Hon. Leonard I. Gang
Case Manager: Chelsea Mangel
Tel: (310) 201-0010 Ext. 137
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Education
Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, 2003
Graduate Studies, National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada 1972
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1963
B.S., Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1960
Professional Experience
| 1963-1964 | Law Clerk, Nevada Supreme Court |
| 1965-1966 | Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, Nevada |
| 1967 | Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, Nevada |
| 1967-1971 | Private practice of law |
| 1971-1974 | District Court Judge, Clark County, Nevada |
| 1974-1992 | Private practice of law, arbitration, mediation |
| 1992-1994 | Bar Counsel, State Bar of Nevada, served as Chief Counsel in charge of attorney discipline and General Counsel to the Board of Governors |
| 1994-2000 | General Counsel and Executive Director, Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline |
| 2000 | Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, and Mediation |
Relevant Experience
CIVIL LAW
- Counseled clients in gaming, real estate, business, and corporate law
- Litigated construction and business related matters
- Handled purchases and sales of businesses, radio stations and cable TV companies
- Represented both management and labor in contract negotiation and labor relations
- Represented the State of Nevada Board of Health as independent counsel in regard to the low level nuclear waste dump in Beatty, Nevada
GOVERNMENTAL LAW
- Represented clients in matters before Nevada regulatory agencies including the Gaming Commission, Gaming Control Board and Public Service Commission
- Represented clients before county commissions and county planning commissions
- Represented clients as a lobbyist at the Nevada State Legislature
COURTROOM
- Litigated cases in all courts of Nevada, including District Court of Nevada, Nevada Supreme Court, United States District Court of Nevada and United States District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Served as a prosecutor and lead defense counsel in capital cases
- Litigated complex business and construction cases that resulted in multi-million dollar awards
- Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court
JUDICIAL
- Appointed by Governor O'Callahan to the Eighth Judicial District Court bench in July 1971
- Elected District Court Judge in Clark County, Nevada in 1972
- Held court in many counties in the state of Nevada
- Designated by the Governor to fill a vacancy on the Nevada Supreme Court on an individual case basis
ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
- Selected as arbitrator and mediator in employee-management disputes, commercial, construction, and personal injury cases
- Previously served as a mediator and panel member for complex cases for the American Arbitration Association
- Settlement Judge, Nevada Supreme Court
- Panel Member, Court Annexed Mandatory Arbitration Program
LECTURER
- Lectured to attorneys at continuing legal education seminars on ethics and professional responsibility, arbitration, mediation and criminal law
- Lectured at bar examination review course on commercial law
- Conducted seminars on arbitration, fact-finding and mediation
- Lectured at the National Academy of Law Ethics and Management
PHILANTHROPIC
- Member, Board of Trustees, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, Nevada, a fully accredited liberal arts college; 1982-1992, Vice-Chairman and Secretary of the Board
- Founding Trustee, Vegas Verdes Clinic, North Las Vegas, Nevada, a federally funded clinic providing health care to the underprivileged
- Organizer and past member of the Board of Directors, Las Vegas Symphony Society
- Past member, Master, Nevada Inns of Court
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