Wing Yan Wong

Partner

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  • Biography

    Wing Yan Wong is Co-Managing Partner of the Las Vegas office and is a member of the Commercial Litigation and Professional Liability practice groups.  Her work includes both transaction and litigation.

    Transaction

    Wing is a member of the firm’s national financing opinion practice, providing services to clients throughout the United States in large complex financing transactions often involving numerous borrowers and guarantors. 

    She also regularly advises businesses in corporate matters, including business planning, formation, and governance.  She is often asked to help companies facilitate sales of assets and develop agreements that can streamline the contracting process for her clients.

    Litigation

    Wing maintains a diverse litigation practice in state and federal court through both trial and appellate levels. Her practice focuses primarily in the area of commercial litigation, including but not limited to, business torts, contract claims, and common interest community law. She also defends and counsels clients in matters related to various state and federal consumer protection statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act. She regularly defends clients in areas of legal, accounting, broker, and other professional agency malpractice claims. Ms. Wong’s professional liability experience includes defending professionals, including insurance agents and brokers, against serious claims of negligence.

    She serves as office co-liaison to the Firm’s Diversity Committee and is involved in local diversity and inclusion initiatives in the Las Vegas office.

    Prior to joining GRSM, she was an associate at a local law firm, concentrating on insurance defense and common interest community law. Wing was also a legal intern with the Hong Kong Department of Intellectual Property. While attending law school, she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Susan H. Johnson of the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada.
     

    Admissions

    • Nevada
    • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

    Languages

    • Cantonese
    • Mandarin Chinese, conversational
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  • Education

    Education

    J.D., University of Nevada at Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2014

    • CALI Award in Business Organizations
    • Dean's List
    • 2013 Professional Development Fellow of the State Bar of Nevada

    B.A., English, University of Notre Dame, 2010

    • Dean's List

    Externships

    Judicial Extern to the Honorable Susan H. Johnson (8th Judicial District Court)

    Honors

    Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch distinction in Commercial Litigation (2021-2025)

    Legal Elite – The Silver State’s Best Up & Coming Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine (2020)

  • Languages
    • Chinese (Cantonese)
    • Chinese (Mandarin)
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