Most appellate cases
Nevada law firms ranked by how many Supreme Court of Nevada, Court of Appeals of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases they handled that were decided in 2016, with how those cases came out. This measures experience on the record, not quality.
| # | Firm | Cases | Attorneys | Years | Results (won / mixed / lost) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfenzon Rolle | 31 | 1 | 2016 | 100% won of 25 decided cases Won 25Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 2 | Hutchison & Steffen | 17 | 15 | 2016 | 40% won of 10 decided cases Won 4Mixed 1Lost 5 |
| 3 | Kemp Jones, LLP | 12 | 3 | 2016 | 43% won of 7 decided cases Won 3Mixed 2Lost 2 |
| 4 | Bravo Schrager LLP | 10 | 2 | 2016 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 2Lost 2 |
| 5 | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | 10 | 2 | 2016 | 38% won of 8 decided cases Won 3Mixed 2Lost 3 |
| 6 | Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers | 9 | 2 | 2016 | 60% won of 5 decided cases Won 3Mixed 2Lost 0 |
| 7 | Ace Law Group | 8 | 3 | 2016 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 8 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | 8 | 7 | 2016 | 75% won of 8 decided cases Won 6Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 9 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP | 7 | 4 | 2016 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 3Lost 1 |
| 10 | Clark Hill | 7 | 5 | 2016 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 6 |
| 11 | Las Vegas Defense Group, LLC | 7 | 1 | 2016 | 14% won of 7 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 12 | The Ryan Firm, APC | 7 | 1 | 2016 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 13 | Alverson Taylor & Sanders | 6 | 4 | 2016 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 14 | Cloward Trial Lawyers | 6 | 3 | 2016 | 50% won of 6 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 15 | Hooks Meng & Clement PLLC | 6 | 4 | 2016 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 16 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | 6 | 6 | 2016 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 17 | Hofland & Tomsheck | 5 | 1 | 2016 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 18 | Holland & Hart LLP | 5 | 3 | 2016 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 3Lost 1 |
| 19 | Littler Mendelson, P.C. | 5 | 1 | 2016 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 20 | Marquis Aurbach | 5 | 3 | 2016 | 40% won of 5 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 21 | McDonald Carano LLP | 5 | 7 | 2016 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 22 | Oronoz & Ericsson Injury Lawyers | 5 | 2 | 2016 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 23 | Atlas Solomon LLP | 4 | 2 | 2016 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 24 | Eglet Law | 4 | 3 | 2016 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 25 | Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada | 4 | 1 | 2016 | 0% won of 4 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 26 | Fennemore Craig, P.C. | 4 | 3 | 2016 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 27 | Garin Law Group | 4 | 2 | 2016 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 2Lost 1 |
| 28 | Kainen Law Group, PLLC | 4 | 2 | 2016 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 29 | Klinedinst PC | 4 | 3 | 2016 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 30 | Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP | 4 | 2 | 2016 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 31 | Leach Kern Gruchow Anderson Song | 4 | 2 | 2016 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 32 | Messner Reeves LLP | 4 | 2 | 2016 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 33 | Smith Jain | 4 | 2 | 2016 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 34 | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. | 4 | 4 | 2016 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 35 | The Jimmerson Law Firm, P.C. | 4 | 1 | 2016 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 36 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | 4 | 3 | 2016 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 37 | Winner & Booze | 4 | 3 | 2016 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 38 | Battle Born Injury Lawyers | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 39 | Champion Lovelock Law | 3 | 1 | 2016 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 2Lost 0 |
| 40 | City of Henderson City Attorney's Office | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 100% won of 3 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 41 | Dobberstein Law Group | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 42 | Educate Nevada Now | 3 | 1 | 2016 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 43 | ER Injury Attorneys | 3 | 1 | 2016 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 44 | Henness & Haight | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 45 | Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 46 | Jackson Lewis P.C. | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 47 | Johnson & Gubler, P.C. | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 0% won of 3 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 48 | Jones & LoBello | 3 | 1 | 2016 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 49 | Kaempfer Crowell | 3 | 2 | 2016 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 50 | Litchfield Cavo, LLP | 3 | 1 | 2016 | 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.