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 2024, with how those cases came out. This measures experience on the record, not quality.
| # | Attorney | Cases | Years | Results (won / mixed / lost) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter GoldsteinExempt ActivePeter Goldstein Law Corp | 2 | 2024 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 2 | Craig R. AndersonActiveMarquis Aurbach Coffing P.C. | 1 | 2024 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 3 | Joshua D. BuckActiveThierman Buck | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 4 | Wesley K. DuncanActiveSparks City Attorney's Office | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 5 | Daniel Dee HollingsworthExempt Active | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 6 | Leah L. JonesActiveThierman Buck, LLP | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 7 | Aarin E. KevorkianActiveFederal Public Defender | 1 | 2024 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 8 | Richard G. McCrackenExempt ActiveMcCracken, Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 9 | Mariah M. NorthingtonActive | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 10 | Richard J. PockerExempt ActiveBoies, Schiller and Flexner, LLP | 1 | 2024 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 11 | Joshua A. SlikerActiveJackson Lewis P.C. | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 12 | Mark R. ThiermanExempt ActiveThierman Buck | 1 | 2024 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 13 | Lauren Bacchus TorreActive | 1 | 2024 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 14 | Paul T. TrimmerActiveJackson Lewis P.C. | 1 | 2024 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
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 Published decisions and unpublished dispositional orders of the Supreme Court of Nevada and Court of Appeals of Nevada, with each case's parties and their lawyers taken from the courts' public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.