Kiley Harrison

Kiley Harrison, a native and proud Nevadan, is a litigation attorney in McDonald Carano’s Las Vegas office.  She assists in the representation of clients in judge and jury trials in state and federal courts, as well as on appeals before the Supreme Court of Nevada and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her experience includes complex commercial litigation, construction litigation, and employment related litigation.

An example of Kiley’s recent experience includes a matter that already had a default judgment in place when McDonald Carano took on the case. The default judgment was in excess of $1 million and entered against the employer/defendant client in favor of a former employee who had begun executing on the default judgment. Kiley drafted all documents and argued key motions involved in the district court both setting aside the default judgment and granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings. After an appeal was taken, Kiley convinced the Nevada Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal.

Kiley’s experience in law includes serving as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Andrew P. Gordon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Joanna S. Kishner of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Civil Division, in Las Vegas, a Summer Associate at McDonald Carano, and a law clerk in a boutique firm in Las Vegas.

Kiley finished law school in just two-and-a-half years, graduating cum laude from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in December 2021.  During law school, Kiley received five CALI Awards for earning the highest grades in Business Organizations, Negotiation, Antitrust, Family Law, and Comparative Gaming Law.  Kiley also was a member of the Society of Advocates Moot Court Team, served as a Staff Member for the Nevada Law Journal, and participated in the Student Bar Association as a Student Alumni Liaison.

Before going to law school, Kiley was a student-athlete at UNLV, earning her Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Criminal Justice and Minor in Psychology, while playing catcher for the Rebel softball team.  During this time, Kiley was on the Dean’s List every semester, received multiple Scholar Athlete awards, and was voted on the Academic All Mountain West Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team her senior year.

• J.D., William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2021
• B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2019

• Nevada

• The Best Lawyers in America – “Ones to Watch” in Appellate Practice (2027)
• Mountain States Super Lawyers – “Rising Stars” (2025, 2026)
• Nevada Business Magazine – “Best Up & Coming Attorneys” (2023-2025) and “Top Rank Attorneys” (2023, 2025)

• Member, Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys