Backus | Burden
Verified rosterAlso appears in records as: Backus Burden - Backus-Burden
- Attorneys
- 6 active
- Experience
- 118 combined years - avg 19.7 per attorney (statewide average: 19.2)
- On the web
- backuslaw.com
- Las Vegas
- 3050 S. Durango Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89117
(702) 872-5555
Record last verified Aug 23, 2026
Appellate record
Attorneys currently at this firm handled 18 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada cases on record, across 4 attorneys.
Results in appellate decisions and orders
- Civil cases
- 100% of 5
- Court-order requests
- 60% of 5
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
- Civil cases - Defending a ruling: won 5 of 5
- Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 2 of 4
- Court-order requests - Opposing a court-order request: won 1 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 Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.
- 91827 - 7-ELEVEN, INC. VS. DIST. CT. (MARTIN) (CIVIL) (Apr 17, 2026)Request deniedLost - sought the court orderCounsel: Jacquelyn Franco, Leland Backus
- 90560-COA - ERICKSON VS. ODP BUS. SOL., LLC (CIVIL) (Jan 20, 2026)Ruling upheldWon - defended the rulingCounsel: Jacquelyn Franco
- 90544 - ERICKSON VS. DIST. CT. (ODP BUS. SOL., LLC) (CIVIL) (May 27, 2025)Counsel: Jacquelyn Franco
- 90325 - WARREN VS VONS (CIVIL) (May 23, 2025)Dismissednot countedCounsel: Jack Burden
- 88299-COA - 7-ELEVEN, INC. VS. DIST. CT. (SMITH) (Oct 18, 2024)Request grantedWon - sought the court orderCounsel: Jacquelyn Franco, Leland Backus, Shea Backus
- 86979 - HUNT-MALLETT VS. FENNELLY (Sep 24, 2024)Dismissednot countedCounsel: Jack Burden, Shea Backus
- 87571 - WILSON VS. SMITH (Jan 31, 2024)Dismissednot countedCounsel: Shea Backus
- 87177-COA - 7-ELEVEN, INC. VS. DIST. CT. (BEASLEY) (Sep 14, 2023)Request deniedLost - sought the court orderCounsel: Jacquelyn Franco, Shea Backus
- 84181 - QBE INS. CORP. VS. DIST. CT. (LAMPLIGHT VILLAGE @ CENTENNIAL SPRINGS HOA) (Oct 10, 2022)Dismissednot countedCounsel: Leland Backus
- 77668 - BYRNE VS. SUNRIDGE BUILDERS, INC. (Oct 29, 2020)Ruling upheldWon - defended the rulingCounsel: Jacquelyn Franco
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