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Denise A. Gallagher has been a Las Vegan since 1978. She graduated from Clark High School with high honors and received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a 3.83-grade point average.
Denise received her Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law in 1994 graduating in the top 15 percent of her class.
Denise passed the California bar examination in 1995 and became licensed to practice law that same year, she knew that she wanted to continue to make Las Vegas her home therefore she took and passed the Nevada bar examination in 1996.
Denise started her law career by working in the areas of personal injury and commercial/civil law at two Las Vegas law firms. In 1998, Denise added family law to her areas of practice. Denise went on to work at two prestigious Las Vegas family law firms, concentrating primarily on divorce, custody, guardianship and child support cases.
In 2006, following the birth of her daughter, Denise decided to start her own firm. Denise’s vast experience in family law gained her immense respect in the legal community, resulting in being one of only nine attorneys chosen by Clark County, Nevada to represent indigent parents in termination of parental rights proceedings as a conflict public defender.
Denise has handled thousands of cases in the areas of civil law, family law and commercial litigation through trial and appeal.
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1291 Galleria Drive, Suite 230, Henderson, NV, 89014
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Posted by Guy | August 8, 2024 | Hired Attorney
Miserable experience with Denise. In my experience she was woefully unprepared for court. Looks like paralegal does what little work they actually do. As aggressive as a wall flower expect when it comes to billing. Pushed around by opposing counsel at every turn. Would have been better off as a p...
Posted by anonymous | July 24, 2019 | Hired Attorney
There is not enough words to express the work that Denise did for me and my family. She is amazing, she worked through my case in a blink of an eye. Denise is knowledgeable of her work, everything she explained to me before the hearing is exactly what happened. I highly recommend Denise as your attor...
Posted by T.T. | March 21, 2018 | Hired Attorney
One of the first things that impressed me when I came to her was that she made me feel validated and heard. While I understand that "a lawyer is not a therapist"....wise words of my previous attorney. I do believe understanding my story and how I feel, what is important to me, aids my lawyer in figh...
Posted by Cristy | August 14, 2017 | Hired Attorney
Denise is my divorce attorney. She has taken care of me for 9 years. I have had trouble with my ex husband paying child support consistently and Denise is always successful getting it settled in court. Recently I was going through a difficult time with my ex husband and my kids. Denise had 5 days not...
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2018
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2006 - Present
Owner, Gallagher Attorney Group
2010 - 2014
Conflict Public Defender, Clark County Nevada
2013 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
1995 - Present
State Bar of NevadaMember
1994
JD - Juris Doctor
1991
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2011
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