Las Vegas, NV
Divorce and separation Lawyer at Las Vegas, NV
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family ... +8 more
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Successfully defended the award to the surviving spouse of the survivorship benefits payable under an ERISA-governed pension plan by way of constructive trust, overcoming claims of pre-emption.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Successfully eliminated orders granting the former spouse an interest in property not properly considered marital or community, and reversed an unwarranted monetary award.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Successfully defended an award of child custody and support, lump-sum alimony, and distribution of retirement benefits and other property and debts that we had obtained upon remand and re-trial of the ... action.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Succeeded in having the Nevada Supreme Court issue a Writ of Mandamus requiring the lower court to return the minor children to our client, in Norway, under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of ... International Child Abduction, and declaring that the provisions in the divorce decree adjudicating custody and visitation were entered without subject matter jurisdiction and therefore void.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Arizona Court of Appeals relied heavily on our amicus curia brief in finding that the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act does not bar relief to the former spouse when the military member ... spouse takes a disability award, and thus eliminates the retirement payments to the spouse. The court upheld an order requiring the former husband to pay his former wife the difference between the value of the retirement pay as it was envisioned at the time of the divorce and the reduced amount that she actually received as a result of his waiver.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Successfully defended the attribution of value in a corporation under the Van Camp and Pereira standards, along with various other financial issues relating to real estate, income, and marital waste cl ... aims.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Successfully defended a distribution of military retirement benefits, award of survivorship benefits, alimony, and the division of property and debts we obtained at trial.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Nevada Supreme Court agreed that the lower court had committed error in denying alimony to our client, the wife in a 17-year marriage in which she had been primarily responsible for raising two childre ... n, and the husband had enjoyed a very successful career in construction.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Successfully defended the trial court's distributions of assets and debts, denial of alimony, and significant award of attorney's fees to our client who was injured by the other party's misbehavior at ... the time of trial.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Nevada Supreme Court accepted our position on a number of procedural issues, finding that negotiations between parties are sufficient to constitute an appearance under the rules, that adequate notice m ... ust be given before default is taken, and that there is no requirement in divorce litigation for a "meritorious defense" to be established before the merits of a divorce case should be considered by the trial court.
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