ROBERT A. DOTSON

Born Ames, Iowa, April 21, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Iowa, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Education: Iowa State University (B.A., 1991); University of Iowa, School of Law, (J.D., with Distinction, 1994). Prosecuting Internship Kossuth County (1993); Member, Trial Advocacy Team (1993-1994).

Member: State Bar of Nevada; State Bar ADR section; Washoe County Bar Association; Officer Washoe County Bar Association 2001-2007. President Washoe County Bar Association (2006-2007). Appointed chair of the short trial rules review committee by the Nevada Supreme Court. Completion of ABA National Trial Academy (2002).

Mr. Dotson joined the firm after completion of law school at the University of Iowa in 1994. He practices in the areas of general civil litigation, including product liability, employment, premises liability, and commercial disputes. He has acted as the firm's Managing Partner since 2001.

Reported Cases: State V. Peak, 517 N.W.2d 236 (Iowa App. 1994); Nicolaus v. Westside Transport, 185 F.R.D. 608 (D. Nev. 1999); Beckwith v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 120 Nev. Adv., 83 P.3d 275 (2004).