later served as the Chief Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada.
Over a career spanning five decades, Gary tried numerous criminal and civil cases, but he was perhaps best known as the leading military aviation accident lawyer in the United States. He represented the widows of the United States Thunderbird aerobatic team, as well as the widows of eleven F-16, seven A-10, and four F-15 pilots. In recognition of his work, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers - an honor reserved for the top one percent of trial lawyers in the nation, extended upon the recommendation of federal and state judges.
Gary practiced law in Las Vegas alongside his longtime legal colleagues and close friends Devoe Heaton, Richard Wright, and Jerome Blut. Born February 24, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York, he settled in Las Vegas with his family and remained a fixture of its legal community until his death on January 14, 2021.
WM. LOGAN Obituary (1944 - 2021) - Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Review-Journal (via Legacy.com))
Discipline history
No discipline on record.
Record last verified Apr 24, 2026
Appellate record
Handled 2 Supreme Court of Nevada cases on record.
Results in appellate decisions and orders
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
- Civil cases - Challenging a ruling: 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.
- 65064 - BAXTER VS. DIGNITY HEALTH (Sep 24, 2015)Ruling overturnedWon - challenged the ruling case details
- 39561 - MAINOR VS. NAULT (Nov 22, 2004) case details
Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com - Nevada appellate decisions and orders
Profile data from official public records, last verified Apr 24, 2026. Request a correction via the corrections page.