Omar Nagy

Senior Associate

Omar Nagy’s litigation experience includes insurance defense, premises liability, real estate related disputes, contract disputes, construction defect, general liability, and bankruptcy matters. Omar’s focus is on transactional law where he represents clients with drafting and negotiating various types of business contracts; banking, where he provides opinion letters, drafts loan documents, and UCCs, and reviews title reports;  real estate, where he drafts letters of intent, purchase sale agreements, and leases; merger and acquisition matters, where he helps clients with getting the appropriate corporate documents in place, draft purchase-sale agreements, draft reps and warranties, negotiate the purchase-sale agreements; and setting up corporate entities along with drafting the appropriate corporate documents.

Prior to attending law school, Omar was a commercial real estate banker for seventeen years. He financed commercial real estate projects in Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, and Washington. While serving as a special assets officer of a regional bank, Omar got more involved in the risk assessment side of banking during which time he was in constant communication with clients and attorneys to minimize losses. While he was successful in his previous career, Omar felt that his calling was more toward the legal side of banking and finance and attended the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 2019

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

JD: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2018
MBA: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2003, Finance
BBA: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 1998, Financial Services

Contact

nagyo@hallevans.com

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Omar

Professional Associations
  • Asian Bar Association

  • South Asian Bar Association

  • Nevada State Bar Association

License
  • Mortgage Broker, Nevada
  • Mortgage Officer, Nevada
  • Real Estate Broker-Salesperson, Nevada
Other Activities
  • In his time away from the office, Omar enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and playing golf.

Patrice Stephenson-Johnson

Associate

Patrice Stephenson-Johnson is a civil litigator with over 20 years of wide-ranging experience. Patrice’s practice includes hospitality & retail, transportation, premises liability, workers’ compensation, and employment. She is also experienced in business litigation and transactions, regulatory compliance, and family law. She litigates on behalf of retailers, gig-economy companies, employers, insurers, corporations, and individuals.

Before Hall & Evans, Patrice worked at boutique insurance defense firms in Nevada, served as a Field Litigation Attorney with a global insurer, and maintained a solo civil and criminal practice. Patrice represents clients before administrative agencies, in mediations and arbitrations, and across state and federal courts in Nevada.

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 2011
  • Alabama (inactive), 2003
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

LLM: Temple University, James A. Beasley School of Law, 2004, International/ Transnational Law

JD: University of Alabama School of Law, 2002

BS: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1998, Criminal Justice, minor in History

Contact

stephenson-johnsonp@hallevans.com

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Patrice

Career Distinctions & Honors

 

  • Outstanding/Solo Small Firm Award, National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division, 2024
  • Sam H. Hamner Academic Scholarship
  • Who’s Who Among American Law Students, 2002
  • Alabama Public Interest Legal Association Grant Writing Award Recipient, 2000
  • Student Articles Editor, Law and Psychology Review, 2000-2002
Professional Experience
  • Judicial Clerk Intern, The Honorable John E. Ott, United States Magistrate, Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 2002
Professional Associations
  • Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys
Other Activities
  • Patrice enjoys yoga, travel, and spending time with her family.

Edward A. Khatskin

Associate

Edward Khatskin focuses his practice on representing clients in high-dollar-value commercial and complex civil litigation matters in federal and state courts throughout Illinois and Missouri. Additionally, Mr. Khatskin has continuously obtained favorable results in defending claims involving medical malpractice, 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 civil rights, class action, wrongful death, personal injury, premises liability, transportation, employment, insurance coverage, toxic tort, and general civil and other tort claims.

Prior to law school, Mr. Khatskin worked as an accountant and owned a mortgage brokerage. This experience has helped him successfully represent clients in litigation involving the financial services and real estate industries, including cases with complex financial data, business valuation disputes, complex mechanic’s lien issues, quiet title actions, easements, boundary disputes, HOA and condominium disputes, and alleged realtor and title company negligence.

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 2015
  • Missouri, 2012
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

Location

Chicago Office
121 West Wacker Drive
Suite 2150
Chicago, IL 60601

Education

JD: Washington University School of Law, 2012

BS: Saint Louis University, 2000, Finance/Accounting

Contact

khatskine@hallevans.com

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Edward

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America; Healthcare Law, 2021-2022
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Complex Civil Litigation, 2012
Professional Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • As a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Litigation Committee presented and moderated panel discussion with Judge Mary Rowland from the Northern District of Illinois on Settlement Conferences.
Other Activities
  • In his free time, Mr. Khatskin enjoys raising his two kids, traveling, skiing, motorcycling, and scuba diving.

Languages
  • Native proficiency in Russian

Tanya M. Fraser

Senior Associate

Tanya M. Fraser practices in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance defense, and personal injury. Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Tanya’s practice included representing both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury litigation with a focus in trucking and transportation and assisting clients with wills, trusts, and estates, bankruptcy, and small business matters.

Tanya obtained her Juris Doctorate Degree from UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law. During law school, Tanya was invited to join Boyd Law School’s elite Moot Court Team. As a Public Interest Fellow, Tanya graduated with Pro Bono Honors after helping to provide legal services to indigent members of the community and to several Native American tribes. She also served as the ABA’s 14th Circuit Lieutenant Governor of Indian Law, as Co-Chairman of the Native American Law Students’ Association, and as President of the Gaming Law Society.

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 2015
  • Florida, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

JD: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2015

BA: Tulane University, 2011, Casino Resort Management, Minor in Applied Business, cum laude

Contact

frasert@hallevans.com

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Tanya

David M. Sexton

Senior Associate

David Sexton’s practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation and business transactions. His litigation experience includes premises liability, personal injury, and insurance defense, frequently defending retailers and insurance companies. On the business side, Mr. Sexton has experience handling antitrust matters, contracts, leases, franchises, and common-interest community law. He also has experience helping clients with their estate planning needs.

Mr. Sexton graduated cum laude from J. Reuben Clark Law School and graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in business management. While attending law school, Mr. Sexton interned with the Apache County Attorney’s Office in Arizona, was a research assistant and teaching assistant, and served as Editor in Chief for the Journal of Public Law.

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

JD: J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2018, cum laude

BS: Brigham Young University, 2015, Business Management, magna cum laude

Contact

sextond@hallevans.com

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David

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Editor in Chief, Journal of Public Law, 2017-2018
Other Activities
  • David enjoys spending his free time planning and organizing activities and service projects for youth groups through his local church congregation.
Languages
  • Spanish