FRANCIS C. FLAHERTY

Partner
Email: fflaherty@dyerlawrence.com
Phone: 775-885-1896

A native of Boston, Mr. Flaherty spent eight years in Texas before accepting a summer clerkship with our firm and then relocating to Carson City with his family in 1994 to join us as an associate. He is very active in community and Bar organizations, a Past President of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada, and a member of Nevada’s Board of Continuing Legal Education. Mr. Flaherty became a partner in the firm in 2001.

PRACTICE AREAS
Labor and Employment Law
Water Law
General Litigation
Corporate and Business Law

EDUCATION
University of Texas, Austin (J.D., 1994)  Chief Articles Editor, The Review of   Litigation
University of Texas, El Paso (B.S., with high   honors, 1989)

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

PERSONAL
Born Boston, Massachusetts, 1960
Skiing
Hiking
Biking
Exercise

COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1995
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1994
Supreme Court of Nevada, 1994

PUBLICATIONS

Author: Note, “Sanctions in Willy v. Coastal   Corp., Rule 11 or ‘Catch’ 11?,” 13 The   Review of Litigation 105 (1993)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
State Bar of Nevada
Member, Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education
State Bar President (2012-2013)
Member, Board of Governors (2005-2014)
Member, Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board (2002-2005)
Member, Access to Justice Committee (1996-1997)
Member, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section (1994-1997)
First Judicial District Bar Association (Past President)
Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans
Member, Board of Directors (1997-2001)
Young Volunteers of Nevada
Member, Board of Trustees (1995-1997)
Member, National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations
Member, Lawyers Coordinating Committee of the AFL-CIO

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Counsel, Nevada State Education Association
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy