Micah S. Echols
Mr. Echols focuses his practice on civil appeals, including state and federal appeals, writ petitions and petitions for judicial review of agency decisions. Since joining Marquis Aurbach Coffing, Mr. Echols has handled approximately 100 appellate matters. Clients and other attorneys often consult Mr. Echols for his knowledge of appellate procedure and preserving issues in the District Court for appeal. His appellate successes include reversals of jury verdicts, reversals of non-jury trials, obtaining extraordinary writ relief and obtaining appellate decisions upholding favorable rulings for his clients.
Mr. Echols has published approximately 40 articles on appellate topics and recent developments in the law. His publications include the Civil Appeal Checklist with Forms, which is a comprehensive checklist for processing an appeal to the Supreme Court of Nevada. The most recent version of the Checklist incorporates the 2008 amendments that the Supreme Court made to the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure. He is also in the process of authoring chapters for the updated Nevada Appellate Practice Manual published by the State Bar of Nevada. Mr. Echols also frequently publishes legal articles that have appeared in Nevada Lawyer, a publication of the State Bar of Nevada; Communiqué, a publication of the Clark County Bar Association; Advocate, a publication of the Nevada Justice Association; CCIM Perspective, a publication of the Southern Nevada Chapter of Certified Commercial Investment Members; and the Las Vegas Business Press.
Prior to joining Marquis Aurbach Coffing, Mr. Echols was the law clerk to the Honorable Sally A. Loehrer, District Court Judge, in Las Vegas. Mr. Echols has lived in Alaska, Iowa and Utah before moving to Las Vegas. In his free time, Mr. Echols enjoys watching or attending Major League Baseball games with his wife and children.
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Supreme Court of the United States, 2007