Matthew J. Christian
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- LVMPD
- Admitted
- 2/13/2003 (23 years, 7 months - more experience than 67% of active Nevada attorneys)
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV
Contact and address
Record last verified Jun 2, 2026
Discipline history
No discipline on record.
Record last verified Jun 2, 2026
Appellate record
Handled 28 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
- Civil cases
- 44% of 9
- Criminal cases
- 100% of 1
- Court-order requests
- 33% of 3
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 4 of 7 (1 mixed)
- Criminal cases - Defending a ruling: won 1 of 1
- Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 0 of 1
- 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.
- 88680 - AM. CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEV. VS. CLARK CNTY. SCHOOL DIST. (Mar 26, 2026)Ruling upheld case details
- 89973 - WILLIAMS (MARCUS) VS. DIST. CT. (STATE) (CRIMINAL) (Sep 12, 2025)Request grantedLost - opposed the court order case details
- 86857 - LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC. VS. STATE (Oct 16, 2023)Dismissednot counted case details
- 85553 - LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC. VS. STATE (Oct 5, 2023)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
- 86295 - LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC. VS. DIST. CT. (LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEP'T) (Oct 5, 2023)Request deniedWon - opposed the court order case details
- 85634 - LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC. VS. STATE (Jul 21, 2023)Dismissednot counted case details
- 79994-COA - JERRELL VS. LAS VEGAS METRO. POLICE DEP'T (Feb 17, 2021)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
- 82168 - PHILLIPS (ANTOINE) VS. STATE (Jan 8, 2021)Dismissednot counted case details
- 75274 - KELLER VS. LAS VEGAS METRO. POLICE DEP'T (Mar 2, 2020)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
- 77984-COA - ROBERTS (JOSHUA) VS. STATE (Nov 5, 2019)Ruling upheldWon - defended 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)
In the news
Judge: Slain reporter sources issue for high court to decide
“…the hearing but did not speak. The judge accepted police department attorney Matthew Christian's explanation that the initial search was necessary “in the immediate…”
ktnv.com - Jan 26, 2023 - read article
Fight over Jeff German's sources stalls before Vegas judge
“…homicide detectives were waiting in the courtroom Wednesday when attorney Matthew Christian, representing the police department, confirmed for Justice of the Peace Karen…”
ktnv.com - Sep 29, 2022 - read article
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