As a former extern with the Clark County District Attorney's Office, he learned firsthand how “the other side” prosecutes cases. Now he's able to “think like a prosecutor” and anticipate their strategies. Even Nevada's police rely on Mike to defend them when their officers get into trouble... the Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers (NAPSO) is one of Las Vegas Defense Group's standing clients. As a criminal defense attorney, Mike has experience in motion practice at the trial and appellate levels in both criminal and juvenile courts. Mike has represented clients in numerous matters including Traffic Tickets, DUI, Battery Domestic Violence, Shoplifting and Drug Crimes. He received advance training on how to fight sexual assault cases (Savannah, GA, Oct. 2013). Mike has also first or second-chaired numerous jury trials including a murder trial and an attempted murder trial. Mike has also successfully represented clients in post conviction appeals in front of the Nevada Supreme Court and has two published opinions to date (State v. Gonzalez, 298 P. 3d 448; 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 22 (2013) and Barral v. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 52 (2015)). Mike tirelessly investigates the evidence in each criminal defense, personal injury, and family law case. He is always ready to go to trial. However, usually this preparation and tenacity allows him to secure favorable resolutions with opposing counsel that spare his clients the stress of trial. Prior to graduating magna cum laude from the Boyd School of Law at UNLV, Mike gained practical experience by clerking in the Henderson firm of Rands, South & Gardner as well as externing with the D.A's office. Hailing from the Midwest, he received his B.A. in Education from The University of Michigan and preceded his legal career by teaching Social Studies and English in Detroit and Las Vegas. Las Vegas criminal defense attorney Mike Castillo represents clients throughout Nevada with a focus on Clark County. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NADCL), the American Bar Association and the Clark County Bar Association. He lives in the Summerlin area with his wife.

Battle Born Injury Lawyers is a personal injury law firm serving throughout Nevada with offices in Las Vegas and Reno. Our top-rated accident and injury attorneys have been handling all types of personal injuries for over 85 years and have recovered more than $100 million in settlements for our clients. Our legal team represents personal injury cases such as: - Car accidents - Motorcycle accidents - Truck accidents - Bicycle accidents - Uber accidents - Lyft accidents - Pedestrian accidents - Brain injuries - Catastrophic injuries - Wrongful death cases - And other practice areas If you had an accident due to the negligence of others and were injured, contact our personal injury law firm to get legal assistance. We’ll help you recover the compensation you deserve. Battle Born Injury Lawyers - Las Vegas Law Office 10789 W Twain Ave #100, Las Vegas, NV 89135 (702) 570-9000 Battle Born Injury Lawyers - Henderson Law Office 8540 S Eastern Ave Suite 200, Henderson, NV 89123 (702) 500-0287 Battle Born Injury Lawyers - Reno Law Office 675 W Moana Ln #206, Reno, NV 89509 (775) 535-7768 We are available 24/7 to take your call and get started with your case!

JEROME R. BOWEN was born in Denver, Colorado on May 22, 1963. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Utah in 1988. During which he attended honors programs at Cambridge University in England, George Washington University, and the American University in Paris, France. After receiving his undergraduate degree, he returned home to his native Idaho to attend law school at the University of Idaho. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1991. While at the University of Idaho, he was a member of the Idaho Law Review 1990-1991 and had a published case note. After receiving his law degree, he was selected to act as a Special Assistant to Cecil D. Andrus, Governor of Idaho in 1991, where he was the governor's liaison to five (5) State of Idaho departments, including budgeting and the governor's state agenda.

Kurt Smith is the founder of Smith Legal Group. His practice focuses on family law, commercial litigation, personal injury, insurance law, corporate law, and bankruptcy.

Fred Bauman is a leading Corporate, Mining and Probate attorney. A Harvard Law School graduate, Mr. Bauman has been based in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2003. His clients include over 100 public and private companies of varying degrees of scale and maturity. Prior to forming Bauman & Associates, Mr. Bauman was Vice President and General Counsel of Sunterra, an international public resort company headquartered in Las Vegas (2003-2008). He was a Corporate Partner at Brown & Bain, a large Phoenix-based law firm with a high tech legal practice. Mr. Bauman joined Bell Atlantic (now named Verizon) in the 1980’s as a corporate attorney, then served as general counsel of Bell Atlantic’s computer business and, later, its financial services business. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he worked on Wall Street for six years, starting his legal career at Davis Polk, a large Wall Street law firm in New York City. FRED BAUMAN, LAS VEGAS MINING ATTORNEY Mr. Bauman is one of Las Vegas’ best known mining attorneys, and this expertise derives from his family mining business, which has owned mines in Arizona and Nevada for many years. He is highly knowledgeable concerning the legal needs of small mining companies. This has enabled Mr. Bauman to assist similar size companies in other industries. FREDERICK C BAUMAN, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA CORPORATE ATTORNEY Specific corporate and securities transaction types include mergers, acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate secretarial, workouts, bankruptcies, litigation management, regulatory, consumer legal, real estate, intellectual property and employment laws. NEVADA – LEADING STATE FOR INCORPORATION Many of our clients are incorporated or organized in Nevada, which has become a favorite choice for business formation. We are a commercial registered agent, registered with the Nevada Secretary of State, and act as registered agent for a number of clients. FREDERICK C BAUMAN, NEVADA MINING ATTORNEY Nevada is the preeminent gold mining state. Nevada is also rich in lithium, which is key to green energy. Clients include companies active in both lithium and gold..

Las Vegas criminal defense attorney Daria A. Panoff started her legal career apprenticing for John Momot, one of the city's preeminent criminal defense lawyers. She's worked on all types of cases from traffic tickets to drunk driving charges and violent felonies. Granted a full-merit scholarship to UNLV Law School, Ms. Panoff served as a notes editor for Nevada Law Journal and won the "Carl W. Tobias Excellence in Writing Award" for best student note.

An AV-rated attorney known for his aggressive, unconventional, and detail-oriented approach to cases, Mr. VerStandig counsels many of the world’s preeminent poker players and professional gamblers, as well as various businesses and numerous individuals whose complex and diverse personal holdings regularly invite an equally complex and diverse array of legal issues. He has successfully tried cases before dozens of federal and state courts, negotiated favorable settlements in a multitude of other litigation matters, and structured financial transactions and corporate deals involving tens of millions of dollars. Over his career, he has established a reputation as a source of pragmatic legal advice for businesses and individuals alike. Mr. VerStandig has been counsel in many of the most high profile gaming-centric lawsuits of the past decade, advocating on behalf of bettors and other gaming industry professionals in varied and often complex contexts. He has equally established himself as a respected presence in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States, representing creditors in efforts to regain control of their collateral, trustees in adversary proceedings concerning gaming-centric obligations, and debtors in efforts to reorganize businesses in need of a fresh start.