STEVE MORRIS

Steve Morris has experience in all areas of commercial contract and tort litigation, in court and in arbitration, including real estate and securities based financing, corporate restructuring, class and derivative actions involving the issuance, sale, and value of securities under Nevada and federal statutes; insurance coverage; construction performance and defect; public utility rate making; antitrust; trademark disputes; defamation, SLAPP, and First Amendment litigation; and all manner of disputes subject to arbitration. He has been named one of “The Best Lawyers in America” for more than 25 years by Best Lawyers® and is currently listed as a Best Lawyer® in Commercial, Construction, Intellectual Property, and Real Estate Litigation. The Best Lawyers® publication named him Las Vegas’ “2014 Lawyer of the Year” for Intellectual Property and Real Estate Litigation, “2012 Lawyer of the Year” for Construction Litigation and “2011 Lawyer of the Year” in “Bet-the-Company Litigation.” Mr. Morris has also received the highest ranking available by Chambers USA and has been recognized as one of Nevada’s Litigation Stars by Benchmark Litigation. Mr. Morris was also voted one of the 2013 Top 10 Super Lawyers in Nevada.Steve Morris has successfully represented pharmaceutical companies and automobile and aircraft manufacturers in product disputes; hospitals in acquisition/disposition actions; MGM Resorts International and its affiliates in a variety of commercial disputes, including litigation arising out of construction problems at CityCenter; Harrah’s Entertainment in artist performance contract disputes; Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Co. (now NV Energy) in administrative rate challenges and in contract and tort lawsuits; Southwest Gas Co. in a failed merger dispute; residential community developers contesting fraudulently-filed mining claims; and other individuals and entities in all manner of litigated disputes.