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Lynda Sue Mabry

Deceased

Bar #106 - ATTORNEY Deceased

Admitted
9/25/1978
Law school
U.C.L.A.

In Memoriam

Lynda Sue Mabry - 1946-11-09 to 2024-07-16

Lynda Sue Mabry was born on November 9, 1946, in Atlanta, Georgia, and built a distinguished legal career in Nevada spanning some 45 years. She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and went on to earn her law degree from UCLA School of Law, where she was a member of the UCLA Law Review and participated on the Moot Court Team.

Her legal career in Nevada began with a clerkship at the Nevada Supreme Court, after which she joined the Las Vegas firm of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, where she practiced for 37 years. In 2015 she moved to Hejmanowski & McCrea, continuing her practice there until her retirement in 2023.

Mabry was widely respected within the profession. She earned the highest ratings in competence and ethics in the Martindale-Hubbell national law directory and was listed in Best Lawyers in America. She passed away on July 16, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 77.

LYNDA SUE MABRY Obituary | 1946 - 2024 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Discipline history

No discipline on record.

Record last verified Jun 20, 2026

Appellate record

Handled 6 Supreme Court of Nevada cases on record.

Results in appellate decisions and orders

20% won of 5 decided cases
Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4
Civil cases
0% of 1
Court-order requests
25% of 4
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
  • Civil cases - Defending a ruling: won 0 of 1
  • Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 0 of 2
  • Court-order requests - Opposing a court-order request: won 1 of 2

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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.

  • 69238 - STATE, DEP'T. OF TRANSP. VS. DIST. CT. (WYKOFF NEWBERG CORP.) (Mar 11, 2017)Request grantedLost - opposed the court order case details
  • 65424 - CORP. OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS VS. DIST. CT. (STATE ENG'R) (Jan 28, 2016)Request deniedLost - sought the court order case details
  • 58176 - In re Cay Clubs (Mar 6, 2014)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 56313 - MERITS INCENTIVES, LLC VS. DIST. CT. (BUMBLE AND BUMBLE) (Oct 6, 2011)Request deniedWon - opposed the court order case details
  • 56773 - G.C. WALLACE, INC. VS. DIST. CT. (REEF CENTRA) (Oct 6, 2011)Request deniedLost - sought the court order case details
  • 36572 - RESORT AT SUMMERLIN VS. DISTRICT COURT (Feb 15, 2002) case details

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

Profile data from official public records, last verified Jun 20, 2026. Request a correction via the corrections page.