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JoNell Thomas

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Firm / organization
Federal Public Defender
Admitted
9/28/1992 (34 years - more experience than 86% of active Nevada attorneys)
Law school
University of Utah, College of Law
Location
Las Vegas, NV

Contact and address

Address
Federal Public Defender
411 E. Bonneville
Suite 250
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Fax
(702) 388-6261

Record last verified Jun 13, 2026

Discipline history

No discipline on record.

Record last verified Jun 13, 2026

Appellate record

Handled 109 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada / U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases on record.

Results in appellate decisions and orders

18% won of 77 decided cases
Won 14Mixed 5Lost 58
Civil cases
0% of 1
Criminal cases
20% of 61
Court-order requests
13% of 15
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
  • Civil cases - Challenging a ruling: won 0 of 1
  • Criminal cases - Challenging a ruling: won 11 of 59 (5 mixed)
  • Criminal cases - Defending a ruling: won 1 of 2
  • Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 1 of 14
  • 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.

  • 23-17039th Cir. - United States of America v. Steinman (Nov 13, 2025)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 24-45999th Cir. - United States v. Burns (Oct 29, 2025)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 85099-COA - BOLDEN (TYLER) VS. STATE (Oct 19, 2023)Partly overturnedMixed - challenged the ruling case details
  • 84251 - LAND, JR. (MICHAEL) VS. STATE (May 25, 2023)Dismissednot counted case details
  • 86081 - JETERS (JAKEIL) VS. STATE (Mar 31, 2023)Dismissednot counted case details
  • 84834-COA - WILLIAMSON (TYLER) VS. STATE (Jan 31, 2023)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 83734 - ZEGER (QUINN) VS. STATE (Nov 3, 2022)Ruling overturnedWon - challenged the ruling case details
  • 84286-COA - GARZA (BRANDON) VS. STATE (Oct 21, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
  • 82038 - STATE VS. MANSON (TARIQ) (Sep 12, 2022)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 83864-COA - THORNBURG (JEREMIAH) VS. STATE (Aug 26, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling 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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