Background
Burke, Lon A. was born on December 30, 1964 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Burke, Lon A. was born on December 30, 1964 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Boise State University (Bachelor of Science, 1991). University of Iowa (Juris Doctor, 1994).
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, 1994, Arizona. 1995, United States. District Court, District of Arizona (Not admitted Nevada). Pi Sigma Alpha. Recipient, American Jurisprudence award in Product Liability and Contracts I. (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.