- Oct 17, 2019
- 2 min
Alexis Duecker
Alexis Duecker is an attorney in Shumway Van’s Las Vegas office. Her practice focuses on transactional matters, such as preparing and negotiating contracts relating to business, real estate, and technology transactions. However, Alexis also engages with our law firm’s general and complex litigation practice groups and participates in their cases to ensure that the language she utilizes in her contracts is applicable in the war zone. In addition to her experience as an attorne
- Oct 17, 2019
- 1 min
Margaret Manning
Margaret is an attorney in our law firm’s Las Vegas office. Margaret primarily focuses her law practice on civil and business litigation matters, but she regularly engages with other litigation practice groups throughout the firm in order to hone her legal acumen and gain perspective about litigation strategies in venues she does not regularly practice in. Prior to joining our law firm, Margaret gained valuable experience working for a boutique litigation law firm and for the
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min
Dawn Patterson
Primary Office: Las Vegas Phone: (702) 478-7770 Dawn is a paralegal working with the business and civil litigation practice groups. Dawn joined our law firm in 2016 and brought many years of experience in a variety of legal areas along with a high degree of professionalism. Dawn enjoys bike riding near Lake Mead River Mountain Loop Trail, Horseback riding, dancing, singing, and spending time with family and friends. www.shumwayvan.com #ShumwayVan #LasVegasLawyer #lawyer
- Aug 21, 2017
- 1 min
Lindsey Shumway
Primary Office: San Antonio Phone: (210) 503-2800 Lindsey Shumway works in several administrative positions in the our law firm. She currently assists primarily with auditing, but her precision and accountability extend into several administrative positions. Mrs. Shumway holds a Bachelors of Arts in Communications from Texas A&M, where she graduated Cum Laude. In addition to her many academic honors, Mrs. Shumway was also awarded the Glasscock Award while attending Texas A&M.
- Jun 24, 2017
- 2 min
Marriage and Separation Trends Familiar to a Divorce Attorney or University Professor Might Surprise
In Utah, where Family comes first, divorce rates are on the rise for some people while steadily declining for others. And while a therapist, church leader or divorce attorney could give you their opinion about the matter, one University Professor has done the research and has hard evidence to back up his hypothesis that marrying either early or late means a bigger likelihood of divorce, while “couples who marry in their late 20s and early 30s have the greatest chance of a suc
- Jun 18, 2017
- 2 min
Every Patent Litigation Attorney in the Technology Field Knows this Case is a Big Deal, and Now the
It’s a “hot button intellectual property dispute” and called the “biggest IP case awaiting high court direction.” Indeed, the disagreement between Google and Oracle over whether application programming interfaces (APIs) are able to be copyrighted is not only making headlines, but may have intense implications for the future of technology development, as any technology patent litigation attorney following the case would know. When it comes down to it, though, we wonder just ho
- Jun 14, 2017
- 2 min
For Those Who Don't Know How to Keep a Low Profile, Finding an Attorney in Las Vegas Becomes a M
They haven’t nicknamed it “Sin City” for nothing. Every year, mundane tourists and upstanding family-valuing citizens are transformed into partiers on the Las Vegas strip and in throughout its garish downtown temptations. And every once in a while, someone important or famous gets caught doing something they shouldn’t have done. Not to the surprise of the public of course, and often not to the surprise of the celebrity’s friends and family, but strangely enough, these arrests
- Jun 10, 2017
- 2 min
Not Exactly New Technology, This 17-Year Old Flameless Candle is at the Heart of a Patent Infringeme
It’s an elusive market, but it’s huge. Just specifically who buys the product and how much the market is worth hasn’t been subjected to much research, according to this news article, but the bottom line is millions of dollars are at stake in the flameless candle industry. Unsurprisingly, the innovation began with Disney’s Magic Kingdom in an effort to “provide eerie lighting effects for the popular Haunted Mansion attraction.” But it’s ended up in “a bitter legal marathon” wi
- Mar 2, 2017
- 2 min
Divorce Lawyers Have Seen it all, and Out of Their Experience Come a Few Tips for Reducing Family Co
Everyone goes through periods of family conflict. They can be called dry spells, hard times, the dark months, or the beginning of the end. They can be caused by troubling mental health issues like depression or alcoholism or simply the growing apart of individuals who were once deeply in love. Whatever the cause, and whatever the name, any intimate relationship of substantial length is likely to experience them—but the conflict doesn’t have to control the family, divorce lawy
- Feb 28, 2017
- 2 min
Analysis of Recent Cases Provide any Fraud Lawyer in San Antonio Useful Information for Proving Resi
Considered to be challenging in its prosecution and elusive in successfully being awarded damages, proving fraud against a seller in the residential real estate context is one of those legal situations that a litigator or fraud lawyer in San Antonio doesn’t necessarily look forward to with much relish. But not all hope is lost, the Legal Intelligencer says, pointing to analyses of recent cases that outline useful factors in litigating such cases and “types of claims that shou