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Peter W. Smith

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Firm / organization
Office of Attorney General
Admitted
5/12/2011 (15 years, 4 months)
Law school
University of Southern California,
Location
Reno, NV

Contact and address

Address
Office of Attorney General
9790 Gateway Drive
Suite 100
Reno, NV 89521

Record last verified Jul 3, 2026

Discipline history

No discipline on record.

Record last verified Jul 3, 2026

Appellate record

Handled 7 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada cases on record.

Results in appellate decisions and orders

83% won of 6 decided cases
Won 5Mixed 0Lost 1
Criminal cases
100% of 5
Court-order requests
0% of 1
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
  • Criminal cases - Defending a ruling: won 5 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.

  • 84353-COA - WILLSON (LINA) VS. DIST. CT. (STATE) (Feb 22, 2024)Request grantedLost - opposed the court order case details
  • 83633-COA - BARAO, JR. (RANDY) VS. STATE (Aug 8, 2022)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 84312 - BAKER (BYRON) VS. STATE (May 26, 2022)Dismissednot counted case details
  • 82308-COA - TUCKER (BRIAN) VS. STATE (Jan 5, 2022)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 82417-COA - CORNWELL (THOMAS) VS. STATE (Dec 16, 2021)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 80168-COA - TIEHM (MICHAEL) VS. STATE (Oct 16, 2020)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 77781-COA - WHITE (ROBERT) VS. STATE (Dec 11, 2019)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details

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

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