Las Vegas Personal Injury Lawyer
J. R. Crockett, Jr. Esq.

Senior Partner
Email: crockett@crockettandmyers.com

Practice Areas: Wrongful Death (50%); Personal Injury (50%).

Admitted: 1974, Nevada; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1974

College: Loyola University, B.A., 1971

Member: National Board of Trial Advocacy (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-2002); Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-President, 1979-1980; Board of Governors, 1976-1986; Secretary, 1977-1978; Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1980-1990); President's Club, American Association for Justice (formerly The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.)

Biography: Member of Multi-Million Dollar Advocates; Recipient: Nevada Trial Lawyers Association Distinguished Service Badger Award, 2007; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2006. Fellow: National College of Advocacy. Master, American Inn of Court. Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1983.

Born: Houston, Texas, January 28, 1949

ISLN: 908113055

2006 Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Lawyer of the Year

A Nevada resident since 1952, Jim Crockett graduated from Loyola University and from McGeorge School of Law of the University of the Pacific in 1974 and has been practicing law in Nevada for 33 years. In 1975, he was admitted to practice in Federal Court, and in 1990 to the U.S. Supreme Court.

He has handled landmark cases at the trial level and on appeal, and has been certified as a Civil Trial Specialist since 1983 by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.