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 2020, with how those cases came out. This measures experience on the record, not quality.

#AttorneyCasesYearsResults (won / mixed / lost)
1Jeremy C. BaronNMATTORNEY Cert FPD or US Atty 49.1(1)(g)Federal Public Defender12020No decided cases
2Michael Frederick BohnActiveMichael F. Bohn, Esq., Ltd.12020No decided cases
3Kelly H. DoveActiveSnell & Wilmer12020No decided cases
4Jason D. GuinassoActiveGGRM Law Firm12020No decided cases
5Ellesse D. HendersonNMATTORNEY Cert FPD or US Atty 49.1(1)(g)Federal Public Defender12020No decided cases
6Daniel J. HillActiveHill Firm PLLC12020No decided cases
7Judge Andrew Martin JacobsInactiveArizona Court of Appeals12020No decided cases
8Kerry Elizabeth KleimanActiveGreenberg Traurig12020No decided cases
9Pat LundvallActiveMcDonald Carano LLP12020No decided cases
10Kevin C. PowersActiveLegislative Counsel Bureau12020No decided cases
11Jaimie Ann StilzActive12020No decided cases
12Cristen C. ThayerActiveOffice of the Federal Public Defender12020No decided cases
13Gregory Louis ZuninoActiveNevada State Board of Pharmacy12020No 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 Published decisions and unpublished dispositional orders of the Supreme Court of Nevada and Court of Appeals of Nevada, with each case's parties and their lawyers taken from the courts' public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.