Gordon & Rees Opens Office in Reno, Nevada with Addition of Partner Stephen Kent


July 2021

July 7, 2021 - Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani today announced the opening of a Reno, Nevada office.  It will be anchored by partner Stephen S. Kent who joins Gordon & Rees as the Office Managing Partner from Kent Law.

Mr. Kent is a veteran trial lawyer with more than 40 years’ experience handling high-profile matters throughout Reno, Las Vegas, and rural Nevada. He has been a Certified Civil Trial Advocate with the National Board of Trial Advocacy for more than 20 years.

Mr. Kent’s experience includes aviation crash and accident litigation, business litigation, corporate and partnership disputes, real estate litigation, personal injury defense, auto, truck, and bus injury claims, premises liability, insurance coverage opinions and litigation, corporate control/shareholder disputes, debt collection, construction defect claims, licensing, administrative and regulatory law disputes, realtor/broker liability, professional engineer liability, and real estate sales and financing transactions. He has also handled many appeals to the Nevada Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court. 

"We are pleased to have Stephen and his team join Gordon & Rees and establish a presence in northern Nevada which has become a leading destination for multinational businesses including many of the firm's clients," said Robert Schumacher, Managing Partner of the the firm's Las Vegas office. "We look forward to working with Stephen to further assist the legal needs of Nevada."

“My team and I are very excited to join Gordon & Rees as it gives us more resources, both in the number of attorneys to help our clients, and also the technology to improve efficiency and service,” said Mr. Kent.

The Reno office will be the 71st for the firm. The firm's national strategy was created to meet client demands for a 50-state platform that would provide consistent, outstanding legal services throughout the nation. The firm’s Reno attorneys will work closely with Gordon & Rees attorneys in its Las Vegas office and across the country to provide strategic counsel on legal issues impacting the firm’s clients.

As the only law firm with offices and attorneys in all 50 states, Gordon & Rees delivers maximum value to our clients by combining the resources of a full-service national firm with the local knowledge of a regional firm.  The firm’s meteoric growth over the past two years has propelled it to reach the ranks of the 25 largest firms in the United States by domestic attorney headcount, and into the Am Law 100.

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