Most appellate cases
Nevada law firms ranked by how many U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases they handled that were decided in 2023, with how those cases came out. This measures experience on the record, not quality.
| # | Firm | Cases | Attorneys | Years | Results (won / mixed / lost) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlas Solomon LLP | 2 | 2 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 2 | Kemp Jones, LLP | 2 | 2 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 3 | Reese Ring Velto, PLLC | 2 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 4 | Thorndal Armstrong, PC | 2 | 1 | 2023 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 5 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | 2 | 2 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 6 | Akerman LLP | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 7 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 8 | Cogburn Davidson Injury Lawyers | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 9 | Garin Law Group | 1 | 2 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 10 | Garman Turner Gordon LLP | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 11 | GGRM Law Firm | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 12 | Hall Hernandez Smith | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 13 | Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 14 | Jackson Lewis P.C. | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 15 | Klinedinst PC | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 16 | Marquis Aurbach | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 17 | Simons Hall Johnston PC | 1 | 2 | 2023 | No decided cases |
| 18 | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No decided cases |
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 Published decisions and unpublished dispositional orders of the Supreme Court of Nevada and Court of Appeals of Nevada, with each case's parties and their lawyers taken from the courts' public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.