17 Las Vegas Office Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 15 of our Las Vegas office lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and two lawyers received Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards. Best Lawyers® recognizes only the top 5% of practicing lawyers and Ones to Watch recognizes “extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years for outstanding professional excellence.” Recognition is based on a peer review process that evaluates the professional abilities and quality of legal services provided by lawyers who are practicing in the same geographic region and area of law. The list of recognized lawyers from our Las Vegas office is provided below.
Ones to Watch® Las Vegas Office
- Dan Aquino – Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation
- Mackenzie Warren Kay – Government Relations
Best Lawyers in America® Las Vegas Office
- Andrew Gabriel – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Land Use & Zoning Law (including Lawyer of the Year in Business Organizations)
- Kristen Gallagher – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law/Management, Labor & Employment Litigation
- Greg Giordano – Gaming Law, Administrative & Regulatory Law
- Dennis Gutwald – Gaming Law, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Cannabis Law
- Rory Kay – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
- Pat Lundvall – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, Employment Law/Management
- Robert McPeak – Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Law
- Chris Molina – Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Cody Noble – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
- George Ogilvie – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Municipal Litigation (including Lawyer of the Year in Construction Litigation)
- Amanda Perach – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
- Aaron Shipley – Commercial Litigation, Trust & Estates Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation
- Scott Swain – Tax Law, Trust & Estates Law, Trust & Estates Litigation
- Ryan Works – Bankruptcy Litigation, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
- Amanda Yen – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation

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