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Kathleen M Paustian

  • 411 E. Bonneville Ave Suite 100
  • Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
  • Office Phone: 702-366-1866
  • Office Fax: 702-366-1945
  • Place of Birth: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Supreme Court Mediation History:

  • Date Appointed: 6/23/97
  • Number of Cases Mediated: 61
  • Current As Of: 3/3/11
  • Areas of Practice:
  • Employment Defense, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Administrative Law

Bar Memberships:

  • Nevada (1989)
  • Florida (1988)
  • Federal/District Court Nevada (1991)
Colleges
Name Location Start End Type Degree
 
Presentation Junior College Aberdeen, South Dakota 1967 1969 -- A.A. (1969)
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota 1969 1971 -- B.A. (1971)


Law Schools
Name Location Start End Degree
 
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 1985 1987 J.D. (1987)
Mediation and Other ADR Training
Name Location Description Date
 
Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center Las Vegas 40 Hours 1996
Nevada Supreme Court Las Vegas New Settlement Judge Training 1997
Nevada Supreme Court Las Vegas Advanced Appellate Mediation Training 2007
Nevada Supreme Court Las Vegas Advanced Appellate Mediation Training 2008
Nevada Supreme Court Las Vegas Foreclosure Mediator Training 2009
Nevada Supreme Court Las Vegas Advanced Appellate Mediation Training - Preventing & Breaking Impasse 2010
Nevada Supreme Court Las Vegas Roundtable/Procedural Issues for Settlement Judges 2011


Mediation and Other ADR Experience
Name Location Description Start End
 
Neighborhood Justice Center Las Vegas Mediated various disputes referred to the center by Las Vegas Justice/Small Claims Court 1996 Present
Supreme Court Settlement Judge Las Vegas Mediation of appellate cases 1997 Present


Professional Organizations

  • State Bar of Nevada (1989-Present)
  • Florida Bar (1988-Present)
  • Vice-Chair, Nevada Commission on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices (2001-Present)
  • Member, Board of Directors, N.Las Vegas
    Chamber of Commerce (2003-Present)
  • Co-Founder, Women's Forum, NLV Chamber of Commerce

Awards

  • AV Rating Martindale-Hubbell (1997-Present)
  • Law School: South East Regional Champion National Trial Competition, American College of Trial Lawyers/ABA(1986)
  • Trial Team Board of Directors (1986-1987)
  • Full Scholarship for Trial Advocacy (1986-1987)
 

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