Most appellate cases
Nevada attorneys ranked by how many U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases they handled that were decided in 2019, with how those cases came out. This measures experience on the record, not quality.
| # | Attorney | Cases | Years | Results (won / mixed / lost) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spencer H. GunnersonActiveKemp Jones, LLP | 4 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 2 | Mona KavehActiveKemp Jones, LLP | 4 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 3 | Mark Merrill JonesActive | 2 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 4 | Frank Z. LaForgeActiveUniversity of Nevada, Reno | 2 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 5 | Jeremy J NorkInactive | 2 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 6 | Ismail AminActiveTALG, NV, Ltd. | 1 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 7 | Philip R. Byrnes Jr.Deceased | 1 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 8 | Thomas D. Dillard Jr.ActiveOlson Cannon & Gormley | 1 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 9 | Jeffry M. DorocakActiveCity Attorney's Office | 1 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 10 | Elias P. GeorgeActiveEPG Law Group | 1 | 2019 | No decided cases |
| 11 | Marc J. RandazzaActiveRandazza Legal Group, PLLC | 1 | 2019 | 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 Published decisions and unpublished dispositional orders of the Supreme Court of Nevada and Court of Appeals of Nevada, with each case's parties and their lawyers taken from the courts' public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.