Most appellate cases
Nevada attorneys ranked by how many Supreme Court of Nevada cases they handled that were decided in 2018, 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 | 533 | 2018 | 78% won of 181 decided cases Won 142Mixed 8Lost 31 |
| 2 | Steven S OwensActiveSteven S Owens, LLC | 292 | 2018 | 82% won of 120 decided cases Won 98Mixed 5Lost 17 |
| 3 | Ariel E. SternActive | 72 | 2018 | 53% won of 53 decided cases Won 28Mixed 2Lost 23 |
| 4 | Darren T. BrennerActiveKlinedinst PC | 44 | 2018 | 72% won of 29 decided cases Won 21Mixed 2Lost 6 |
| 5 | Jennifer P. NobleActiveWashoe Co. DA's Office | 41 | 2018 | 65% won of 17 decided cases Won 11Mixed 1Lost 5 |
| 6 | Steven Bryan WolfsonExempt ActiveClark County DA's Office | 40 | 2018 | 66% won of 32 decided cases Won 21Mixed 2Lost 9 |
| 7 | Dr. Aaron D. FordActiveNevada Office of Attorney General | 38 | 2018 | 80% won of 20 decided cases Won 16Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 8 | Terrence P. McCarthyInactive | 33 | 2018 | 100% won of 7 decided cases Won 7Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 9 | Michael Frederick BohnActiveMichael F. Bohn, Esq., Ltd. | 29 | 2018 | 40% won of 15 decided cases Won 6Mixed 1Lost 8 |
| 10 | Charles W. ThomanActiveClark County DA's Office | 28 | 2018 | 86% won of 22 decided cases Won 19Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 11 | Jonathan VanBoskerckActive | 26 | 2018 | 63% won of 24 decided cases Won 15Mixed 2Lost 7 |
| 12 | Jacqueline A. GilbertExempt Inactive | 25 | 2018 | 42% won of 19 decided cases Won 8Mixed 1Lost 10 |
| 13 | Diana Samalaulu ClineActiveCline Legal Solutions LLC | 23 | 2018 | 44% won of 18 decided cases Won 8Mixed 1Lost 9 |
| 14 | Karen L. HanksActiveHanks Law Group | 23 | 2018 | 41% won of 17 decided cases Won 7Mixed 1Lost 9 |
| 15 | Howard S. BrooksInactiveLaw Office of Howard Brooks | 22 | 2018 | 35% won of 17 decided cases Won 6Mixed 1Lost 10 |
| 16 | Natalie Lynn WinslowActiveAtlas Solomon LLP | 22 | 2018 | 61% won of 18 decided cases Won 11Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 17 | Kent F. LarsenActiveSmith Larsen & Wixom | 21 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 18 | Michael N. BeedeActiveAndersen Beede Weisenmiller | 19 | 2018 | 44% won of 9 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 5 |
| 19 | Lilith Vala XaraActiveLitchfield Cavo, LLP | 19 | 2018 | 45% won of 11 decided cases Won 5Mixed 2Lost 4 |
| 20 | John Reese PettyExempt Inactive | 18 | 2018 | 15% won of 13 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 11 |
| 21 | Angela A. BelloActiveWolfenzon Rolle | 17 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 22 | Melanie D. MorganActiveAtlas Solomon LLP | 17 | 2018 | 60% won of 10 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 23 | Dana Jonathon NitzActive | 16 | 2018 | 71% won of 7 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 24 | Daniel F. PolsenbergActiveWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | 16 | 2018 | 30% won of 10 decided cases Won 3Mixed 2Lost 5 |
| 25 | Tenesa Susan PowellActiveJackson Lewis P.C. | 16 | 2018 | 43% won of 14 decided cases Won 6Mixed 1Lost 7 |
| 26 | Kirk Darren VittoActivePahrump Justice Court | 16 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 27 | Krista D. BarrieInactiveOffice of Lawyers Prof Responsibility | 15 | 2018 | 73% won of 15 decided cases Won 11Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 28 | Thera Aschanta CooperActiveTyson & Mendes, LLP | 15 | 2018 | 75% won of 8 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 29 | Micah S. EcholsActiveClaggett and Sykes Law Firm | 15 | 2018 | 33% won of 9 decided cases Won 3Mixed 2Lost 4 |
| 30 | Rex D. GarnerActiveFox Rothschild LLP | 15 | 2018 | 33% won of 9 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 31 | Joseph Y. HongActiveHong & Hong, APLC | 15 | 2018 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 32 | Adam R. TrippiediActiveTriLaw | 15 | 2018 | 83% won of 6 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 33 | Donna M. WittigActiveSparrow Financial, Inc. | 15 | 2018 | 40% won of 10 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 34 | Scott R. LachmanActiveAkerman LLP | 14 | 2018 | 75% won of 8 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 35 | Abraham G. SmithActiveHolland & Hart LLP | 14 | 2018 | 33% won of 9 decided cases Won 3Mixed 2Lost 4 |
| 36 | Abran E. VigilActiveBallard Spahr LLP | 14 | 2018 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 37 | John Henry WrightActiveThe Wright Law Group, P.C. | 14 | 2018 | 60% won of 10 decided cases Won 6Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 38 | Christopher J. HicksActive | 13 | 2018 | 60% won of 10 decided cases Won 6Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 39 | Ryan J. MacDonaldActive | 13 | 2018 | 64% won of 11 decided cases Won 7Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 40 | Joel D. HenriodActiveHenriod Stern PLLC | 12 | 2018 | 43% won of 7 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 41 | Margaret A. McLetchieActiveMcLetchie Law | 12 | 2018 | 22% won of 9 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 6 |
| 42 | Heather D. ProcterActiveNevada Attorney General's Office | 12 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 43 | Alina Maria ShellActiveNevada Court of Appeals | 12 | 2018 | 25% won of 8 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 5 |
| 44 | Rebekkah B. BodoffInactive | 11 | 2018 | 63% won of 8 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 45 | Tami D. CowdenInactive | 11 | 2018 | 63% won of 8 decided cases Won 5Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 46 | Judge Jason D. WoodburyActiveFirst Judicial District Court | 11 | 2018 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 47 | Todd L. BiceActivePisanelli Bice, LLC | 10 | 2018 | 38% won of 8 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 4 |
| 48 | Robert L. EisenbergExempt ActiveLemons, Grundy & Eisenberg | 10 | 2018 | 50% won of 8 decided cases Won 4Mixed 2Lost 2 |
| 49 | Allison L. HerrActiveCannabis Compliance Board | 10 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 50 | Luis A. AyonActiveSouthwest Injury Law PLLC | 9 | 2018 | 40% won of 5 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 51 | Peter S. ChristiansenActiveChristiansen Trial Lawyers | 9 | 2018 | 78% won of 9 decided cases Won 7Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 52 | Mark E. FerrarioActiveGreenberg Traurig, LLP | 9 | 2018 | 57% won of 7 decided cases Won 4Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 53 | Leslie B HartActiveFennemore | 9 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 54 | Christopher R. OramActive | 9 | 2018 | 0% won of 8 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 8 |
| 55 | Joseph R. Plater IIIInactive | 9 | 2018 | 78% won of 9 decided cases Won 7Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 56 | Jesse Allen RansomActiveRansom PLLC | 9 | 2018 | 71% won of 7 decided cases Won 5Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 57 | Stephen B. RyeActiveLyon County District Attorney's Office | 9 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 58 | Edgar C. SmithActiveSteele LLP | 9 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 59 | John L ArrascadaActive | 8 | 2018 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 60 | Paul C. DeyhleActiveNevada Commission on Judicial Discipline | 8 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 61 | Douglas D. GerrardActiveGerrard, Cox & Larsen | 8 | 2018 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 62 | Karl L. NielsonActiveHutchison & Steffen | 8 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 63 | James J. PisanelliActivePisanelli Bice PLLC | 8 | 2018 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 64 | John D. Tennert IIIActiveFennemore Craig, P.C. | 8 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 65 | JoNell ThomasActiveFederal Public Defender | 8 | 2018 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 66 | Christopher L. BennerActivePyatt & Silvestri | 7 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 67 | Kurt BondsActiveHall & Evans LLC | 7 | 2018 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 68 | Michael J. BongardActiveOffice of the Attorney General | 7 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 69 | John H. CottonExempt ActiveJohn H. Cotton & Associates, Ltd. | 7 | 2018 | 40% won of 5 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 70 | Sharon Gerber DickinsonExempt Active | 7 | 2018 | 50% won of 6 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 71 | Kelly H. DoveActiveSnell & Wilmer | 7 | 2018 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 72 | Matthew D. LambActiveBallard Spahr LLP | 7 | 2018 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 73 | Craig A. MuellerActiveCraig Mueller & Associates | 7 | 2018 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 74 | James E. ShapiroActiveSmith & Shapiro, PLLC | 7 | 2018 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 2Lost 2 |
| 75 | Duane E. ShinnickResigned | 7 | 2018 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 76 | Debra L. SpinelliActivePisanelli Bice PLLC | 7 | 2018 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 77 | Rene Louis ValladaresActiveFederal Public Defender's Office | 7 | 2018 | 0% won of 5 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 5 |
| 78 | David S. AnthonyActive | 6 | 2018 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 79 | Matthew J. ChristianActiveLVMPD | 6 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 80 | Jamie K. CombsActiveKlinedinst PC | 6 | 2018 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 81 | Thomas A. EricssonActiveOronoz & Ericsson Injury Lawyers | 6 | 2018 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 82 | Liesl K FreedmanActive | 6 | 2018 | 50% won of 4 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 83 | Sheldon A HerbertActive | 6 | 2018 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 2Lost 1 |
| 84 | Adam D. Hosmer-HennerActiveMcDonald Carano LLP | 6 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 85 | Bradford Robert JerbicInactive | 6 | 2018 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 86 | John D. JonesActiveJones & LoBello | 6 | 2018 | 50% won of 4 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 87 | Gregory H. KingActiveKing Scow Koch Durham LLC | 6 | 2018 | 100% won of 6 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 88 | Adam R. KnechtActiveHall & Evans LLC | 6 | 2018 | 40% won of 5 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 89 | Vatana LayInactiveKLK Law Group | 6 | 2018 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 90 | Courtney K. LeeActiveOgletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart | 6 | 2018 | 0% won of 6 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 91 | Chad D. OlsenActiveEmpire Southwest, LLC | 6 | 2018 | 100% won of 6 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 92 | Bradley S. RosenbergActiveShinnick & Ryan NV P.C. | 6 | 2018 | 0% won of 6 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 93 | Kristin A. Schuler-HintzActiveMcCarthy & Holthus, LLP | 6 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 94 | Jordan T. SmithActiveBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP | 6 | 2018 | 100% won of 4 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 95 | Joel Edward TascaActiveGreenberg Traurig, LLP | 6 | 2018 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 96 | Frank A. Toddre IIActiveCozen O'Connor | 6 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 97 | Karen A. Whelan EsqActiveCCSD Office of the General Counsel | 6 | 2018 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 98 | Marshal WillickActiveWillick Law Group | 6 | 2018 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 99 | Betsy AllenActiveLaw Office of Betsy Allen | 5 | 2018 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 100 | Shirley BlazichActiveBlazich Law Group | 5 | 2018 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
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.