Professional Activities
American Bar Association
State Bar of Nevada
Hispanic National Bar Association
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
Recognition & Accomplishments
Named a Mountain States Super Lawyer (multiple years, including a Top 100 designation)
The Best Lawyers in America, commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, and real estate litigation, 2008-2021; "Lawyer of the Year," Litigation - Banking and Finance (Las Vegas), 2018
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Named among Nevada Business Magazine's Legal Elite (multiple years)
Publications
Contributing author, Strategic Alternatives for and Against Distressed Businesses, Thomson Reuters, ongoing edition
Speaking Engagements
Speaker, "Legal Strategies for deals," Trigild Full Lender Conference, October 24, 2019
Speaker, "Mortgage Banking Litigation Update: Trends in the Western Region," Ballard Spahr webinar, July 16, 2015
Moderator, "Servicing Single Family Residential Portfolios," Trigild Spring Lender Conference, Dallas, April 23, 2015
Speaker, "From Homeowner’s Association to Property Owner: How superpriority litigation may be threatening your lien," ABA Business law Section Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 16, 2015
Moderator, "Exit Strategies: DPOs, Deeds-In-Lieu, Foreclosure & Sales/Borrower Finance," 4th Annual Bank & Financial Institutions Special Assets Executive Conference on Real Estate Workouts (West), Santa Monica, September 9, 2013
Moderator, "Buyer Plenary: What Are You Looking for in a Bank When Buying a Note or REO?" Information Management Network's 3rd Annual Bank & Financial Institutions Special Assets Executive Conference on Real Estate, Santa Monica, September 10, 2012
"From Spinning Wheels to Cutting Deals: Distressed Real Estate – Loan Workout, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy or Litigation?" Ballard Spahr and Commerce Real Estate Solutions, Las Vegas, February 16, 2011
Panelist, "The Impact of Distressed Real Estate: Loan Workouts versus Alternative Remedies – Foreclosure, Bankruptcy or Litigation," UtahCEO magazine and Commerce Real Estate Solutions, Salt Lake City, November 4, 2010