Background
Larsen, Paul Edward was born on January 5, 1964 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States. Son of Otto E. and Linda K. (Wright) Larsen.
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Paul Edward Larsen
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United States Military Academy. University Oregon (Bachelor of Arts, 1986. Juris Doctor, 1989). Phi Delta Phi (Clerk, 19871988.
Magister, 1988-1989).
Moot Court Board (Company-Chair, 1989), Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (Managing Editor, 1989).
Career
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, 1989, Nevada.
1994, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court Board (Company-Chair, 1989), Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (Managing Editor, 1989).
Chairman, Land Use and Planning Practice Group. Contributor, Nevada Gaming Law, Second Edition.
Instructor, University of Nevada-Reno, and frequent seminar speaker on casino cash transaction reporting laws and gaming tax issues.
Managing Editor and Contributing Author, Nevada Environmental Law Handbook First, Second and Third Editions. Company-Author: "Triggering Section 7: Federal Land Sales and Incidental Take Permits," J. Land Use and Envtl. Law (1990); "Obtaining Incidental Take Permits Under the Endangered Species Acting: the Section 7 Alternative," Real Estate Law Journal (1991).
Enrolled before the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission.
General Counsel to the State Democratic Party of Nevada. State Counsel, Democratic National Committee Coordinated Campaign (1996).
Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada; American Inns of Court.
International Association of Gaming Attorneys.
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.
Achievements
Membership
President, director Desert Creek Homeowners Association, Las Vegas, 1994-1995. Attorney Clark County Pro-Bono Project, Las Vegas, 1989-1995, Nevada Democratic Party, Las Vegas, 1994. Member American Bar Association (vice chair committee natural resources public lands section 1993-1995,board directors young lawyers division natural resources committee 1992-1995, atty.young lawyers division program 1989-1990), Nevada-American Inns of Court, Nevada Association Gaming Attorneys, International Association Gaming Attorneys.
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Married Dawn Jannette Griffin, June 25, 1986. 1 child, Quinne Caitlin.
