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 | 35 | 2018 | 55% won of 33 decided cases Won 18Mixed 2Lost 13 |
| 2 | Steven Bryan WolfsonExempt ActiveClark County DA's Office | 21 | 2018 | 53% won of 19 decided cases Won 10Mixed 1Lost 8 |
| 3 | Christopher J. HicksActive | 7 | 2018 | 50% won of 6 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 4 | Howard S. BrooksInactiveLaw Office of Howard Brooks | 5 | 2018 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 5 | Jacqueline A. GilbertExempt Inactive | 5 | 2018 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 6 | John L ArrascadaActive | 4 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 7 | Micah S. EcholsActiveClaggett and Sykes Law Firm | 4 | 2018 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 8 | Robert L. EisenbergExempt ActiveLemons, Grundy & Eisenberg | 4 | 2018 | 50% won of 4 decided cases Won 2Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 9 | John Reese PettyExempt Inactive | 4 | 2018 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 10 | Krista D. BarrieInactiveOffice of Lawyers Prof Responsibility | 3 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 11 | Tami D. CowdenInactive | 3 | 2018 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 12 | Brenda J. ErdoesExempt Inactive | 3 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 13 | Mark E. FerrarioActiveGreenberg Traurig, LLP | 3 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 14 | Ryan J. MacDonaldActive | 3 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 15 | Joseph R. Plater IIIInactive | 3 | 2018 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 16 | Laura C RehfeldtActive | 3 | 2018 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 17 | Ariel E. SternActive | 3 | 2018 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 18 | Robert Francis BalkenbushExempt ActiveThorndal, Armstrong, PC | 2 | 2018 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 19 | Dominika Joanna BattenActiveLittler Mendelson P.C. | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 20 | Todd L. BiceActivePisanelli Bice, LLC | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 21 | Jeremy T BoslerInactive | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 22 | Sharon Gerber DickinsonExempt Active | 2 | 2018 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 23 | Mark R. ForsbergExempt ActiveOshinski & Forsberg, Ltd. | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 24 | Karen L. HanksActiveHanks Law Group | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 25 | Sheldon A HerbertActive | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 2Lost 0 |
| 26 | Adele Vigil KaroumInactiveBest Best & Krieger | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 27 | James P. KempActiveKemp & Kemp, Attorneys at Law | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 28 | Dennis L. KennedyExempt ActiveBailey Kennedy, LLP | 2 | 2018 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 29 | Howard C. KimActive | 2 | 2018 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 30 | Philip Jay KohnExempt Inactive | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 31 | Debbie A. LeonardActiveLeonard Law, PC | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 32 | Margaret A. McLetchieActiveMcLetchie Law | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 33 | Steve L. MorrisDeceased | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 34 | Steven S OwensActiveSteven S Owens, LLC | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 35 | Daniel F. PolsenbergActiveWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 36 | Kevin C. PowersActiveLegislative Counsel Bureau | 2 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 37 | Dennis M. PrinceDeceased | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 38 | Vivienne RakowskyExempt ActiveLewis Brisbois | 2 | 2018 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 39 | Therese M. ShanksActiveFennemore Craig | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 40 | James E. ShapiroActiveSmith & Shapiro, PLLC | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 2Lost 0 |
| 41 | Tanner L. SharpActiveClark County District Attorney's Office | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 42 | Alina Maria ShellActiveNevada Court of Appeals | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 43 | David L. StantonInactive | 2 | 2018 | 100% won of 2 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 44 | Charles W. ThomanActiveClark County DA's Office | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 45 | JoNell ThomasActiveFederal Public Defender | 2 | 2018 | 0% won of 2 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 46 | Rachel L. WiseActiveGordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | 2 | 2018 | 50% won of 2 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 47 | Travis D. AkinActive | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 48 | Jeffrey Richard AlbregtsActive | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 49 | John P. AldrichActiveAldrich Law Firm, Ltd. | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 50 | Ryan E. AlexanderActiveRyan Alexander, Chtd. | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 51 | Dane W. AndersonActiveAnderson Keuscher Brachmann | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 52 | Linda Christine AndersonActive | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 53 | Lyssa S. AndersonActiveKaempfer Crowell Renshaw Gronauer & Fiorentino | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 54 | Luis A. AyonActiveSouthwest Injury Law PLLC | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 55 | James Shields BeasleyExempt ActiveLaw Office of James Shields Beasley | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 56 | Eunice M. BeattieActiveLaw Offices of George T. Bochanis | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 57 | Evan BeaversExempt Active | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 58 | Joseph F. BeckerInactive | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 59 | Michael L. BeckerActiveLas Vegas Defense Group LLC | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 60 | Thomas N. BeckomActiveThomas Beckom Law PLLC | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 61 | John F. BemisActiveAtkinson Watkins & Hoffmann | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 62 | Meredith Nicole BeresfordActiveUnited States Marine Corps | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 63 | Kendra G. BertschyActiveReno Justice Court | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 64 | Theodore BeutelActiveEureka County District Attorney | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 65 | Brian E. BlackhamActiveGhandi Deeter Blackham | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 66 | Gabriel A. BlumbergActiveDickinson Wright PLLC | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 67 | Michael Frederick BohnActiveMichael F. Bohn, Esq., Ltd. | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 68 | Kurt BondsActiveHall & Evans LLC | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 69 | Donald J. BordeloveActive | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 70 | Kathleen Megan BradyInactive | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 71 | Kristine L. BrownInactiveThe Law Office of Kristine L. Brown, LLC | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 72 | Christopher P. BurkeActiveChris P. Burke & Associates | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 73 | Christopher F. BurtonActiveUnited States Attorney's Office | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 74 | Luke A. BusbyActiveLuke Andrew Busby, Ltd. | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 75 | Jordan J. ButlerActiveCourt King Injury Law | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 76 | Scott K. CanepaDeceased | 1 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 77 | Michael P. CarmanActiveCarman & Price | 1 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 78 | Matthew S. CarterActive | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 79 | Richard B. CasperActiveDouglas County District Attorney's Office | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 80 | Prof. Adam D. CateActiveReno City Attorney's Office | 1 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 81 | Marilee CateActiveWashoe County DAs Office | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 82 | Tracy L. ChaseActive | 1 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 83 | Benjamin B. Childs SrActive | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 84 | Stephen G. CloughActiveMaier Gutierrez & Associates | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 85 | Lorien K. ColeActiveCole Law Offices Ltd dba Cole Family Law Firm | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 86 | Audrey M ConwayActiveClark County PD's Office | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 87 | Brett M. CoombsSuspendedRiverton City | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 88 | Thera Aschanta CooperActiveTyson & Mendes, LLP | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 89 | John H. CottonExempt ActiveJohn H. Cotton & Associates, Ltd. | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 90 | Maria Louise CousineauInactiveOffice of the Los Angeles City Attorney | 1 | 2018 | No decided cases |
| 91 | William Edwin CrockettSuspended | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 92 | Roger P. CroteauActiveRoger P. Croteau & Associates, Ltd | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 93 | John A. CurtasExempt Active | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 94 | Ryan W. DanielsActiveHirschi Companies, LLC | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 95 | Sally S. deSotoActiveWashoe County Public Defender | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 96 | Robert M. Draskovich Jr.ActiveThe Draskovich Law Group | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 97 | Rebecca Carol DruckmanInactive | 1 | 2018 | 0% won of 1 decided case Won 0Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 98 | Jeremy B DukeActiveLeach Kern Gruchow Song | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 99 | Karena Kathleen DunnActiveLaw Office of Larry K. Dunn | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 0Lost 0 |
| 100 | Larry K. DunnExempt ActiveLarry K. Dunn Chtd. | 1 | 2018 | 100% won of 1 decided case Won 1Mixed 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.