Primary practice areas include:

REAL ESTATE (sales, leases, options, broker and sales matters, construction law, mechanic’s liens, boundary disputes, land use and development, planning and zoning, homeowners' associations, deeds, mortgages, taxes, insurance, defects, warranty claims, landlord-tenant, commercial and residential foreclosures, for sale by owner, FSBO, construction defect matters, partition, joint tenants, tenants in common, surveys),

TITLE 10—PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TRANSACTIONS

Chapter 111

Estates in Property; Conveyancing and Recording

Chapter 112

Fraudulent Transfers

Chapter 113

Sales of Real Property

Chapter 115

Homesteads

Chapter 116

Common-Interest Ownership (Uniform Act)

Chapter 117

Condominiums

Chapter 118

Discrimination in Housing: Landlord and Tenant

Chapter 118A

Landlord and Tenant: Dwellings

Chapter 118B

Landlord and Tenant: Manufactured Home Parks

Chapter 119

Sale of Subdivided Land: Licensing and Regulation

Chapter 119A

Time Shares

Chapter 119B

Memberships in Campgrounds

Chapter 120

Disclaimer of Interests in Property

Chapter 120A

Disposition of Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act)

TITLE 9—SECURITY INSTRUMENTS OF PUBLIC UTILITIES; MORT-GAGES; DEEDS OF TRUST; OTHER LIENS

Chapter 105

Security Instruments of Public Utilities

Chapter 106

Real Mortgages

Chapter 107

Deeds of Trust

Chapter 108

Statutory Liens

TITLE 22—COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES; PLANNING AND ZONING; DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT

Chapter 277

Cooperative Agreements: State, Counties, Cities, Districts and Other Public Agencies

Chapter 278

Planning and Zoning

Chapter 278A

Planned Development

Chapter 278B

Impact Fees for New Development

Chapter 279

Redevelopment of Communities

Chapter 279A

Rehabilitation of Property in Residential Neighborhoods

Chapter 279B

Rehabilitation of Abandoned Residential Property

Chapter 280

Metropolitan Police Departments

CIVIL LITIGATION (aggressive collections, trial work, arbitration, mediation, subrogation, insurance disputes, lawsuit defense, employment, intellectual property, fraud, fraudulent transfers and conveyances, unfair competition, foreign judgment domestication and enforcement, class actions, debtor examinations, judgments, appeals, motions, writs),

TITLE 2—CIVIL PRACTICE

Chapter 10

General Provisions

Chapter 11

Limitation of Actions

Chapter 12

Parties

Chapter 13

Place of Trial

Chapter 14

Commencement of Actions

Chapter 15

Pleadings, Motions and Orders

Chapter 16

Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters

Chapter 17

Judgments

Chapter 18

Costs and Disbursements

Chapter 19

Fees

Chapter 20

Bonds and Undertakings; Deposits in Lieu Thereof

Chapter 21

Enforcement of Judgments

Chapter 22

Contempts

TITLE 3—REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

Chapter 28

General Provisions

Chapter 29

Submitting a Controversy Without Action

Chapter 29A

Summary Proceedings

Chapter 30

Declaratory Judgments

Chapter 31

Attachment, Garnishment and Other Extraordinary Remedies

Chapter 31A

Enforcement of Obligations for Support of Children

Chapter 32

Receivers

Chapter 33

Injunctions

Chapter 34

Writs: Certiorari; Mandamus; Prohibition; Habeas Corpus

Chapter 35

Quo Warranto

Chapter 36

Provisional Remedies on Behalf of Defendant

Chapter 37

Eminent Domain

Chapter 38

Mediation and Arbitration

Chapter 39

Partition of Real Property and Mining Claims

Chapter 40

Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Property

Chapter 41

Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons

Chapter 41A

Actions for Medical or Dental Malpractice

Chapter 41B

Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights

Chapter 42

Damages

Chapter 43

Judicial Confirmation

TITLE 4—WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE

Chapter 47

General Provisions; Judicial Notice; Presumptions

Chapter 48

Admissibility Generally

Chapter 49

Privileges

Chapter 50

Witnesses

Chapter 51

Hearsay

Chapter 52

Documentary and Other Physical Evidence

Chapter 53

Affidavits; Foreign Depositions

Chapter 54

Corroborative Proof of Residence

Chapter 55

Findings of Presumed Death

Chapter 56

Tests of Biological Specimens

BANKRUPTCY (select debtor and creditor cases, consumer bankruptcy law representation of interested parties in contested matters, stay relief or adversary proceedings in individual filings of Chapter 7, Chapter 12, or Chapter 13; exemptions, lien avoidance, preferences, equitable subordination, business bankruptcy law representation of interested parties in contested matters, automatic stay, financing, workout or adversary proceedings in bankruptcy cases filed on behalf of debtors who are or have been engaged in business prior to an entity filing Chapter 7, Chapter 9, Chapter 11, or Chapter 12),

COMMERCIAL LAW – U.C.C.

TITLE 8—COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS

Chapter 97

Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services

Chapter 97A

Debt Evidenced by Credit Card

Chapter 99

Money of Account and Interest; Legal Investments

Chapter 100

Special Relations of Debtor and Creditor; Suretyship

Chapter 101

Joint Obligations (Uniform Act)

Chapter 102

Interparty Agreements (Uniform Act)

Chapter 104

Uniform Commercial Code—Original Articles

Chapter 104A

Uniform Commercial Code—Additional Articles

PERSONAL INJURY (negligence, recklessness, intentional torts, battery, assault, defamation, libel, slander, parental liability for minors, strict product liability, drug and pharmaceutical cases, defective products, malpractice, wrongful death, premises liability, slip and fall, trip and fall, automobile, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian accidents),

BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LAW (securities matters, entity formation, resident agent services, sales, secured transactions, banking law, stock sales, executive employment compensation, gaming, resort, hotel, casino licensing and license violations, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, intellectual property, infringement, franchises),

TITLE 7—BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES; COMMODITIES

Chapter 78

Private Corporations

Chapter 78A

Close Corporations

Chapter 80

Foreign Corporations

Chapter 81

Miscellaneous Organizations

Chapter 82

Nonprofit Corporations

Chapter 84

Corporations Sole

Chapter 86

Limited-Liability Companies

Chapter 87

Partnerships (Uniform Act)

Chapter 88

Limited Partnerships (Uniform Act)

Chapter 88A

Business Trusts

Chapter 89

Professional Corporations and Associations

Chapter 90

Securities (Uniform Act)

Chapter 91

Commodities

Chapter 92A

Mergers, Conversions, Exchanges and Domestications

ESTATE PLANNING (wills, living trust, irrevocable trusts, dynasty trusts, powers of attorney, living wills),

TITLE 12—WILLS AND ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS

Chapter 132

General Provisions

Chapter 133

Wills

Chapter 134

Succession

Chapter 135

Simultaneous Death (Uniform Act)

Chapter 136

Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters

Chapter 137

Contests of Wills

Chapter 138

Appointment of Personal Representatives

Chapter 139

Appointment of Administrators

Chapter 140

Special Administrators

Chapter 141

Letters Generally; Changes in Administration

Chapter 142

Oaths and Bonds

Chapter 143

Powers and Duties of Personal Representatives

Chapter 144

Inventory and Appraisement

Chapter 145

Summary Administration of Estates

Chapter 146

Support of Family; Small Estates

Chapter 147

Presentation and Payment of Claims

Chapter 148

Sales, Conveyances and Exchanges

Chapter 149

Notes, Mortgages and Leases

Chapter 150

Compensation and Accounting

Chapter 151

Adjustments; Distribution and Discharge

Chapter 152

Partition Before Discharge

Chapter 153

Administration of Trusts; Estates for Life and Years

Chapter 154

Escheats

Chapter 155

Notices, Orders, Procedure and Appeals

Chapter 156

Administration of Estates of Missing Persons

TITLE 13—GUARDIANSHIPS; CONSERVATORSHIPS; TRUSTS

Chapter 159

Guardianships

Chapter 160

Veterans’ Guardianship (Uniform Act)

Chapter 161

Conservators for Members of the Armed Forces and Merchant Seamen

Chapter 162

Fiduciaries

Chapter 163

Trusts

Chapter 164

Administration of Trusts

Chapter 165

Trustees’ Accounting (Uniform Act)

Chapter 166

Spendthrift Trusts

Chapter 167

Transfers to Minors (Uniform Act)

PROBATE – 2005 Invited Founding Member – Probate Bar Association of Washoe County (inheritances, intestate succession, accountings, inventory and appraisement, objection to claims, claims suits, decedent's estates, personal representatives, special administrators, wards and guardianships, elder law, will contests, accountings, missing heirs, omitted heirs, ),

FAMILY LAW (divorce, child custody, visitation, termination of parental rights, parental kidnapping, Hague Convention, support, alimony, palimony, prenuptial agreements, marital settlements, retirement distributions, COBRA, ERISA, community and separate property matters, name changes, paternity).

TITLE 11—DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 122

Marriage

Chapter 123

Rights of Husband and Wife

Chapter 123A

Premarital Agreements (Uniform Act)

Chapter 125

Dissolution of Marriage

Chapter 125A

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Chapter 125B

Obligation of Support

Chapter 125C

Custody and Visitation

Chapter 126

Parentage

Chapter 127

Adoption of Children and Adults

Chapter 128

Termination of Parental Rights

Chapter 129

Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors

Chapter 130

Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support

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