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 2020, with how those cases came out. This measures experience on the record, not quality.
| # | Firm | Cases | Attorneys | Years | Results (won / mixed / lost) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of Nevada, Office of the Attorney General | 1,246 | 1 | 2020 | 93% won of 979 decided cases Won 913Mixed 19Lost 47 |
| 2 | Atlas Solomon LLP | 95 | 2 | 2020 | 83% won of 84 decided cases Won 70Mixed 2Lost 12 |
| 3 | Fennemore Craig, P.C. | 83 | 6 | 2020 | 40% won of 10 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 6 |
| 4 | Akerman LLP | 77 | 2 | 2020 | 85% won of 65 decided cases Won 55Mixed 1Lost 9 |
| 5 | Klinedinst PC | 73 | 3 | 2020 | 72% won of 58 decided cases Won 42Mixed 4Lost 12 |
| 6 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | 50 | 13 | 2020 | 69% won of 36 decided cases Won 25Mixed 5Lost 6 |
| 7 | District Attorney Family Support Division | 44 | 2 | 2020 | 93% won of 41 decided cases Won 38Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 8 | Fox Rothschild LLP | 42 | 2 | 2020 | 75% won of 36 decided cases Won 27Mixed 3Lost 6 |
| 9 | Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP | 32 | 5 | 2020 | 88% won of 25 decided cases Won 22Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 10 | Hutchison & Steffen | 29 | 13 | 2020 | 64% won of 14 decided cases Won 9Mixed 0Lost 5 |
| 11 | Litchfield Cavo, LLP | 29 | 2 | 2020 | 73% won of 22 decided cases Won 16Mixed 2Lost 4 |
| 12 | Holland & Hart LLP | 27 | 6 | 2020 | 63% won of 19 decided cases Won 12Mixed 3Lost 4 |
| 13 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | 26 | 12 | 2020 | 42% won of 12 decided cases Won 5Mixed 3Lost 4 |
| 14 | Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers | 25 | 10 | 2020 | 47% won of 19 decided cases Won 9Mixed 1Lost 9 |
| 15 | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | 25 | 4 | 2020 | 50% won of 16 decided cases Won 8Mixed 3Lost 5 |
| 16 | Marquis Aurbach | 23 | 13 | 2020 | 38% won of 16 decided cases Won 6Mixed 4Lost 6 |
| 17 | McDonald Carano LLP | 22 | 14 | 2020 | 70% won of 10 decided cases Won 7Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 18 | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. | 19 | 7 | 2020 | 80% won of 10 decided cases Won 8Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 19 | Jackson Lewis P.C. | 18 | 3 | 2020 | 58% won of 12 decided cases Won 7Mixed 1Lost 4 |
| 20 | Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada | 17 | 1 | 2020 | 6% won of 16 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 15 |
| 21 | Hooks Meng & Clement PLLC | 14 | 5 | 2020 | 30% won of 10 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 22 | Kemp Jones, LLP | 13 | 4 | 2020 | 50% won of 8 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 23 | Leach Kern Gruchow Anderson Song | 13 | 5 | 2020 | 73% won of 11 decided cases Won 8Mixed 3Lost 0 |
| 24 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | 13 | 7 | 2020 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 25 | Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC | 12 | 8 | 2020 | 71% won of 7 decided cases Won 5Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 26 | Clark Hill | 11 | 9 | 2020 | 43% won of 7 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 3 |
| 27 | Garin Law Group | 11 | 4 | 2020 | 71% won of 7 decided cases Won 5Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 28 | Pyatt Silvestri | 11 | 3 | 2020 | 75% won of 8 decided cases Won 6Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 29 | Pisanelli Bice PLLC | 10 | 4 | 2020 | 67% won of 6 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 30 | Bravo Schrager LLP | 9 | 2 | 2020 | 60% won of 5 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 31 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP | 9 | 10 | 2020 | 50% won of 4 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 32 | Garman Turner Gordon LLP | 9 | 5 | 2020 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 33 | Alverson Taylor & Sanders | 8 | 4 | 2020 | 67% won of 6 decided cases Won 4Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 34 | Ballard Spahr LLP | 8 | 3 | 2020 | 75% won of 4 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 0 |
| 35 | Bighorn Law | 8 | 2 | 2020 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 36 | Boyack Orme & Murdy | 8 | 2 | 2020 | 60% won of 5 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 37 | Las Vegas Defense Group, LLC | 8 | 3 | 2020 | 0% won of 7 decided cases Won 0Mixed 0Lost 7 |
| 38 | Wright Marsh & Levy | 8 | 1 | 2020 | 33% won of 6 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 39 | Robertson, Johnson, Miller & Williamson | 7 | 2 | 2020 | 50% won of 6 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 2 |
| 40 | Thorndal Armstrong, PC | 7 | 4 | 2020 | 60% won of 5 decided cases Won 3Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 41 | VC2 Law | 7 | 2 | 2020 | 33% won of 3 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 2 |
| 42 | Willick Law Group | 7 | 1 | 2020 | 67% won of 6 decided cases Won 4Mixed 2Lost 0 |
| 43 | Aldrich Law Firm, Ltd. | 6 | 1 | 2020 | 20% won of 5 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 4 |
| 44 | Allison MacKenzie, Ltd. | 6 | 7 | 2020 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 45 | Brandon | Smerber Law Firm | 6 | 3 | 2020 | 60% won of 5 decided cases Won 3Mixed 1Lost 1 |
| 46 | Cloward Trial Lawyers | 6 | 2 | 2020 | 67% won of 3 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 1 |
| 47 | Cogburn Davidson Injury Lawyers | 6 | 4 | 2020 | 40% won of 5 decided cases Won 2Mixed 0Lost 3 |
| 48 | Jones & LoBello | 6 | 2 | 2020 | 25% won of 4 decided cases Won 1Mixed 2Lost 1 |
| 49 | King Scow Koch Durham LLC | 6 | 3 | 2020 | No decided cases |
| 50 | Maningo Law | 6 | 2 | 2020 | 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.