ATTORNEY PROFILE

Employment History:

  • 6/99-present Marc Picker, Esq., Ltd., Reno, Nevada; sole practitioner in private practice concentrating in civil and criminal litigation
  • 5/97-5/99 Zeh, Polaha, Spoo, Hearne & Picker, Reno, Nevada; partner in law firm concentrating in civil and criminal litigation
  • 3/93-5/97 Marc Picker, Esq., Ltd., Reno, Nevada; sole practitioner in private practice concentrating in civil and criminal litigation
  • 9/91-5/94 Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada; part-time instructor, Paralegal Program
  • 1/91-2/93 Plater & Picker, Ltd., Reno, Nevada; managing partner in law firm concentrating in civil and criminal litigation
  • 9/88-12/90 Sole Practitioner, Reno, Nevada; sole practitioner in private practice concentrating in civil and criminal litigation
  • 4/83-7/85 Chico Enterprise-Record, Chico, California (Donrey Media Group); assistant news editor, assistant arts/entertainment editor, chief critic.
  • 3/81-4/83 Ely Daily Times, Ely, Nevada (Donrey Media Group); editor supervising all news gathering with primary responsibility for coverage of courts, local government and writing of editorials.
  • 4/80-3/81 Borger News Herald, Borger, Texas (Donrey Media Group); sports editor.
  • 8/79-4/80 Ely Daily Times, Ely Nevada (Donrey Media Group); reporter covering courts, law enforcement, local government and features.
  • 11/78-6/79 Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada (Gannett, Inc.); reporter covering Sparks city government, law enforcement, features.
  • 1/77-11/78 Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada (Gannett, Inc.); newsroom clerk.

Jurisdictions:

  • Admitted to Practice State Bar of Nevada, 1988
  • United States District Court for the District of Nevada, 1988
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991
  • United States Supreme Court, 1993

Education:

  • J.D., 1988 Martin Luther King, Jr., School of Law, University of California at Davis B.A. in Jour
  • 1978 University of Nevada at Reno

Honors and Memberships:

  • Instructor, Continuing Legal Education Courses on Introduction to Criminal Law, Premises Liability
  • Trying Your First Civil Jury Trial in Nevada Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
  • Washoe County Bar Association, 1996 Member
  • State Bar of Nevada Member
  • Nevada Trial Lawyers Association Member
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Member
  • Northern Nevada Bankruptcy Bar Association Member
  • American Bankruptcy Institute Criminal Justice Act panel member for indigent defense
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, 1989-present
  • President of the Board of Trustees, Temple Sinai, Reno, Nevada, 1993-1996
  • First Vice President, Nevada State Youth Soccer Association, 1990-1996
  • Author, The Raker Act: Legal Implications of Damming and Undamming Hetch Hetchy Valley, U.C. Davis Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 4, Summer 1988
  • Editor in Chief, Environs: An Environmental Law Journal, UC Davis School of Law, 1986-1988
  • Former Member, Sigma Delta Chi /Society of Professional Journalists, national journalism organization


 

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