Valley of Fire, NV

Contact

Address: 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 650
Las Vegas , NV 89135

Phone: (702) 792-7000

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Practice Areas

Litigation


Practice Highlights:

Rob practices complex commercial, business, and tort litigation.  His experience includes:

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

  • Representing business and commercial clients from a variety of industries in commercial contract, business formation, and other business disputes.
  • Representing business and commercial in real estate disputes.
  • Representing large companies in business tort litigation, including trademark infringement, fraud, violation of non-compete and non-disclosure agreements.

PHARMACEUTICAL & MEDICAL DEVICE LITIGATION

  • Regularly representing pharmaceutical manufacturers in high-profile cases involving a variety of products, including prescription medications for the treatment of arthritis, depression, and gastrointestinal conditions.
  • Defending cases involving a number of medical devices, including artificial back discs, mechanical heart valves, artificial joints, surgical mesh products, and orthopedic screws and plates.

CLASS ACTION AND MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION (MDL)

  • Representing Fortune 500 retailer against national data breach class actions.
  • Representing manufacturers and distributors in MDLs for various product or medical device litigation.
  • Defending businesses from a variety of industries against class action FACTA claims (the law governing privacy of information printed on credit card receipts).
  • Defending businesses in multiple industries against class action TCPA claims.

BANKING AND LENDER LIABILITY LITIGATION

  • Representing lenders defending against lender liability and fraud claims.
  • Representing banks in cases involving deposit and negotiable instruments.
  • Defending borrowers against securitized loan litigation and deficiency claims.

TORT AND ASBESTOS LITIGATION

  • Defending product liability claims involving a variety of automobile and bus components.
  • Defending multiple defendants (manufacturers and premises owners) in asbestos exposure cases.

Community:

Rob is a native Las Vegan. He is actively involved in a number of community organizations, particularly youth organizations. Rob has volunteered as a member of the board of directors or officer for several non-profits, including one of the largest youth sports organizations in Clark County.


Accomplishments:

While in law school, Rob served as the Executive Editor for the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy and was a research assistant on issues of international law for Professor Claire Germain.

  • Recognized as Nevada Business Magazine 2021 Legal Elite
  • Recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in MyVegas Magazine for 2019
  • Martindale Hubbell Rating: AV
  • Recognized as Best Lawyers in America Commercial Litigation 2020 through 2023
  • Recognized as Mountain States Super Lawyers (Rising Stars Edition – Business Litigation 2009 through 2017)
  • Member of DRI, the American Bar Association and the Clark County Bar Association
     

Education:

J.D. Cornell Law School, 2004
LL.M. (International and Comparative Law), Cornell Law School, 2004
B.A. Brigham Young University, 2000


Bar Admission:

Nevada 2004


Court Admission:

Nevada Supreme Court 2004
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada 2004
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 2008