Mediator Resume

Parsons Behle & Latimer – Co-Chair of the Opinions Committee

Attorney

Director and Shareholder, Parsons Behle & Latimer (previously known as Marshall Hill Cassas & de Lipkau), 1994 – Present; Associate, Vargas & Bartlett, 1989 – 1994; Associate/Clerk, Mollman Gruhn & Wertz, 1987 – 1989; Research Assistant/Library Assistant, University of Iowa College of Law, 1986 – 1988; Law Clerk, Law Office of Randy Trca, 1985 – 1986.

For more than 30 years, have been a business lawyer, representing clients in transactions and in litigation ranging from local businesses to multinational corporations. Recently, focus has been in the mining area, serving both in a lead and supporting role in transactions with values well over a billion dollars. Practice has included a broad variety of civil litigation and transactional work, including bankruptcy, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, corporate, banking, business law, finance, lending, secured transactions, construction, mining, copyrights, intellectual property, patents, and trademarks. Serve currently as outside general counsel to the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada. Also served for more than a decade as general counsel for a major state political party. Original author of Nevada's limited liability company act and frequently consult on issues related to company mechanics and governance. Have been engaged to serve as a consulting and testifying expert in cases involving corporate governance and transactional work and am the author of the treatise Nevada Business Entities, which is now in its 7th edition.

Have mediated at the request of parties in mining disputes and business disputes.

Assisted developers of multiple commercial developments to separate their businesses. Resolved several mining disputes involving claim conflicts.

In many instances, the parties have better ability to create a business solution to resolve their dispute than any outcome in litigation could achieve.

University of Iowa (JD-1988); Tulane University (BA, Economics/International Relations-1985).

Admitted to the Bar: Nevada (1989), Iowa (1988 - inactive); U.S. District Court: Northern District of Iowa (1988), District of Nevada (1989); U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1990); U.S. Supreme Court (1993).

American Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Assembly Clerk and Speaker; Past Chair of The ABA Journal Editorial Board; Past Member Board of Governors and Chaired the Investments Subcommittee managing the ABA's substantial investments; Business Law Section Council and Chair of Business Law Today Editorial Board); Nevada State Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section, Past Chair; Board of Governors; President); Washoe County Bar Association; National Conference of Bar Presidents (past Council Member and President).

"Nevada LLCs," chapter, CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES: FORMS AND PRACTICE MANUAL, 2002-2017; Receiverships chapter, NEVADA CIVIL PRACTICE MANUAL, 6th ed., Lexis Nexis, Fall 2001-2017; NEVADA BUSINESS ENTITIES, State Bar of Nevada/Omnipress, Fall 1997,-2017. List of numerous speaking engagements available on request.

Hourly Rate: $350.00 Daily Rate: Not provided Study Rate: $350.00/hr Cancellation: $2,500.00/Day Cancellation Period: 7 Days Comment: Fees shall be deposited 30 days prior to the scheduled hearing. Cancellation 7 days or less before mediation may result in fees for preparation. Amount of unearned deposits will be refunded. No charge for travel time to Las Vegas, Sacramento or San Francisco, but actual expenses for travel must be reimbursed.

English; German

United States of America

Reno, Nevada