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Ryan J. MacDonald

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Admitted
5/9/2012 (14 years, 4 months)
Law school
University of Iowa
Location
Orlando, FL

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Address
Orlando, FL

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Record last verified Jul 19, 2026

Discipline history

No discipline on record.

Record last verified Jul 19, 2026

Appellate record

Handled 162 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada cases on record.

Results in appellate decisions and orders

84% won of 151 decided cases
Won 127Mixed 8Lost 16
Criminal cases
85% of 144
Court-order requests
71% of 7
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
  • Criminal cases - Challenging a ruling: won 2 of 9
  • Criminal cases - Defending a ruling: won 120 of 135 (8 mixed)
  • Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 2 of 3
  • Court-order requests - Opposing a court-order request: won 3 of 3
  • Court-order requests - Defending a ruling: 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.

  • 72397 - COACHE (ROBERT) VS. STATE (Jul 19, 2019)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 71516 - BOWSER (TERRENCE) VS. STATE (May 16, 2019)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 69509 - HARRIS (AMMAR) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT) (Dec 27, 2018)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
  • 70530 - RICHARDS (BOBBY) VS. STATE (Dec 4, 2018)Ruling overturnedLost - defended the ruling case details
  • 74169 - STATE VS. PLUNKETT (ALEXIS) (Nov 15, 2018)Ruling overturnedWon - challenged the ruling case details
  • 72907-COA - STATE VS. DOMINGUEZ-CORTEZ (CARLOS) (Oct 10, 2018)Dismissednot counted case details
  • 69617 - IBARRA (GABRIEL) VS. STATE (Sep 13, 2018)Sent back to lower court case details
  • 74001 - LAS VEGAS METRO. POLICE DEP'T VS. DIST. CT. (STATE) (Sep 7, 2018)Request deniedWon - opposed the court order case details
  • 68234 - BALLEW (ROBERT) VS. STATE C/W 68236 (Sep 7, 2018)Partly overturnedMixed - defended the ruling case details
  • 73311-COA - PATTILLO (DAMIEN) VS. STATE (Jul 28, 2018)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details

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

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