Helping Clients Navigate Nevada’s Legal, Business and Government Landscape

McDonald Carano provides legal services and government affairs and advocacy advice to startups, corporations, trade associations, nonprofits, public entities, high-net-worth individuals, investors, and public-private partnerships throughout Nevada.

We are the only remaining Nevada-headquartered full-service statewide law firm that helped establish Nevada’s legal community when we were founded more than 70 years ago. McDonald Carano proudly continues to thrive as an independent Nevada law firm. McDonald Carano was founded, built and sustained by people who love Nevada. We are multigenerational Nevadans with deep ties to our great State.

We serve local, national, and international clients with interests across Nevada. Our reputation as the go-to law firm in Nevada is underscored by our role as the exclusive Nevada firm in Meritas and State Law Resources. Putting clients first—and delivering innovative, pragmatic solutions—is at the heart of what we do, whether navigating transactions, litigation, or legislation. We are here to guide you through whatever challenges and opportunities come your way.

Our expertise is demonstrated by being awarded the most Band 1 ranked attorneys, the most practices with a Band 1 ranked attorney, and the most practices ranked overall than any other law firm in Nevada from Chambers 2023, the global legal profession's respected resource for selecting outside counsel. In the Best In Business 2022 contest, the local Nevada business community selected us for seven awards: (a) 1^st place Law Firm, (b) 1^st place Most Philanthropic Company with more than 30 employees, (c) 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place in the “Influential Leader” category and (d) 1^st and 2^nd place in the “Up & Coming Business Person” category. In 2023 we earned the first "Partner in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" medallion from the State Bar of Nevada.