Most appellate cases
Nevada attorneys ranked by how many Court of Appeals of Nevada cases they handled that were decided in 2015, with how those cases came out. This measures experience on the record, not quality.
| # | Attorney | Cases | Years | Results (won / mixed / lost) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam P. LaxaltActiveCooper & Kirk PLLC | 531 | 2015 | 95% won of 523 decided cases Won 499Mixed 11Lost 13 |
| 2 | Steven S OwensActiveSteven S Owens, LLC | 309 | 2015 | 94% won of 306 decided cases Won 289Mixed 7Lost 10 |
| 3 | Terrence P. McCarthyInactive | 119 | 2015 | 97% won of 118 decided cases Won 115Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 4 | John Reese PettyExempt Inactive | 35 | 2015 | 3% won of 35 decided cases Won 1Mixed 1Lost 33 |
| 5 | Clark G. LeslieExempt ActiveLaw Offices of Clark G. Leslie | 30 | 2015 | 89% won of 27 decided cases Won 24Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 6 | Howard S. BrooksInactiveLaw Office of Howard Brooks | 28 | 2015 | 4% won of 28 decided cases Won 1Mixed 2Lost 25 |
| 7 | Jonathan VanBoskerckActive | 25 | 2015 | 96% won of 25 decided cases Won 24Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 8 | Judge Jason D. WoodburyActiveFirst Judicial District Court | 20 | 2015 | 95% won of 19 decided cases Won 18Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 9 | Ryan J. MacDonaldActive | 18 | 2015 | 94% won of 18 decided cases Won 17Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 10 | Dennis C WilsonExempt Inactive | 15 | 2015 | 93% won of 15 decided cases Won 14Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 11 | Angela A. BelloActiveWolfenzon Rolle | 14 | 2015 | 93% won of 14 decided cases Won 13Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 12 | Karla Kay ButkoActiveKarla K. Butko, Ltd. | 13 | 2015 | 0% won of 13 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 13 |
| 13 | Jennifer P. NobleActiveWashoe Co. DA's Office | 13 | 2015 | 85% won of 13 decided cases Won 11Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 14 | Mark Dean TorvinenDeceased | 10 | 2015 | 100% won of 10 decided cases Won 10Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 15 | Sally S. deSotoActiveWashoe County Public Defender | 9 | 2015 | 11% won of 9 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 8 |
| 16 | Michael J. BongardActiveOffice of the Attorney General | 8 | 2015 | 100% won of 8 decided cases Won 8Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 17 | Christopher R. OramActive | 8 | 2015 | 0% won of 8 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 8 |
| 18 | Michael A. WheableActive | 8 | 2015 | 100% won of 8 decided cases Won 8Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 19 | Karin L. KreizenbeckActive | 7 | 2015 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 20 | Thomas L. QuallsActiveWashoe County Alternate PD | 7 | 2015 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 21 | Steven Bryan WolfsonExempt ActiveClark County DA's Office | 7 | 2015 | 83% won of 6 decided cases Won 5Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 22 | Christopher F. BurtonActiveUnited States Attorney's Office | 6 | 2015 | 67% won of 6 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 23 | Joseph R. Plater IIIInactive | 6 | 2015 | 100% won of 6 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 24 | Roger H. StewartDeceased | 6 | 2015 | 0% won of 6 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 25 | Mary Lou A. WilsonExempt ActiveLaw Office of Mary Lou Wilson | 6 | 2015 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 26 | Richard F. CornellExempt ActiveRichard F. Cornell, P.C. | 5 | 2015 | 0% won of 5 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 4 |
| 27 | John P LaveryActive | 5 | 2015 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 28 | Michael MacdonaldActiveLander County DA's Office | 5 | 2015 | 100% won of 5 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 29 | Robert W. StoryResigned | 5 | 2015 | 0% won of 5 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 5 |
| 30 | Karen A. Whelan EsqActiveCCSD Office of the General Counsel | 5 | 2015 | 100% won of 5 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 31 | Kedric A BassettActive | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 32 | Lyn E. BeggsActiveLaw Offices of Lyn E. Beggs, PLLC | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 33 | Darrell D. DennisActiveLewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP | 4 | 2015 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 34 | Julian R. GregoryActiveWashoe County Public Defender | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 35 | Martin W. HartDeceased | 4 | 2015 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 36 | Jennifer Josephine LuntInactive | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 37 | Thomas C. MichaelidesSuspendedTCM Law Group | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 38 | Mihaela NeagosActiveOffice of the District Attorney | 4 | 2015 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 39 | David H. Neely IIIActive | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 40 | Rochelle T. NguyenActive | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 41 | Marcie E. RybaActiveWashoe County Public Defender's Office | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 42 | Michael W. SanftActiveSanft Law | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 43 | Moreen ScullyExempt ActiveScully & Scully | 4 | 2015 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 44 | Amy K. SteelmanActiveNevada State Board of Pharmacy | 4 | 2015 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 45 | Matthew J. StermitzActiveMatt Stermitz Law, LLC | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 46 | Justin Patrick StovallActiveThe Law Office of Justin Patrick Stovall, Esq. L.L.C. | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 47 | Leslie Mark StovallSuspendedStovall & Associates | 4 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 48 | Javier A. ArguelloActiveCarter Cullen, PLLC | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 49 | Jeanne Patricia BawaActiveHooks, Meng & Clement | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 50 | Kurt BondsActiveHall & Evans LLC | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 51 | Kerry P. FaughnanActive | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 52 | Dayvid J. FiglerActiveClark County Special Public Defender | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 53 | David R. FischerActive | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 54 | Benjamin C. GaumondActiveBen Gaumond Law Firm, PLLC | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 55 | Christopher J. HicksActive | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 56 | Herbert B. KaplanActiveWashoe County DA's Office | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 57 | Judge Carli L. KiernyActiveClark County District Court | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 58 | Adam R. KnechtActiveHall & Evans LLC | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 59 | Donald Albert LattinExempt ActiveMaupin, Cox & LeGoy | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 60 | Monti J. LevyActiveWright Marsh & Levy | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 61 | Robert J. LoweInactive | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 62 | Emily M. McFarlingActiveMcFarling Cohen Fic & Squires | 3 | 2015 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 63 | Monique A. McNeillActiveWright, Marsh and Levy | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 64 | Krista M. MeierActiveKrista Meier Law, LLC; Life Care Planning Reno | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 65 | Stephen B. RyeActiveLyon County District Attorney's Office | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 66 | Daniel L SchwartzActiveHooks Meng & Clement | 3 | 2015 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 67 | Zachary P. TakosActiveTakos Law Group, Ltd. | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 68 | Kirk Darren VittoActivePahrump Justice Court | 3 | 2015 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 69 | Gregory L. WildeActiveWilde & Associates LLC / Malcolm & Cisneros | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 70 | Mace J. YampolskyExempt ActiveMace J. Yampolsky Ltd | 3 | 2015 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 71 | Daniel Thomas YoungActiveNye County DA's Office | 3 | 2015 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 72 | Josh C. AicklenActiveLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 73 | Caesar V. AlmaseActiveOffice Of The Nevada Attorney General | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 74 | Craig R. AndersonActiveMarquis Aurbach Coffing P.C. | 2 | 2015 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 75 | Dane W. AndersonActiveAnderson Keuscher Brachmann | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 2Lost 0 |
| 76 | Josie T. BayudanActivePublic Defender's Office | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 77 | Eunice M. BeattieActiveLaw Offices of George T. Bochanis | 2 | 2015 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 78 | Evan BeaversExempt Active | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 79 | Michael L. BeckerActiveLas Vegas Defense Group LLC | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 80 | David H BenavidezActiveLaw Office of David Benavidez | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 81 | Melanie Anne BrantinghamActiveCarson City DA's Office | 2 | 2015 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 82 | Adam J. BreedenActiveBreeden & Associates PLLC | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 83 | Janice J BrownExempt Inactive | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 84 | Jack D CampbellActive | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 85 | Scott Michael CantorDisbarredScott Michael Cantor, Ltd | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 86 | Matthew D. CarlingActiveCarling Law Office PC | 2 | 2015 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 87 | Michael Vicente CastilloActiveJK Nelson Law, LLC | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 88 | Benjamin B. Childs SrActive | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 89 | Thomas F. ChristensenActiveChristensen Law | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 90 | Karen Anne ConnollyActiveKaren A. Connolly, Ltd. | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 91 | John H. CottonExempt ActiveJohn H. Cotton & Associates, Ltd. | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 92 | Gregory E. CoyerActiveCoyer Law Office | 2 | 2015 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 93 | David M. CrosbyExempt ActiveFox, Imes & Crosby, LLC | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 94 | Patricia Denise DoyleActiveClark County Public Defenders | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 95 | Adam Leigh GillActiveACE Law Group, PLLC | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 96 | Jay T. HopkinsActiveHopkins Law | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 97 | Edward Ballard HughesDeceased | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 98 | Michael V. InfusoActiveGreene Infuso LLP | 2 | 2015 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 99 | Steven T. JaffeActiveNaqvi Injury Law | 2 | 2015 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 100 | Erik Reid JohnsonExempt Inactive | 2 | 2015 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
How these numbers are computed
Where the data comes from. Published decisions and unpublished dispositional orders of the Supreme Court of Nevada and Court of Appeals of Nevada, with each case's parties and their lawyers taken from the courts' public case records. We match lawyer names to the bar roll and only count confident matches. Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases come from the public RECAP Archive on CourtListener (Free Law Project) and cover only the Nevada-origin dockets already in that archive, so the federal count is partial.
Cases counts each case once, no matter how many filings it had. Heads of government law offices (district attorneys, the attorney general, public defenders) are listed on every case their office handles, which is why they lead the table.
Results. Won means the court ruled the way that lawyer's side asked. Mixed means the court agreed in part. The percentage is won divided by all decided cases (won, mixed, and lost). Cases that were dismissed for procedural reasons, or where we could not determine the result, are not counted.
Read the percentage with care. Appellate courts uphold far more rulings than they overturn. A lawyer who mostly defends rulings will naturally show a higher won-share than one who mostly challenges them, and prosecutors mostly defend. Hover over a Results cell for the split between challenging and defending. Coverage of unpublished orders is still being extended, so counts for some lawyers will grow.
Firm view credits a case to the firm where the lawyer works today, even if the lawyer was elsewhere when the case was decided.