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Phil Aurbach graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1973 in Business Administration with a Finance emphasis. He then attended the University of San Diego School of Law and graduated in 1977 after serving as the Research Editor of the San Diego Law Review. After a brief period with the Clark County District Attorney’s office and several law firms, until 1988 when Mr. Aurbach merged his firm with Al Marquis' firm to form Marquis Aurbach. He was admitted to practice in Nevada in September 1977 and, although not a certified specialist as defined by the State Bar, he enjoys...

Paul started his career at an early age by working at a number of major insurance carriers. He spent 8 years as a senior trial counsel at one of the nation’s largest insurance defense firm, and worked primarily on large exposure and catastrophic injury cases, including trying cases involving spinal injuries, various orthopedic injuries, death and traumatic brain injuries. Paul also has extensive experience in handling commercial litigation cases, personal injury, products litigation and hospitality litigation. Paul is a seasoned personal injury trial lawyer and is fluent in multiple languages, including Russian, Ukrainian, German and Polish. He also teaches...

What does a divorce attorney do for fun? They go to criminal court to work on misdemeanors and felonies. At least that is what Meredith used to do. Meredith started out practicing primarily in criminal defense, although her practice areas expanded to include personal injury, and business law. Eventually Meredith’s exclusive focus was divorce and custody.

Meredith was born and raised in Las Vegas. After completing her Bachelor of Science in Biology at American University in Washington, D.C., Meredith switched gears. She moved to San Diego to complete her law degree at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2009. Meredith...

Attorney Kimbrell is licensed in Nevada and Arizona and is conversant in Spanish. He specializes in Disability law (SSDI/SSI) Injured Worker's law (Workers Comp), Personal Injury and Criminal Defense. Michael Kimbrell served in Afghanistan in 2013 as a Judge Advocate with the 3rd Infantry Division, Section Chief Rule of Law.

Gregory H. King is a founding partner of King Durham. He represents companies and individuals in matters concerning real estate, construction, insurance, and consumer goods. He has tried and arbitrated numerous cases over disputes relating to business torts, contractual breaches, indemnity, insurance coverage, unfair business practices, statutory violations, and construction defects. Greg has extensive experience representing developers and general contractors in complex litigation and pre-litigation disputes. Clients hire Greg for his practical and prompt advice on risk management and insurance coverage issues. Greg routinely assists policyholders to navigate their casualty, property, and business insurance policies, and he has helped policyholders recover...

Chad Olsen is a partner with significant contract, business, employment, construction, and insurance experience. Chad represents small, large, and national businesses of all types. Through detailed legal analysis and strategic planning, Chad has eliminated millions of dollars in potential liability for his clients. He has also recovered millions of dollars for these same clients. Simply put, clients not only retain Chad to resolve disputes, but also to prevent them.

Joe Riccio is a Partner at Marathon Law Group, PLLC and one of the founding members of the firm. He has practiced law in every court in Clark County. His primary areas of practice involve complex family law cases involving divorce and child custody, personal injury law including injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents and slip and fall accidents. Joe has a perfect AVVO rating by his clients, received the award of Client’s Choice multiple times, he is A/V Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2014 and 2015, he received honors from the National Academy Of Family Law Attorneys. In 2014, 2015, 2016,...

Jeremy Alberts began his career at the Supreme Court of Nevada where he served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice Michael Douglas. During his tenure as a Law Clerk, he presented numerous precedent setting cases to the presiding Justices of the Nevada Supreme Court. Immediately following his service at the Supreme Court, Jeremy joined the complex litigation group in the Las Vegas office of Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial.

Since joining the firm, Jeremy has been directly involved in the litigation of numerous complex cases. His clients represent a broad range of corporate entities who entrust him with...