George F. Ogilvie Iii Email & Phone Number

I serve as the Managing Partner of McDonald Carano LLP, a preeminent statewide law firm founded in 1949 with offices in Las Vegas, Reno and Carson City. In the thirty years since I joined McDonald Carano in 1992, I have served as the Managing Partner of the Las Vegas office beginning in 1994 and as a member of McDonald Carano’s Executive Committee since 1994. In 2019, I was elected as the Managing Partner of the Firm, and currently serve in that capacity. When I joined McDonald Carano in 1992, the Firm was comprised of approximately 20 attorneys and has grown to more than 60 attorneys and government affairs professionals serving clients throughout Nevada.My litigation practice involves representing clients in complex construction and commercial disputes, most of which are highly publicized legal matters relating to the prominent business activities that have transformed the Las Vegas landscape. For example, I was lead counsel for the general contractor in the $1 billion litigation involving the construction of Project CityCenter, lead counsel for the general contractor in the litigation involving the $500 million Planet Hollywood Towers project, and lead counsel for the general contractor in the litigation involving the River Mountains Water Treatment Facility and the litigation involving the Raw Water Pumping System Expansion at Lake Mead. I have successfully first-chaired dozens of jury trials, bench trials, and private arbitrations, and numerous prevailing oral arguments before the Nevada Supreme Court.As a native Las Vegan and fifth generation Nevadan, I am committed to public service and advocacy for the people of Nevada by serving in leadership positions at numerous civic organizations. In 2007, the Governor of the State of Nevada appointed me to the Colorado River Commission, which acts as the steward of Nevada’s allocation of Colorado River water and electrical resources. I served as Chairman of the Commission under two Governors from 2009 to 2016. For nearly 10 years, I led, served, and worked with staff and other Commission members on water and energy issues critical to Nevada’s future. I have also provided numerous years of volunteer service to Nevada’s judicial system by serving on multiple Eighth Judicial District Court committees, including its Technology Committee and the Business Court Rules committee. Today, I continue more than ten years of service as a member of the Government Affairs Committee of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce and six years of service as a Trustee for the Nevada Museum of Art.

Listed skills include Construction Law, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Litigation, and 16 others.

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  Attorney

  Mcdonald Carano

  Jun 1992 - Present - Las Vegas

  Awards & Recognition• Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business – Band 1, Construction Litigation (2012-2022)• Vegas Inc. “Top Lawyers” in Southern Nevada – Construction Law (2022)• The Best Lawyers in America – Construction Law, Construction Litigation and Commercial Litigation (2008-2023)• The Best Lawyers in America – “Lawyer of the Year” in Construction Law (2020) and “Lawyer of the Year” in Construction Litigation (2019)• Super Lawyers Magazine – “Mountain States Super Lawyer” in Business Litigation and Construction Litigation (2007-2022) and “Top 75 Mountain States Super Lawyers” (2009)• Nevada Business Magazine – “Legal Elite” Top Attorneys (2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019)