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PERSONAL INJURY

Prior to representing personal injury victims, I worked as an insurance defense attorney in law firms whose primary goal was to reduce and deny claims of injured individuals.

Working on the dark side provided me with a keen insight into how insurance companies work and a variety of tactics insurance companies use reduce and deny a claim. After seeing so many innocent victions taken advantage by insurance giants, I soon realized I could help victims of someone else's carelessness, rather than making their pain worse. It was then that I started up my own practice and began working to defend the rights of others.
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CRIMINAL DEFENSE

When the secretary of my first law firm was falsely accused of Accessory to Murder over eight years ago, I began to truly see the power and might of the State, and how innocent people are easily caught-up in the wide-net of the law. After getting such serious charges dismissed, I began practicing in criminal courts more frequently. Today, I am in court every single day fighting for the rights of individuals who need help through the system.

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FAMILY LAW

I began practicing family law with some of the most agressive litigators in Nevada. Any matter in family court demands clear thinking, clear writing, and agressive litigation. My family law team gets the job done. If I don't win on my motions, I win in the courtroom.

An honors graduate of UC-Berkeley and Harvard Law School, Neil Shouse served five years as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. He prosecuted more than 60 criminal trials, and handled more than 1,000 evidentiary hearings. He earned a reputation as one of the toughest and most successful trial prosecutors, with an astounding 96% success rate in felony criminal jury trials to verdict.

As a trial prosecutor, Mr. Shouse's cases ranged from DUIs and drug charges to complex, high profile murders. He worked in close partnership with police, detectives, the California Highway Patrol, criminalists and fellow prosecutors.

Among his cases was the successful prosecution of Shadae Schmidt, a college student who shot and killed her mother and then staged a fake robbery scene. Shadae Schmidt was defended at the trial by Michael Jackson lawyer Thomas Messereau.

Mr. Shouse frequently speaks as a guest legal commentator on national television. He has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Court TV, Fox News Channel and Public Television.

Prior to serving as a trial prosecutor, Mr. Shouse was a litigator for several of the nation's top law firms, including the global law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. In that role, he represented such clients as AT&T, Microsoft, Metropolitan Life, Western Union and KPMG.