Amy A. Porray, Attorney

Amy was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she graduated from Clark High School. Determined to help people with a career as a lawyer, Amy got a job as a runner in a law firm when she was 16 years old. She continued working full-time for that same law firm, later as a billing clerk and then a legal docketing secretary while obtaining her undergraduate degree. She graduated from UNLV in 2002 with a Bachelor’s in Philosophy.

Amy attended the William S. Boyd School of Law, where she received a full-tuition academic scholarship for all three (3) years. While at Boyd, Amy was selected for the Nevada Law Journal, serving as the Nevada Law Editor during her third year. She was chosen to be a student attorney in the Capital Defense Clinic for both semesters of her third year, where she represented an indigent person charged with capital murder. For her exceptional advocacy, she was selected by the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic’s Staff for the Outstanding Student Award. She received the CALI award for top student in her class in Property, Torts, Lawyering Process III (Appellate Advocacy), Immigration, Criminal Procedure I and the Capital Defense Clinic.

Amy graduated from Boyd in 2005, summa cum laude. Immediately following graduation, she was the senior law clerk for then Chief Justice Robert E. Rose (ret.) at the Nevada Supreme Court. In 2005, she was licensed to practice in Nevada, and in 2016, in the United States District Court.

Following her clerkship, Amy has had a long career in criminal defense. Over the many years, Amy has handled thousands of criminal cases. Amy has also ventured into academia, having taught philosophy at the College of Southern Nevada, as well as returning to Boyd as an adjunct faculty member. Amy co-taught the Externship Program at Boyd during 2016.

Amy focuses her practice on serious criminal defense matters, including violent and sexual crimes, any cases involving life sentences and on jury trials. Amy is highly skilled in appeals and has argued before the Supreme Court of Nevada and the Court of Appeals.

In 2011, Amy was chosen by the Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice (NACJ) to be the inaugural recipient of the Franny Forsman scholarship to attend the National Criminal Defense College (NCDC) Trial Practice Institute. The NCDC Trial Practice Institute is a two-week intensive trial skills program, where only 112 participants from across the country are selected to fine-tune their jury trial skills through personal interactive training with nationally renowned trial lawyers and coaches. During that program, Amy solidified the foundation she had been building in her practice for trials, hearings and courtroom and client advocacy.

In her free time, Amy enjoys watching Italian Giallo films and spending time with her dog.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	McFarling Law Group	Las Vegas, NV	Present
Attorney	LV Criminal Law	Las Vegas, NV	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas	J.D.	Law School	2005
University of Nevada Las Vegas	Bachelors	Philsophy	2001

State / Court	Date
Nevada	2005

• United States District Court for the District of Nevada | Admitted to Practice | 2016 - Present
  Boyd School of Law - Alumni Association | Member | 2005 - Present
  National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Member | 2016 - 2017
  Clark County Bar Association | Member | 2007 - 2008
  Washoe County Bar Association | Member | 2005 - 2006

• Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 - Criminal defense | American Society of Legal Advocates | 2017
  Scholarship "Forensic Science & the Law" | NACDL | 2016
  Top 10 Female Criminal Lawyers | American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys | 2016
  Scholarship "Western Juvenile Defense Leadership Summit" | National Juvenile Defender Center | 2015
  Scholarship: Ntl Crim Def College Trial Practice Institute | Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice | 2011
  Outstanding Clinic Student | Clinical Legal Education Association | 2005
  

• Communique (Clark County Bar) "Making the Criminal Justice System Whole: Nevada Supreme Court Review of Criminal Sentences" | 2007

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