Founded in 1974, Jolley Urga Woodbury & Holthus is a full-service civil practice with offices in Las Vegas and Boulder City providing legal services to our clients and the community for over 40 years. Our firm has a widely diversified civil practice and specializes in a multitude of practice areas. Whether handling a client’s litigation needs or transactional needs, we bring the insight and experience necessary to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients.
Our attorneys practice in most areas of law, including Business/Commercial Litigation, Administrative Law, Construction, Labor and Employment, Real Estate/Commercial Landlord-Tenant, Banking/Finance, Personal Injury, Transportation, Bankruptcy, and Appellate Law. Our firm’s transactional attorneys handle Corporate Formation, Licensing, as well as Commercial and Real Estate transactions. We also specialize in all areas of Gaming, ranging from licensing to sales of hotels and casinos. Our comprehensive Probate and Estate Planning services include everything from preparing wills to drafting complex trusts.
All of our partners have achieved the AV Preeminent® rating, the highest and most prestigious of the peer review ratings for attorneys. Jolley Urga Woodbury & Holthus’ long-term experience in southern Nevada, combined with the expertise of our attorneys, uniquely positions our firm to service all types of clients. From Fortune 500 companies, large financial institutions, and national corporations to local contractors, businesses, developers, and private individuals, we are committed to delivering high-quality service and efficient legal representation to all of our clients. Our lawyers are extremely proud of the quality of work we are able to provide while maintaining the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.
We are also dedicated to providing a work environment that fosters teamwork, both inside the office and within the southern Nevada community. We encourage active participation by attorneys in making southern Nevada a better place to live and work.
We have extensive knowledge of the intricacies of forming a business entity in Nevada and advising our clients how to best take advantage of the business friendly climate existing in our state. We help our clients select the most advantageous and beneficial entity for their business, and can continue to facilitate our clients' business needs through the life-cycle of their business. We advise businesses of all sizes—closely held to publicly traded—across virtually all industries—as to a variety of legal matters that arise while operating a business. This includes corporate governance, commercial contract negotiation, day-to-day operations and representation through the ultimate sale and disposition of a business. The firm represents joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability limited partnerships, business trusts, sole proprietors and other statutory entities. The firm also represents and advises shareholders, officers, directors, members, managers, general and limited partners as to corporate matters involving control, duties owed and ownership of a business. The firm handles business acquisitions, mergers, dissolutions and final or partial dispositions of assets and ownership.
Trials and litigation are the focal point of our firm's practice. For over 40 years, we have litigated — and won —in virtually all areas of civil trial practice. Whether a Fortune 500 company, local business or individual, we keep your best interests and needs in the forefront of every litigation strategy, then keep you informed and updated as your needs and the demands of litigation evolve. We are one of the most experienced, preeminent litigation firms in the State of Nevada and our reputation shows it.
We practice extensively in the bankruptcy area, primarily on behalf of creditors. Our firm represents a wide array of large financing entities, along with numerous banks in our bankruptcy practice.
We represent several commercial property owners in Nevada. We draft and negotiate lease documents, represent parties in commercial and residential lease disputes, handle evictions in both Justice Court and District Court, and prosecute and defend rent collection lawsuits.
We offer a wide range of real estate services including both real estate transactions and litigation. We handle real estate transactions including real estate acquisition, development, commercial lending, commercial leasing, receiverships and workouts. Our experienced litigators are able to assist with disputes that arise during any phase of a real estate project. We represent property owners, landlords and tenants, buyers and sellers, brokers and agents, borrowers and lenders as well as developers, title insurers, appraisers and loan service providers in residential and commercial real estate transactions and litigation. Our clients are involved in real estate development, acquisition and finance of property including commercial, office, resort-hotel, shopping centers, industrial, multi-family and residential.
We represent clients in a wide variety of probate and estate planning areas. This includes preparing wills and trusts; representing administrators, executors and trustees in probate matters; handling legal guardianship affairs; and providing estate planning advice. The firm's practice in this area is led by Senior Partner R. Gardner Jolley, who chaired the committee that created, at the direction of the Legislature, substantial changes to the probate, estate and trust sections of the Nevada Revised Statutes.
We represent a wide range of employers in matters concerning wrongful termination, discipline and discharge, and employment discrimination. We appear before both judicial and administrative bodies to resolve employment disputes. We also help its clients avoid litigation by crafting employee manuals and procedures, and advising businesses and employers on the laws that govern employment in Nevada.
For over 40 years, we have successfully represented victims in personal injury, wrongful death and insurance policy limit disputes. Led by AV Preeminent-rated Partner, Bruce L. Woodbury our talented team of personal injury attorneys has presided over thousands of cases and obtained multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts. We have built a reputation for aggressive legal representation and pride ourselves on the superior level of investigation, preparation and personal service extended to every client.
