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My practice focuses on appellate matters, real property litigation, and complex commercial cases. I have represented clients before the Ninth Circuit, federal district courts, and Nevada and California state courts. * Won a seminal decision from the Nevada Supreme Court reversing the district court, holding creditors can obtain deficiency judgments against debtors and guarantors under NRS 40.455(1) based on out-of-state non-judicial foreclosures. (Branch Banking & Trust Co. v. Windhaven & Tollway, LLC, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. --- (April 30, 2015))* Successfully upheld the dismissal of a $60 million breach-of-contract claim on behalf of a national bank before the Nevada Supreme Court.* Obtained a landmark federal court decision declaring the “consideration paid” portion of Nevada’s deficiency law, NRS 40.459(1)(c), violates the Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution in the context of loan agreements executed before the statute’s enactment. (Eagle SPE Nv I, Inc. v. Kiley Ranch Communities, 5 F. Supp. 3d 1238 (D. Nev. 2014))* Won asylum for a Tibetan monk in U.S. Immigration Court in a lengthy pro bono representation spanning two years and several evidentiary hearings.

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