Background
Wayne Duhon, Gary was born on January 31, 1956 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
Wayne Duhon, Gary was born on January 31, 1956 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
University of Nevada (Bachelor of Science, 1980). McGeorge School of the Law, University of the Pacific (Juris Doctor, 1986).
Worked at Lionel Sawyer & Collins (Las Vegas, Nevada) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Bankruptcy, Health Care, Hotel and Resort Law, Real Estate and Construction, Financial Services, Mining, Probate, Labor Taxation, Natural Resource and Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Land Use Planning and Zoning and Gaming Law. Intellectual Property Law, Immigration Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1986, Nevada. Order of the Coif. Member, Traynor Honor Society. Associate Editor, Pacific Law Journal, 1985-1986.
Author: "Retroactive Application of California Civil Code Section 4800.1: Procedural Rule or Violation of Due Process?" 16 Pacific Law Journal 1007, 1985. Member: Washoe County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada. (Resident, Reno Office).
The firm was founded in 1967 by Las Vegas litigator Sam Lionel and former Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, now deceased. With the addition of former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Collins, now deceased, the firm adopted its current name. The firm grew to become the largest private law firm in Nevada.
Today the firm provides fully-staffed offices in Las Vegas and Reno, serving Nevada, national and international clients.
Member, Traynor Honor Society. Associate Editor, Pacific Law Journal, 1985-1986.