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Biography
Erin Gettel is an associate in the firm’s Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Practice Group. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, she was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Nevada in the trial unit. Erin also served as a Term Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Credentials
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)
Experience
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)
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