Madisyn Schaus

Associate

Madisyn Schaus joined Hall & Evans, LLC as an Associate in 2025. Ms. Schaus’ practice centers on premises liability, products liability, professional liability, and workers’ compensation.

Ms. Schaus earned her JD from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada.  While in law school, she was a Legal Intern and a Legal Extern with the Clark County Public Defender’s Office.

Location

Las Vegas Office

Education

JD: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2025
BA: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2020, Criminal Justice

Contact

schausm@hallevans.com

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Business & Community Service
  • Volunteer, Central Christian Church with Central Youth

Sylvia Grace Acosta

Counsel

Sylvia Grace Acosta has over 25 years of wide-ranging litigation experience.  Ms. Acosta’s current practice includes insurance defense, construction defect, dram shop, premises liability, insurance bad faith litigation, and coverage disputes.  She also handles commercial litigation, real estate matters, estate planning, and workers’ compensation.   

Ms. Acosta is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where she instructs and mentors students on arbitration and negotiation. She is an active member and Past President of the Utah Minority Bar Association, and active with the Women Lawyers of Utah and Utah Center for Legal Inclusion.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Utah, 2003
  • Nebraska (inactive), 1997
  • California (inactive), 2002
  • Idaho (inactive), 2010

Location

Salt Lake City Office

Education

JD: University of Nebraska College of Law, 1997
BA: Auburn University, 1994, Psychology and English

Contact

acostag@hallevans.com

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • Law Clerk, Utah Court of Appeals, Hon. William A. Thorne, Jr., 2002-2004
Professional Associations
  • Utah Minority Bar Association
  • Women Lawyers of Utah
  • Utah Center of Legal Inclusion

Aaron Helmberger

Senior Associate

Aaron Helmberger’s practice focuses on defending employers and insurance carriers in a variety of workers’ compensation matters.

Before joining Hall & Evans, Mr. Helmberger was an Associate at a small workers’ compensation firm in the Denver area.  Prior to his workers’ compensation practice, Mr. Helmberger was a Deputy State Public Defender at the La Junta Regional Office of the Colorado Office of the Public Defender where he handled a wide range of criminal law-related matters, from simple petty offences to misdemeanors and violent crimes.

While attending the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Mr. Helmberger was a Chancellor’s Scholarship recipient, was a Clinic Fellow for the Criminal Defense Clinic, and interned with the Colorado Office of the State Public Defender.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2018
  • New Mexico, 2024

Location

Denver Office

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2018

BA: Fort Lewis College, 2014, American History, summa cum laude

Contact

helmbergera@hallevans.com

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Chancellor’s Scholarship, 2015
Appeals
  • Russell v. Vibra Healthcare, LLC and Traveler’s Indemnity, W.C. No. 5-128-511 (ICAO 2023)

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.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Location

Las Vegas Office

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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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2025-2026
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, Distinguished Peer Review Rated
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business/Corporate, 2016-2017, 2025
  • Nevada’s Top Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine, 2008
Professional Associations
  • Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • Clark County Bar Association
  • Supreme Court Historical Society
  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
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.

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

Henry E. Seward

Associate

Henry Seward defends clients in workers’ compensation matters throughout Colorado.  Before joining Hall & Evans, Mr. Seward’s practice focused on estate and transaction planning. 

Mr. Seward earned his law degree from the University of Colorado Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Trinity University.  While in law school, Mr. Seward was Vice President of the Student Bar Association and head of the Student Wellness Committee.  He also served as a Judicial Intern with the 1st Judicial District Court of Colorado and clerked at two small Denver law firms. 

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2023
  • Wyoming, pending

Location

Denver Office

Education

JD: University of Colorado Law School, 2022
BA: Trinity University, 2018, History & Business Administration

Contact

sewardh@hallevans.com

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Professional Experience

  • Judicial Intern, 1st Judicial District Court of Colorado, Golden, CO, 2020-2021

Other Activities
  • Mr. Seward enjoys playing in casual sports leagues (kickball, basketball, volleyball, soccer), watching professional and college football, and drawing/painting.

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