David Barron
William H. Pruitt
Jason R. Wigg
Peter Mazzeo
Charlene M. Gillespie
Theresa M. Santos
Carl R. Houston
Erin Dart
Marlys McGrew
Karen Hanks
Chelsea Pyasetskyy
Jared Christensen
 David Barron
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation with emphasis in defense of Personal Injury; Products Liability; Transportation and Common Carrier Accidents; Property and Casualty Claims; Bad Faith Claims; Insurance Policy Disputes; Director and Officer Liability; Fiduciary Liability; Professional Malpractice Claims; Trials and Appeals for the Defense.
Education:
University of Utah (B.S., magna cum laude, 1977)
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1980)
Admitted:
State Bar of California (1981)
State Bar of Nevada (1981)
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Nevada
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Ninth Circuit Court Court Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Memberships:
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institution
Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada
(Board of Directors 1999-2001)
Reported Decisions:
Capitol Indemnity Co. v. Blazer, et al., 51 F. Supp 2d 1090 (D. Nev. 1999)
Sanders v. Culinary Workers Union Local 226 et al., 804 F. Supp. 86
(D Nev. 1992)
Timber Tech v. The Home Ins. Co., 55P 3d 952 (Nev. 2002)
dbarron@lvnvlaw.com
 William H. Pruitt
Areas of Practice: Trial and Appellate Practice involving Defense of Bad Faith Claims; Coverage Disputes; Personal Injury Claims; Products Liability Defense; Defense of Sexual Harassment, Employment Discrimination and other Employment- Related Claims; Environmental Claims, Business Litigation; Director and Officer Liability and Professional Malpractice Claims.
Education:
Brigham Young University (B.A. 1987)
University Of Idaho (J.D.., magna cum laude, 1990)
Admitted:
State Bar of Utah (1991)
State Bar of Nevada (1998)
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Nevada
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Membership:
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Language:
Spanish
bpruitt@lvnvlaw.com
 Jason R. Wigg
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation; Defense of Personal Injury Claims; Business Law; Contract Law; Premises Liability; Construction Law; Employment Practices.
Education:
Eastern Oregon University (B.A. 1994)
Golden Gate University, School of Law (J.D. 1998)
Admitted:
State Bar of California (1999)
State Bar of Nevada (2001)
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Memberships:
American Bar Association
jwigg@lvnvlaw.com
Peter Mazzeo
Areas of Practice: Personal Injury Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Contract Litigation; and Bad Faith Claims.
Education:
University of Bridgeport (B.A. cum laude, 1983)
Brooklyn School of Law (J.D. 1988)
Admitted:
State Bar of New York (1989)
State Bar of Nevada (2005)
U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Memberships:
American Bar Association; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association
Clark County Bar Association
pmazzeo@lvnvlaw.com
Charlene M. Gillespie
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation; Defense of Personal Injury Claims
Education:
Hofstra University (B.A., 1956)
Yeshiva University (M.S., 1958)
University of California at Berkley (Administrative Service Credential)
Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1994)
Admitted:
State Bar of Nevada (1994)
U.S. District Court for the District of NE
cgillespie@lvnvlaw.com
 Theresa M. Santos
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation
Education: Hillsdale College (B.A. 1999); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D. 2002)
Admitted: State Bar of Michigan (2002); State Bar of Nevada (2005); U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan; U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Memberships: The Federalist Society; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association;
Reported Decisions: In Re Contrevo, 153 P.3d 652 (Nev. 2007)
tsantos@lvnvlaw.com
 Carl R. Houston
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation with emphasis in Insurance Defense Litigation; Premises Liability and Products Liability.
Education:
- University of Southern California (B.S., 2003)
- University of Oregon (J.D., 2008)
- Award of Excellence Scholarship Recipient
Admitted:
- State Bar of Nevada (2008)
- U.S. District Court of Nevada
Memberships:
 Erin E. Dart
Areas of Practice: Litigation; Personal Injury Claims; Products Liability Defense; Business Litigation.
Education:
- University of Washington (B.A., 2002)
- University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2006)
Admitted:
- State Bar of Nevada (2006))
- U.S. District Court of Nevada
Memberships:
 Marlys McGrew
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation; Coverage Disputes; Defense of Personal Injury Claims.
Education:
- University of Idaho (B.S., 2002)
- University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2006)
Admitted:
- State Bar of Nevada (2006)
- U.S. District Court of Nevada
Memberships:
 Karen Hanks
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation with emphasis in defense of Personal Injury.
Education:
- University of Maryland Baltimore County (B.A., 2001)
- Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude 2005)
Admitted:
- State Bar of Nevada (2005)
- U.S. District Court of Nevada
Memberships:
 Chelsea Pyasetskyy
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation with emphasis in defense of Personal Injury; Premises Liability and Products Liability.
Education:
- University of Nevada, Reno (B.A., 2006)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D., 2009)
Admitted:
- State Bar of Nevada (2009)
- U.S. District Court of Nevada
Memberships:
 Jared Christensen
Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation; Defense of Personal Injury Claims.
Education:
- Brigham Young University (B.S., 2004)
- Brigham Young University (Masters of Public Administration, 2006)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas WIlliam S. Boyd School of Law (J.D., 2009
Admitted:
- State Bar of Nevada (2008)
- U.S. District Court of Nevada
Memberships:
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