Professional Background

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.

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.

Professional Affiliations
Member, Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys

Awards and Recognition
Nevada Business Magazine – “Legal Elite/Best Up & Coming Attorneys” and “Legal Elite/Top Rank Attorneys” (2023)

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