Fee Dispute Arbitration Committee

The Fee Dispute Arbitration Committee, which includes up 180 members, resolves disputes of legal fees and costs (min. $250) between clients and attorneys through mediation or arbitration (binding if parties agree to be bound) (per SCR 86(12)).

  • Terms: three-year term, four terms allowed (total of 12 years)
  • Staff Liaison: Lisa Dreitzer; lisad@nvbar.org
  • BOG Liaison: J. Douglas Clark, doug@jdouglasclark.com
  • Committee Officers:
    • State Chair: Peter M. Angulo; term expires August 2018, pangulo@ocgas.com
    • John Hope; term expires September 2018
    • Brandon W. McCoy; term expires January 2019
    • Mike E.  Pavlakis; term expires August 2018
    • Ara H.  Shirinian; term expires June 2019
    • Dan R. Waite; term expires December 2018
  • Committee Members:
    • Mark Alden; term expires September 2020
    • Justin Alper; term expires September 2019
    • Dane Anderson; term expires January 2020
    • Todd Bader; term expires June 2020
    • Tahnya Ballard; term expires September 2019
    • Veronica M. Barisich; term expires June 2020
    • Thomas Beckom; term expires June 2019
    • Neil J. Beller; term expires September 2018
    • Jay Bloom; term expires June 2019
    • Michael “Mickey” Bohn; term expires June 2019
    • Tamer Botros; term expires September 2020
    • John Boyden; term expires January 2021
    • Susan Brackney; term expires June 2020
    • Mark Brandenburg; term expires June 2020
    • Kathryn Branson; term expires June 2020
    • Kathleen T. Breckenridge; term expires June 2020
    • William R. Brenske; term expires January 2019
    • Carolyn M. Broussard; term expires January 2019
    • Ken  Brown; term expires June 2020
    • Laura Ellen Browning; term expires September 2018
    • Craig  Burkett; term expires January 2019
    • Christopher Cannon; term expires January 2021
    • Stephen Castronova; term expires January 2020
    • Margo Chernysheva; term expires June 2020
    • Maya Clark; term expires January 2019
    • Richard F.  Cornell; term expires June 2019
    • Thomas Coyle, Jr.; term expires June 2019
    • Margaret Crowley; term expires September 2020
    • Ira David; term expires January 2020
    • Steven L. Day; term expires June 2020
    • Don  Dees; term expires June 2020
    • Thomas D. Dillard; term expires September 2020
    • Dustin Dingman; term expires September 2018
    • Bryan D. Dixon; term expires September 2020
    • Eric Dobberstein; term expires June 2019
    • Thomas Donaldson; term expires June 2021
    • Jeff  Doracak; term expires January 2020
    • David M. Doto; term expires September 2019
    • Richard Dreitzer; term expires June 2020
    • Dianne Drinkwater; term expires June 2020
    • Lee A. Drizin; term expires September 2019
    • Lewis M. Etcoff; term expires September 2020
    • Darrell W.  Faircloth; term expires January 2019
    • Kurt C.  Faux; term expires September 2020
    • Michael Federico; term expires January 2020
    • Morton  Friedlander; term expires January 2021
    • Duane Frizell; term expires June 2020
    • Nancy Gabriel; term expires January 2021
    • Nathan Gibbs; term expires January 2019
    • Robert Giunta; term expires September 2018
    • Robert Gower; term expires January 2021
    • Rusty Graf; term expires June 2020
    • Jill Greiner; term expires June 2019
    • Arun Gupta; term expires January 2020
    • Siria Gutierrez; term expires January 2020
    • David Hamilton; term expires June 2019
    • Bill C. Hammer; term expires January 2021
    • Roger  Harada; term expires September 2019
    • John Dean Harper; term expires September 2018
    • Jack Hegeduis, Sr.; term expires September 2020
    • Eliot Held, Sr.; term expires January 2021
    • Bryant Hendriksen; term expires January 2021
    • Parish Heshmati; term expires January 2020
    • James W. Howard; term expires June 2019
    • Troy Isaacson; term expires January 2021
    • Terry Johnson; term expires September 2018
    • Richard Johnson; term expires September 2020
    • Todd Kennedy; term expires January 2020
    • Kevin B.  Kirkendall; term expires June 2020
    • James Kohl; term expires June 2020
    • Susan Krenzien; term expires June 2020
    • Michael E. Langton; term expires June 2020
    • Robert Larsen; term expires June 2020
    • Kristofer Leavitt; term expires September 2020
    • Debbie Leonard; term expires January 2020
    • Todd Leventhal; term expires September 2018
    • Alexander LeVeque; term expires September 2020
    • Akke Levin; term expires June 2020
    • David Liebrader; term expires June 2020
    • Donald Lowrey; term expires June 2020
    • Terri MacTaggart; term expires September 2018
    • Jennifer Mahe; term expires June 2021
    • Augusta Massey; term expires September 2020
    • Daniel Maul; term expires June 2019
    • Richard  McConnell; term expires June 2019
    • Patrick K. McKnight; term expires June 2019
    • Archie  McRimmon, Jr.; term expires January 2020
    • Timothy Meade; term expires June 2021
    • Glenn Meier; term expires September 2018
    • Rea M. Melanson; term expires January 2020
    • Royi Moas; term expires June 2019
    • Brian Morris; term expires September 2019
    • David  Morris; term expires September 2020
    • Sunethra Muralidhara; term expires June 2021
    • James E.  Murphy; term expires January 2019
    • Michael Navratil; term expires January 2020
    • John Naylor; term expires June 2021
    • Evan S. Needham; term expires June 2020
    • Dee Newell; term expires September 2018
    • Kathryn Newman; term expires June 2019
    • Andrea  Nichols; term expires January 2019
    • Vicky Oldenburg; term expires January 2020
    • Rost Olsen; term expires June 2021
    • Peter Ossowski; term expires June 2021
    • Raymond    Patterson; term expires January 2021
    • Nicholas Pereos; term expires January 2020
    • Brian Pezzillo; term expires June 2019
    • Todd A.  Plimpton; term expires January 2019
    • Nathaniel J. Reed; term expires June 2019
    • Douglas V. Ritchie; term expires June 2019
    • Miriam V. Roberts; term expires June 2020
    • Esther C. Rodriguez; term expires June 2020
    • Miriam E. Rodriguez; term expires June 2020
    • Douglas Rowan; term expires June 2021
    • Daniel Royal; term expires June 2020
    • David Salmon; term expires January 2019
    • David Sanders; term expires September 2019
    • Joseph Sanford; term expires June 2020
    • Theresa Santos; term expires June 2020
    • Robert E.  Schumacher; term expires September 2019
    • Bruce D.  Schupp; term expires June 2019
    • M Nelson Segel; term expires June 2019
    • Joel Selik; term expires June 2021
    • Karl H.  Smith; term expires June 2020
    • Alexandra Smith; term expires June 2021
    • David Stahl; term expires September 2019
    • David  Stanton; term expires June 2019
    • Anthony Stinziano; term expires June 2019
    • Jason P. Stoffel; term expires September 2019
    • Eric A. Stovall; term expires June 2020
    • Kevin Sutehall; term expires June 2020
    • Lane Swainston; term expires September 2020
    • Kelly H.  Swanson; term expires June 2019
    • Robert D.  Tarte; term expires January 2021
    • Richard M.  Teichner; term expires January 2019
    • Mark Thome; term expires January 2019
    • Dawn R. Throne; term expires June 2021
    • Janet Trost; term expires June 2020
    • Charles  Tucker; term expires June 2020
    • Michael C.  Van; term expires June 2019
    • Sheila Van Duyne; term expires September 2020
    • Clark V.  Vellis; term expires September 2019
    • Brent Vogel; term expires September 2020
    • Justin Watkins; term expires June 2019
    • Brenda Weksler; term expires June 2020
    • Carl B. Weller; term expires September 2019
    • Joseph Went; term expires January 2021
    • Reed Werner; term expires January 2021
    • Sandra O. Wilson; term expires September 2020
    • Bert E. Wuester; term expires June 2019
    • Nancy Yarbrough; term expires September 2020
    • Cortney Young; term expires June 2020
    • Thaddeus J. Yurek; term expires September 2018
    • Tina Zhang; term expires January 2020
    • Stephanie   Zinna; term expires January 2021