Background
Buckalew, Robert M. was born on August 28, 1927 in Covina, California, United States.
Buckalew, Robert M. was born on August 28, 1927 in Covina, California, United States.
University of California at Los Angeles and Fresno State College (Bachelor of Arts, 1952). University of Denver (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1966). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Order of Saint Ives.
Member, Denver Law Journal, 19651966.
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, 1966, Colorado, Nevada and United States.
District Court of Nevada. 1974, United States. Supreme Court and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Order of Saint Ives.
Member, Denver Law Journal, 1965-1966.
Member: Clark County (President, 1981) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada. 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, Order of Saint Ives. Member, Denver Law Journal, 1965-1966. Member: Clark County (President, 1981) and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Nevada.