Mediator Resume

Highly experienced in Nevada, national and international complex commercial business law matters, including formation, transaction and complex commercial litigation. Recent experience in state and federal court complex litigation in both jury and court trials and appeals, including court supervised settlement conferences and private mediations, and expert witness testimony.

Reid Rubinstein & Bogatz – Founding Law Partner

Business Owner

Partner, Reid Rubinstein & Bogatz, 2015 - Present; Partner, Bogatz Law Group (merged into Reid Rubinstein Bogatz), 2010 - 2015; Of-Counsel, Kaempfer Crowell Renshaw Gronauer & Fiorentino, 2008 - 2010; Senior Vice President, General Counsel Focus Property Group / Focus Management Services, Inc., 2005 - 2010; Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary TRIRIGA / Marnell Corrao Associates, 2000 - 2005; Vice President/General Counsel/Secretary to the Board of Directors, Rio Suite Hotel Casino / Harrah’s Entertainment, 1996 - 2000; Shareholder, Hale Lane (formerly Holland & Hart), 1990 - 1996; Lecturer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1990 - 1993; Associate, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, 1988 - 1990.

More than 35 years of experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation focused on the formation, financing, capitalization and operation of business, both on the transactional side as well as restructuring and bankruptcy related to those issues. Primarily focused on the real estate and development industries, gaming and technology companies as well as the restaurant and hospitality industries. Provided legal services through both traditional law firms and as General Counsel of public and private companies. Has been engaged to serve as a consulting and testifying expert in cases for major corporations.

Sole mediator in recently completed matter. Numerous mediations as an advocate primarily in complex commercial disputes arising from state and federal actions, including multi-day commercial dispute mediations and court supervised settlement conferences. Expert witness experience: Acted as a confidential consulting expert on legal matters related to business entities, partnerships and other commercial business law areas to a number of private enterprises located in or doing business in Nevada. Expert witness testimony as a percipient witness offering legal opinions on legal matters related to business entities, partnerships and other commercial business law areas in both depositions and/or at trials or arbitrations. Testified as a testifying expert witness on Nevada law X Corp. v eSafety Commissioner, Federal Court of Australia Proceedings No. VID956/2023 2024.

Representative matters include private mediations involving numerous publicly traded homebuilders in the Inspirada cases, mediations in an anti-trust action with Switch, LTD., mediations related to large entertainment project with strip casino operators, numerous mediations and court supervised settlement conferences regarding totaling billions of dollars in bank and guarantor disputes related to large real estate projects, including with Wachovia, JP Morgan and numerous regional lenders, as well as mediations on many smaller and mid-sized disputed related to real estate, hotel and casino disputes, partnership actions, and other commercial matters.

University of Colorado (J.D., top 15% - 1988); University of Nevada Reno (B.A., High Distinction - 1985). Harvard Business School (Real Estate Executive Seminar, Capital Markets, Project Finance - 2012); National Judicial College (Civil Mediation 40-hour Program - 2023).

Admitted to the Bar: Nevada (1988); Supreme Court of Nevada; U.S. District Court: District of Nevada.

Founding member of the advisory board for the Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, as well as the University of Nevada Las Vegas Business School, chaired the Minority Development Task Force. Active participant in Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology as well as Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.

National Judicial College AI Ethics in Legal Practice: Crediting CHATGPT and Billing Rate Considerations- Speaker 2023 In conjunction with professors from UNLV and Florida State University, published in the Midwest Law Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2012, in an article entitled: Terms of Engagement: What Does All that Contract Legalese Really Mean and How Can We Better Teach It to Our Students? Past lecturer and adjunct professor in business law and communications at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and speaks often at education and legal continuing education programs, including the National Judicial College, and Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.

Hourly Rate: $480.00 Daily Rate: Not provided Study Rate: $480.00/hr Cancellation: $480.00/Day Cancellation Period: 1 Days Comment: Cancellations with less than one business day require $480 fee. Cancellations with notifications longer than one business day have no fee. Travel fees are negotiable. Other than travel expenses, no other expenses will be charged.

English

United States of America

Las Vegas, Nevada