Aaron D. Cuellar

Associate

Aaron Cuellar’s experience includes general litigation, workers’ compensation, tax law, and corporate governance. 

Mr. Cuellar earned his JD from Gonzaga School of Law, an MBA from Gonzaga School of Business, and a BA in Political Science from Saint Mary’s College of California.  While in law school, Mr. Cuellar clerked for the Honorable Chief Judge Stanley A. Bastian with the Eastern District Court of Washington, was a legal intern for a credit union, and clerked for the Gonzaga Law Low-Income Tax Clinic. He received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Corporate Social Responsibility and was a recipient of the Dean’s Excellence Award Scholarship and a merit scholarship.  Mr. Cuellar is admitted in all courts in the State of Nevada. He is also certified to represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service.

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 2024
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Location

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

Education

JD: Gonzaga School of Law, 2024
MBA: Gonzaga School of Business, 2024, Financial Concentration, Honors Dean’s List
BA: Saint Mary’s College of California, 2021, Political Science

Contact

cuellara@hallevans.com

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Aaron

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Corporate Social Responsibility, 2022
  • Dean’s Excellence Award Scholarship Recipient, 2021
  • Merit Scholarship Recipient, 2021
  • Linden Cup Moot Court, Semi-Finalist, 2022
Professional Associations
  • State Bar of Nevada
    • Young Lawyer Section
    • Tax Law Section
    • Elder Law Section
Professional Experience
  • Judicial Extern, Chief Judge Stanley A. Bastian, Eastern District Court of Washington, Spokane, WA, 2023

Nathan R. Garcia

Senior Associate

Nathan Garcia is a versatile attorney with experience in civil litigation, transactional law, and trust and estate planning.

Mr. Garcia handles a wide variety of general civil litigation across Utah and Colorado including premises liability, insurance defense, and HOA matters.  His transactional work includes wills/trusts, entity formation, lease and contract negotiations, buy/sell agreements, and corporate governance. Mr. Garcia also handles complex trust and estate administration.

Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Mr. Garcia was the co-founder of a boutique law firm, and a nonprofit legal services firm based in Salt Lake City.

Bar Admissions

  • Utah, 2011
  • Colorado, 2019
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, District of Utah

Location

Salt Lake City Office
175 South Main Street
Suite 500
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Education

JD: Seattle University School of Law, 2011

BA: University of Utah, 2008, Sociology

Contact

garcianr@hallevans.com

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Nathan

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

John F. “Jack” Peters

Member

Jack Peters is a trial and appellate litigator. He has first chaired over fifty jury trials, tried cases to judges and arbitrators, and handled multiple appeals to state and federal appellate courts. His practice focuses on the defense of civil rights and other claims against public entities; representing school districts in a wide variety of claims, including Title IX, Title VI, IDEA, and Section 504; labor and employment litigation and counseling; administrative complaints before state and federal regulatory bodies; professional liability claims against real estate brokers and medical professionals; probate, guardianship, and other fiduciary litigation; and general commercial litigation, including securities fraud and contract disputes, including real estate broker commission disputes.

Before joining Hall and Evans, Mr. Peters was a prosecutor in Boulder County where he tried dozens of cases to verdict, handled extensive appellate work, and supervised the District Attorney’s Office law clerks. Mr. Peters graduated from Vermont Law School magna cum laude in the top 5% of his class. He served as articles editor of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, worked in the chambers of Justice Denise Johnson of the Vermont Supreme Court, and was a summer associate in the Shanghai office of an international law firm. He continues to mentor law students and is actively involved in the legal community. Before law school, Mr. Peters was a licensed real estate salesperson in New York City and a middle school teacher in Denver.

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2012
  • Kentucky (inactive), 2011
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Education

JD: Vermont Law School, 2011, magna cum laude
BA: University of Chicago, 2004, Classical Languages and Literatures

Contact

petersj@hallevans.com

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Jack

Appeals
  • People v. Penn, 32, 379 P.3d 298 (Colo. 2016)
Professional Associations
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Boulder Bar Association, Member, Board of Directors 2017 – 2020
  • Faculty of Federal Advocates
Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Senior Articles Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 2010 – 2011
License
  • New York State Real Estate Salesperson License, inactive
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Presenter, “Diverse Juries Reach Better Verdicts: How Litigators can Create Diverse Jury Panels and Prevent Bias in Deliberations” Colorado Bar Association Litigators’ Summit, November 2023
  • Presenter, “Qualified Immunity and the Basics of Civil Claims Against Law Officers,” Boulder County Bar Association CLE, September 2020
  • Presenter, “The Legal Effect of Turning 18,” Monarch High School, 2014 – present
  • Presenter, “Finding and Using Digital Evidence,” Kentucky Prosecutors Conference, 2017
  • Trainer, Colorado District Attorney’s Council, 2014 – 2018
Professional Experience
  • Deputy District Attorney, Twentieth Judicial District, Boulder, CO, 2012 – 2019
  • Intern, Hon. Justice Denise Johnson, Vermont Supreme Court, Montpelier, VT, 2009
Languages
  • Conversational in French, Italian, and Spanish. Knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, German, and Swedish.

Kurt R. Bonds

Member

Kurt Bonds has practiced in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1997, focusing on litigation and transactional law. His litigation practice includes trucking and transportation matters, hospitality & retail, premises liability, employment, products liability, insurance defense, workers’ compensation defense, and toxic tort law. On the transactional side, Mr. Bonds handles corporate law, business transactions, banking law, contracts, real estate matters, and homeowners’ association matters.

Mr. Bonds serves as a court appointed Arbitrator for the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County and as a Referee/Arbitrator for the Nevada Real Estate Division. He also teaches risk reduction classes at the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors on various issues including trademark, licensing, advertising, and contracts.

An active participant in the legal community, Mr. Bonds is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, International Bar Association, American Inns of Court, the Clark County Bar Association, the Community Associations Institute, and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He is a frequent seminar speaker on transactional law issues, estate planning, and legal issues affecting homeowners’ associations and management companies. Mr. Bonds was named one of Nevada’s top business attorneys in the 2008 “Legal Elite” issue of the Nevada Business Magazine. He has also been recognized in Mountain States Super Lawyers® for his business and corporate law practice.

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • 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 Nebraska College of Law, 1996
BS: Brigham Young University, 1993, International Finance, Minor in Business Composite

Contact

bondsk@hallevans.com

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Kurt

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2025
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, Distinguished Peer Review Rated
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business/Corporate, 2016-2017
  • Nevada’s Top Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine, 2008
Professional Experience
  • Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Mr. Bonds served as Managing Partner and Chair of the Business Law department at Alverson Taylor & Sanders in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Professional Associations
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • Clark County Bar Association
  • Supreme Court Historical Society
  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Speaker, “Negotiation Win/Win for Client”, Greater Las Vegas Area Realtors, June 2016
  • Speaker, “Legal Update,” Nevada Mutual Insurance Company Risk Management Seminar, May 2014
  • Speaker, “Advertising, Social Media Ethics and Liabilities,” Greater Las Vegas Area Realtors, May 2014
  • Author, “Conquering Contracts–Property Management Agreements and Landlord/Tenant Laws,” State of Nevada, Department of Business and Industry Real Estate Division, September 2012
Other Activities
  • In his spare time, Mr. Bonds enjoys playing and coaching basketball and spending time with his wife and their five children.

Languages
  • Portuguese