Member
About D.
Admissions:
1993, Nevada; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit.
Judicial Clerkship Experience:
Judicial Extern, Judge Lloyd D. George, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1992.
Judicial Clerk, Justice Thomas L. Steffen, Nevada Supreme Court, 1993-1994.
Appointments:
October 7, 2005: Appointed as an attorney arbitrator, by the Nevada Supreme Court, for the court-annexed arbitration program (mandating arbitration of certain civil actions involving less than $50,000.00 in dispute). Has been assigned to act as the court-appointed arbitrator in overseeing and adjudicating over 100 civil cases in Clark County, Nevada.
Recognitions:
Judge Sally Loehrer Pro Bono Service Award 2009, for outstanding services in civil litigation for a pro bono client. Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Pro Bono Project.
Mountain West SuperLawyers, 2018
Lawyers of Distinction, 2018, Real Estate Law
Publications and Lectures:
Member and Senior Editor, BYU Law Review, 1991-1993
Author: Note, “Gentile v. State Bar: Core Speech and a Lawyer’s Pre-trial Statements to the Press,” 1992 BYU L. Rev. 809
CLE Approved Lecturer:
“Commercial Real Estate Leases from Start to Finish”, National Business Institute, December 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Fundamentals of Mechanic’s Lien Law in Nevada”, Sterling Educational Services, January 2007.
“Nevada Mechanic’s Liens,” presented to NACM Business Credit Services Multi-State Lien Law Seminar, Tempe, Arizona, 2001.