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John P. Desmond

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Firm / organization
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Admitted
10/16/1995 (30 years, 11 months - more experience than 82% of active Nevada attorneys)
Law school
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Location
Reno, NV

Contact and address

Address
Dickinson Wright PLLC
100 W. Liberty St.
Suite 940
Reno, NV 89501
Fax
(775) 786-0131

Record last verified Aug 16, 2026

Discipline history

No discipline on record.

Record last verified Aug 16, 2026

Appellate record

Handled 22 Supreme Court of Nevada / U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases on record.

Results in appellate decisions and orders

23% won of 13 decided cases
Won 3Mixed 2Lost 8
Civil cases
17% of 6
Court-order requests
17% of 6
Other matters
100% of 1
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
  • Civil cases - Challenging a ruling: won 0 of 2 (1 mixed)
  • Civil cases - Defending a ruling: won 1 of 4 (1 mixed)
  • Other matters - Defending a ruling: won 1 of 1
  • Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 1 of 5
  • Court-order requests - Opposing a court-order request: won 0 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.

  • 85521 - STATE, DEP'T OF BUS. AND INDUS. VS. MANSOUR (Jan 9, 2025)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 87131 - TAYLOR VS. DIST. CT. (PANTHERA INVS., LLLP) (Dec 14, 2023)Request deniedLost - sought the court order case details
  • 84848 - WILLARD VS. BERRY-HINCKLEY INDUS. C/W 84848 (Nov 30, 2023)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 83640 - WILLARD VS. BERRY-HINCKLEY INDUS. C/W 84848 (Nov 30, 2023)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 83695 - FED. HOUSING FIN. AGENCY VS. WESTLAND LIBERTY VILL., LLC (Oct 17, 2022)Dismissednot counted case details
  • 77780 - WILLARD VS. BERRY-HINCKLEY INDUS. (Aug 6, 2020)Partly overturnedMixed - defended the ruling case details
  • 77051 - GARRISON VS. VAN BUELLER ENTER.'S, LLC (Mar 27, 2020)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 77252 - LEVIN VS. DIST. CT. (MINES) (Oct 23, 2019)Request deniedLost - sought the court order case details
  • 74270 - ARCHON CORP. VS. DIST. CT. (RAIDER) (May 24, 2019)Request deniedLost - sought the court order case details
  • 73883 - INDEP. ALCOHOL DISTRIB.'S OF NEV., INC. VS. STATE, DEP'T OF TAXATION (Nov 28, 2018)Dismissednot counted case details

Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com - Nevada appellate decisions and orders; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dockets via CourtListener (Free Law Project)

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