Erin M. Gettel

Bar Admissions

• Nevada

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Nevada
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States District Court, District of Nevada

Education

• University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
• Michigan State University (B.A., Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy)

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2024-2025)
• Top Rank Attorney, Nevada Business Magazine (2023-2024)
  • Best Up and Coming (2023-2024)
• Snell & Wilmer Pro Bono Award (2023)

Previous Professional Experience

• District of Nevada Federal Public Defender, Assistant Federal Public Defender (2017-2021)
• United States District Court, District of Nevada, Term Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey (2015-2017)
• United States District Court, District of Nevada, Extern to the Honorable Richard F. Boulware II (2015)
• United States District Court, District of Nevada, Extern to the Honorable James C. Mahan (2014)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Lawyer Representative for the United States District Court, District of Nevada
• United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Criminal Justice Act Panel
• Howard D. McKibben Inn of Court Executive Committee
• Boyd Law School Alumni Board (2015-2019)
• State Bar of Nevada Trial Academy, Co-Director (2017-2020)
• Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Public Interest and Young Lawyers State Bar Sections

Community Involvement

• Junior League of Las Vegas
• Rocky Mountain Innocence Center Board of Director (2023-Present)

Representative Presentations and Publications

• Wrongful Conviction Panel Discussion, Panelist, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law (September 30, 2024)