Most appellate cases
Nevada attorneys ranked by how many Court of Appeals of Nevada cases they handled that were decided in 2017, 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 | 764 | 2017 | 95% won of 743 decided cases Won 706Mixed 12Lost 25 |
| 2 | Steven S OwensActiveSteven S Owens, LLC | 395 | 2017 | 94% won of 385 decided cases Won 362Mixed 7Lost 16 |
| 3 | Terrence P. McCarthyInactive | 84 | 2017 | 95% won of 81 decided cases Won 77Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 4 | Jonathan VanBoskerckActive | 39 | 2017 | 95% won of 37 decided cases Won 35Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 5 | Krista D. BarrieInactiveOffice of Lawyers Prof Responsibility | 35 | 2017 | 97% won of 35 decided cases Won 34Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 6 | Ryan J. MacDonaldActive | 31 | 2017 | 100% won of 29 decided cases Won 29Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 7 | Howard S. BrooksInactiveLaw Office of Howard Brooks | 29 | 2017 | 7% won of 29 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 27 |
| 8 | Allison L. HerrActiveCannabis Compliance Board | 23 | 2017 | 95% won of 22 decided cases Won 21Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 9 | John Reese PettyExempt Inactive | 21 | 2017 | 0% won of 20 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 20 |
| 10 | Judge Jason D. WoodburyActiveFirst Judicial District Court | 20 | 2017 | 95% won of 20 decided cases Won 19Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 11 | Angela A. BelloActiveWolfenzon Rolle | 19 | 2017 | 82% won of 17 decided cases Won 14Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 12 | Charles W. ThomanActiveClark County DA's Office | 18 | 2017 | 94% won of 18 decided cases Won 17Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 13 | Heather D. ProcterActiveNevada Attorney General's Office | 17 | 2017 | 100% won of 16 decided cases Won 16Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 14 | Tyler J. IngramActiveElko County District Attorney | 15 | 2017 | 93% won of 15 decided cases Won 14Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 15 | Kirk Darren VittoActivePahrump Justice Court | 15 | 2017 | 79% won of 14 decided cases Won 11Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 16 | Joseph R. Plater IIIInactive | 14 | 2017 | 100% won of 13 decided cases Won 13Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 17 | Amanda C. SageActiveWashoe County DA's Office | 13 | 2017 | 92% won of 13 decided cases Won 12Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 18 | Christopher F. BurtonActiveUnited States Attorney's Office | 11 | 2017 | 73% won of 11 decided cases Won 8Mixed 2Lost 1 |
| 19 | Sally S. deSotoActiveWashoe County Public Defender | 9 | 2017 | 0% won of 9 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 9 |
| 20 | Michael J. BongardActiveOffice of the Attorney General | 8 | 2017 | 100% won of 8 decided cases Won 8Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 21 | Lucas J. GaffneyActiveGaffney Law | 8 | 2017 | 0% won of 8 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 8 |
| 22 | Karin L. KreizenbeckActive | 8 | 2017 | 0% won of 8 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 8 |
| 23 | Michael MacdonaldActiveLander County DA's Office | 8 | 2017 | 100% won of 7 decided cases Won 7Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 24 | Daniel M. RocheActiveElko County DA's Office | 8 | 2017 | 100% won of 8 decided cases Won 8Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 25 | Ariel E. SternActive | 8 | 2017 | 50% won of 6 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 26 | Steven Bryan WolfsonExempt ActiveClark County DA's Office | 8 | 2017 | 88% won of 8 decided cases Won 7Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 27 | Matthew S. JohnsonActiveDouglas County District Attorney's Office | 7 | 2017 | 100% won of 5 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 28 | Kirk T. KennedyActiveLaw Office of Kirk T Kennedy | 7 | 2017 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 29 | Jennifer P. NobleActiveWashoe Co. DA's Office | 7 | 2017 | 83% won of 6 decided cases Won 5Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 30 | Victoria T. OldenburgActiveVictoria Oldenburg, Esq. | 7 | 2017 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 31 | Dennis C WilsonExempt Inactive | 7 | 2017 | 100% won of 6 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 32 | Michael L. BeckerActiveLas Vegas Defense Group LLC | 6 | 2017 | 0% won of 6 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 33 | Jeffrey Morgan ConnerActiveNevada Attorney General's Office | 6 | 2017 | 80% won of 5 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 34 | Benjamin C. GaumondActiveBen Gaumond Law Firm, PLLC | 6 | 2017 | 0% won of 6 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 35 | Troy C. JordanActive | 6 | 2017 | 0% won of 6 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 36 | Thomas L. QuallsActiveWashoe County Alternate PD | 6 | 2017 | 0% won of 6 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 37 | Dominika Joanna BattenActiveLittler Mendelson P.C. | 5 | 2017 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 38 | Michael Frederick BohnActiveMichael F. Bohn, Esq., Ltd. | 5 | 2017 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 39 | Matthew D. CarlingActiveCarling Law Office PC | 5 | 2017 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 40 | Riley A. ClaytonActiveCloward Trial Lawyers | 5 | 2017 | 80% won of 5 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 41 | Diana Samalaulu ClineActiveCline Legal Solutions LLC | 5 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 42 | Audrey M ConwayActiveClark County PD's Office | 5 | 2017 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 43 | Jacqueline A. GilbertExempt Inactive | 5 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 44 | Karen L. HanksActiveHanks Law Group | 5 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 45 | Stephan J. HollandsworthActiveWashoe County DA's Office | 5 | 2017 | 100% won of 5 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 46 | Dana Jonathon NitzActive | 5 | 2017 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 47 | Christopher R. OramActive | 5 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 48 | Stephen B. RyeActiveLyon County District Attorney's Office | 5 | 2017 | 100% won of 5 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 49 | Matthew J. StermitzActiveMatt Stermitz Law, LLC | 5 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 50 | John Glenn WatkinsExempt ActiveThe Pariente Law Firm, P.C. | 5 | 2017 | 0% won of 5 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 5 |
| 51 | Bryan L. AlbistonActivePintar Albiston LLP | 4 | 2017 | 50% won of 4 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 52 | Kedric A BassettActive | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 53 | William H. BrownActiveThe Law Offices of William H. Brown, Ltd. | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 54 | Karla Kay ButkoActiveKarla K. Butko, Ltd. | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 55 | Robert M. Draskovich Jr.ActiveThe Draskovich Law Group | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 56 | Melissa Leavister ExlineActiveSurratt Law Practice, P.C. | 4 | 2017 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 57 | Kenneth G. Frizzell IIIActiveLaw Offices of Kenneth G. Frizzell, III | 4 | 2017 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 58 | Adam Leigh GillActiveACE Law Group, PLLC | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 59 | Kenneth E. GoatesExempt Active | 4 | 2017 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 60 | Martin W. HartDeceased | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 61 | Judge Kriston N. HillActiveFourth Judicial District Court | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 62 | Bradley J. HoflandActiveHofland & Tomsheck | 4 | 2017 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 63 | Mark B. JacksonActiveDouglas County DA | 4 | 2017 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 64 | Terrence Michael JacksonDeceased | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 65 | Charles R. KozakExempt ActiveKozak & Associates, LLC | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 66 | John P LaveryActive | 4 | 2017 | 50% won of 4 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 67 | Katrina Ann LopezActiveOffice of the Nevada Attorney General | 4 | 2017 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 68 | Ofelia Luz MonjeInactiveHarry Reid International Airport | 4 | 2017 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 69 | Melanie D. MorganActiveAtlas Solomon LLP | 4 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 70 | Benjamin J. NadigActiveLaw Office of Benjamin Nadig, Chtd. | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 71 | Daniel R. PageActiveClark County Special PD | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 72 | Jessica E. PerlickActiveOffice of the Nevada Attorney General | 4 | 2017 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 73 | Becky PintarActivePintar Albiston LLP | 4 | 2017 | 50% won of 4 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 74 | Jamie J. ReschActiveResch Law, PLLC | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 75 | Amanda M. RobertsActiveRoberts Stoffel Family Law Group | 4 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 76 | Nathanael R. RulisActiveKemp Jones, LLP | 4 | 2017 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 77 | Marcie E. RybaActiveWashoe County Public Defender's Office | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 78 | Michael W. SanftActiveSanft Law | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 79 | Edgar C. SmithActiveSteele LLP | 4 | 2017 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 80 | Betsy AllenActiveLaw Office of Betsy Allen | 3 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 81 | Jeanne Patricia BawaActiveHooks, Meng & Clement | 3 | 2017 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 82 | Melanie Anne BrantinghamActiveCarson City DA's Office | 3 | 2017 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 83 | Jeff Jacob BrauerInactive | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 84 | David A. BuchlerActiveMadison County Attorney's Office | 3 | 2017 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 85 | Peter S. ChristiansenActiveChristiansen Trial Lawyers | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 86 | Steven W. CochranActivePershing County PD's Office | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 87 | Karen Anne ConnollyActiveKaren A. Connolly, Ltd. | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 88 | Thera Aschanta CooperActiveTyson & Mendes, LLP | 3 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 89 | Matthew D. CoxActiveLaw Offices of Andrew M. Leavitt | 3 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 90 | Matthew David DaytonActive | 3 | 2017 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 91 | Thomas A. EricssonActiveOronoz & Ericsson Injury Lawyers | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 92 | Dayvid J. FiglerActiveClark County Special Public Defender | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 93 | Sarah E. HarmonActiveHone Law | 3 | 2017 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 94 | James E. HarperActiveHarper Wixom | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 95 | Trevor J. HatfieldActiveHatfield & Associates, Ltd. | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 96 | Daniel J. HillActiveHill Firm PLLC | 3 | 2017 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 97 | Matthew L JohnsonActiveJohnson & Gubler, P.C. | 3 | 2017 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 98 | Mary Margaret KandarasInactive | 3 | 2017 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 99 | Dennis L. KennedyExempt ActiveBailey Kennedy, LLP | 3 | 2017 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 100 | Gregory P. KerrActiveWolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP | 3 | 2017 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
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.