Fee Dispute Arbitration Committee

The Fee Dispute Arbitration Committee, which includes up to 150 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: Andrew Craner, nvesq@cox.net
  • Committee Officers:
    • State Chair: Margo Chernysheva; term expires September 2020
    • Kathleen T. Breckenridge; term expires September 2020
    • Jennifer Mahe; term expires September 2020
    • Brandon W. McCoy; term expires January 2020
    • Royi Moas; term expires July 2020
    • Dan R. Waite; term expires October 2019
  • Committee Members:
    • Dane Anderson; term expires January 2020
    • Todd Bader; term expires June 2020
    • Veronica M. Barisich; term expires June 2020
    • Neil J. Beller; term expires September 2021
    • Tamer Botros; term expires September 2020
    • John Boyden; term expires January 2021
    • Susan Brackney; term expires June 2020
    • Mark Brandenburg; term expires June 2020
    • Z. Kathryn Branson; term expires June 2020
    • William R. Brenske; term expires December 2021
    • Ken  Brown; term expires June 2020
    • Christopher Cannon; term expires January 2021
    • Stephen Castronova; term expires January 2020
    • 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
    • Bryan D. Dixon; term expires September 2020
    • Thomas Donaldson; term expires June 2021
    • Jeff  Doracak; term expires January 2020
    • David M. Doto; term expires August 2022
    • Richard Dreitzer; term expires June 2020
    • Dianne Drinkwater; term expires June 2020
    • Lewis M. Etcoff; term expires September 2020
    • Darrell W.  Faircloth; term expires January 2022
    • 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
    • Robert Giunta; term expires September 2021
    • Robert Gower; term expires January 2021
    • J. Rusty Graf; term expires June 2020
    • Angela Guingcangco; term expires July 2022
    • Arun Gupta; term expires January 2020
    • Siria Gutierrez; term expires January 2020
    • Bill C. Hammer; term expires January 2021
    • 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 2022
    • Troy Isaacson; term expires January 2021
    • Richard Johnson; term expires September 2020
    • Terry Johnson; term expires September 2021
    • 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
    • Dan Laird; term expires July 2022
    • Michael E. Langton; term expires June 2020
    • Robert Larsen; term expires June 2020
    • Debbie Leonard; term expires January 2020
    • Alexander LeVeque; term expires September 2020
    • Akke Levin; term expires June 2020
    • David Liebrader; term expires June 2020
    • Donald Lowrey; term expires June 2020
    • Augusta Massey; term expires September 2020
    • Archie  McRimmon, Jr.; term expires January 2020
    • Timothy Meade; term expires June 2021
    • Glenn Meier; term expires September 2021
    • Rea M. Melanson; term expires January 2020
    • Brian Morris; term expires September 2022
    • David  Morris; term expires September 2020
    • Sunethra Muralidhara; term expires June 2021
    • James E.  Murphy; term expires January 2022
    • Michael Navratil; term expires January 2020
    • John Naylor; term expires June 2021
    • Evan S. Needham; term expires June 2020
    • Dee Newell; term expires September 2021
    • Kathryn Newman; term expires June 2022
    • Andrea  Nichols; term expires January 2022
    • Heidi Ojeda; term expires January 2022
    • Vicky Oldenburg; term expires January 2020
    • Rost Olsen; term expires June 2021
    • Peter Ossowski; term expires June 2021
    • Raymond Patterson; term expires January 2021
    • Eric Pepperman; term expires July 2022
    • C. Nicholas Pereos; term expires January 2020
    • Douglas V. Ritchie; term expires June 2022
    • Miriam V. Roberts; term expires June 2020
    • Esther C. Rodriguez; term expires June 2020
    • Miriam E. Rodriguez; term expires June 2020
    • David Rothenberg; term expires January 2022
    • Douglas Rowan; term expires June 2021
    • Daniel Royal; term expires June 2020
    • David Sanders; term expires September 2022
    • Joseph Sanford; term expires June 2020
    • Theresa Santos; term expires June 2020
    • Joel Selik; term expires June 2021
    • B. Alexandra Smith; term expires June 2021
    • Karl H. Smith; term expires June 2020
    • Debra Spinelli; term expires September 2022
    • David Stahl; term expires August 2022
    • Eric A. Stovall; term expires June 2020
    • Kevin Sutehall; term expires June 2020
    • Lane Swainston; term expires September 2020
    • Robert D.  Tarte; term expires January 2021
    • Richard M.  Teichner; term expires January 2022
    • Mark Thome; term expires January 2022
    • Dawn R. Throne; term expires June 2021
    • Janet Trost; term expires June 2020
    • Charles  Tucker; term expires June 2020
    • Sheila Van Duyne; term expires September 2020
    • Richard Vaughan; term expires September 2022
    • S. Brent Vogel; term expires September 2020
    • Justin Watkins; term expires June 2022
    • Carl B. Weller; term expires August 2022
    • Joseph Went; term expires January 2021
    • Reed Werner; term expires January 2021
    • Daniel Westmeyer; term expires January 2022
    • Ann Wilson; term expires January 2022
    • Sandra O. Wilson; term expires September 2020
    • Nancy Yarbrough; term expires September 2020
    • Cortney Young; term expires June 2020
    • Thaddeus J. Yurek; term expires September 2021
    • Tina Zhang; term expires January 2020
    • Stephanie  Zinna; term expires January 2021
    • Matthew Zobrist; term expires January 2022