Amargosa Valley Appeals & Appellate Lawyers

I graduated summa cum laude from New York University and obtained my juris doctorate from the UCLA School of Law, ranked among the top 15 law schools in the country. I am an experienced attorney who handles a diverse range of matters, including civil business litigation, real estate litigation, estate planning, and probates. I also serves as general counsel for several businesses. I have litigated numerous matters in Nevada and California, as well as in the federal courts. I have successfully argued before the Nevada Supreme Court.

I graduated from McGeorge School of Law in 1988 and moved to Nevada to work for the criminal defense firm of Goodman, Stein and Chesnoff. While at the Goodman firm, I was responsible for preparing all motions for clients who were assigned to me by each of the partners. This gave me significant experience in researching and preparing motions in Nevada state cases and in federal cases where the clients were usually charged with committing major drug crimes such as Continuing Criminal Enterprise, RICO and Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Sentences in Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California and...

Richard F. Cornell has been practicing in Northern Nevada for more than 40 years. He is one of the few Nevada lawyers whose practice emphasizes appeals and post-conviction practice. In active practice in Nevada continuously since 1980, over the years his practice has winnowed into an appellate practice of criminal and domestic appeals before the Ninth Circuit and the Nevada Supreme Court, and a post-conviction habeas practice in state and federal courts, and a practice of sealing of records and appearances before the Nevada Board of Pardons.