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Matthew Christian

Associate
 
Kolesar & Leatham,
Chartered

Wells Fargo Financial Center, 3320 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 380
Las Vegas, Nevada  89102
(Clark Co.)

Telephone: 702-979-2357
Telecopier: 702-362-9472
http://www.klnevada.com


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Practice AreasCivil Litigation; Commercial Construction; Surety Defense; Civil Appeals
 
EducationWilliam S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, J.D., magna cum laude, 2002, University of Illinois, B.A., 1992
 
Admitted2003, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association, Tort Trial (Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and Insurance Practice Section); State Bar of Nevada (Member, Sections on: Public Law; Construction).
 
BornPark Ridge, Illinois, 1970
 
BiographyAuthor: "Proliferation and Expansion of America's Airports at the Expense of its Treasured Parks and Preserves: Judicial Perversion of the Term 'Use' in Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act," 3 Nev. L.J. 613 (2003); "Public Entities in Nevada Beware: The Liquidated Damages Clause in Your Construction Contract May Be Unenforceable," Nevada Lawyer, (Nevada State Bar), October 2004; "Sibling Rivalry: How the Doctrine of Subsuretyship Places the Contractor License Bond Surety in the Position of 'Little Sister,'" IADC Fidelity and Surety Committee Newsletter, October 2004; "Use of Publicly Owned Land: Two Proposed Las Vegas Airports Might Test the Limits," Desert Report, (Sierra Club), Summer 2004; "Fraudulent Joinder: A Plaintiff's Newest Procedural Device to Destroy Diversity Jurisdiction, Communique," (Clark County Bar Association), February 2005; "Surety May be Liable for Attorneys' Fees Beyond the Penal Sum of Bond, Construction Lawyer," Summer 2004; "Negligent Spoliation: Nevada Case Reaffirms that a Failure to Preserve Evidence Need Not be Intentional to Result in Severe Sanctions," IADC Product Liability Newsletter, August 2005. Member, Nevada Law Journal. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, 2007—.
 
Reported CasesInsurance Co. of the West v. Gibson Tile Co., Inc., 134 P.3d 698 (Nev. 2006); Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Trustees of Constr. Industry, 125 Nev. 16-P.3d (2009).
 
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