William M. Waters
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- Clark County PD's Office
- Admitted
- 4/20/2005 (21 years, 5 months - more experience than 61% of active Nevada attorneys)
- Law school
- William S. Boyd, School of Law
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV
Contact and address
Record last verified Jun 26, 2026
Discipline history
No discipline on record.
Record last verified Jun 26, 2026
Appellate record
Handled 73 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada cases on record.
Results in appellate decisions and orders
- Criminal cases
- 13% of 67
- Court-order requests
- 0% of 1
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
- Criminal cases - Challenging a ruling: won 9 of 66 (10 mixed)
- Criminal cases - Defending a ruling: won 0 of 1
- Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.
- 89015 - ROBINSON (MAURICE) VS. STATE (CRIMINAL) (May 21, 2026)Partly overturnedMixed - challenged the ruling case details
- 89573-COA - CONNER (MONIQUE) VS. STATE (CRIMINAL) (May 4, 2026)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
- 88095 - SMITH (SOPHIA) VS. STATE (Apr 9, 2026)Ruling overturnedWon - challenged the ruling case details
- 89654 - BROWN (MONICA) VS. STATE (CRIMINAL) (Mar 26, 2026)Partly overturnedMixed - challenged the ruling case details
- 89295 - WILLIS (CLARENCE) VS. STATE (CRIMINAL) (Feb 11, 2026)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
- 91864 - HINTON (DAMIEN) VS. STATE (CRIMINAL) (Feb 4, 2026)Dismissednot counted case details
- 90093-COA - SANJUAN-GUZMAN (ERIC) VS. STATE (CRIMINAL) (Nov 26, 2025)Partly overturnedMixed - challenged the ruling case details
- 87890 - SER (GEORGIO) VS. STATE (Nov 20, 2025)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
- 88530 - RUELAS (JOSE) VS. STATE (Oct 30, 2025)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
- 89232 - SHELTON (JAQUEZ) VS. STATE (CRIMINAL) (Oct 30, 2025)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com - Nevada appellate decisions and orders
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Nevada high court reverses teacher's kidnapping conviction
“…between a teacher and student were not dismissed. Deputy Public Defender William Waters was not immediately available for comment. Chief Deputy District Attorney…”
ktnv.com - Jul 17, 2020 - read article
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