Background
Elizabeth Davis, Laurel was born on February 4, 1956 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Elizabeth Davis, Laurel was born on February 4, 1956 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
University of Nevada at Las Vegas (Bachelor of Science, 1983). University of San Diego (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1987).
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, 1987, Nevada.
1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Judicial Extern: Honorary Louise DeCarl Adler, Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of California, Spring, 1987.
Reported Decisions Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Jenson, 980 F.2d 1254 (9th Circuit
1992); In Re Elmwood, Incorporated., 182 B.R. 845 (Doctorate. Nevada
1995). Board Certified -- Business Bankruptcy Law -- American Bankruptcy Board of Certification (1993). Lecturer: National Business Institute, "The Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Practice in Nevada," "How to Get Results In Collection of Delinquent Debts," and "Recent Developments In Bankruptcy and Commercial Law In Nevada," (includes copyrighted materials, 1993-1995).
Member: Clark County and American (Member, Sections on Business, Litigation and Bankruptcy Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Nevada (Secretary and Board Member, Bankruptcy Section). American Bankruptcy Institute (Committees on Bankruptcy Reorganization, Finance and Banking, and Subcommittee on Gaming and Insolvency). 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: Clark County and American (Member, Sections on Business, Litigation and Bankruptcy Law) Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada (Secretary and Board Member, Bankruptcy Section). American Bankruptcy Institute (Committees on Bankruptcy Reorganization, Finance and Banking, and Subcommittee on Gaming and Insolvency).