SANDRA G. LAWRENCE

Of Counsel
Email: slawrence@dyerlawrence.com
Phone: 775-885-1896

Ms. Lawrence is a native Nevadan and graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and minors in geography and communication. She attended McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. Ms. Lawrence attained her law degree in 1986 and was a law clerk for the Honorable Michael R. Griffin, now retired, in the First Judicial District Court in Carson City. After her clerkship she joined the firm in 1987 and became a partner in 1994. She is perhaps one of Nevada’s foremost authorities on public employee labor law, having litigated numerous cases before the Nevada Employee-Management Labor Relations Board. Ms. Lawrence’s practice is also concentrated in the areas of probate law, estate planning, and general legal disputes, corporate and business law.

PRACTICE AREAS

Labor and Employment Law
Estate Planning and Probate Matters
Guardianship
Corporate and Business Law
Commercial and General Litigation

EDUCATION
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School   of Law (J.D., 1986)
University of Nevada, Reno (B.A., 1981)

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
BV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®

PERSONAL
Born Yerington, Nevada, 1958
Scuba diving
Hiking

COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1987
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1986
Supreme Court of Nevada, 1986
Supreme Court of California, 1987

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
State Bar of Nevada, Probate and Estate Planning Division
State Bar of California, Probate and Estate Planning Division
First Judicial District Bar Association
National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Law Clerk to Judge Michael R. Griffin, First Judicial District Court of Nevada