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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.

Bruce D. Tingey was born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1963. He attended University of Nevada at Las Vegas and Brigham Young University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988. He also attended California Western School of Law, where he received a Juris Doctorate degree in 1991. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1991 and the State Bar of Nevada in 1993. Bruce is a member of the Clark County Bar Association, the Nevada Law Foundation, and the Nevada Justice Association.

The Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., is a debt relief agency committed to helping financially distressed individuals obtain a fresh start through bankruptcy relief. This Firm offers personal, discreet, and affordable legal representation.

THIS FIRM IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE TO THE LAS VEGAS BANKRUPTCY MILL!

All consultations are FREE and COMPREHENSIVE. You can expect personal and thorough legal advice without further obligation from this Firm. Consultations typically last one hour or more because you deserve more than canned or boilerplate advice. An open and honest attorney is a better advocate than one who withholds information to pressure people into paying first for services. All too often at other law offices, paying clients then fall off the radar in the law office's perpetual search for new paying clients.

At the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., clients irrespective of payment are the number one priority always! Your case is handled at every stage by an attorney and will not be handed off to a paralegal or legal assistant. The attorney also returns phone calls promptly and personally.

Your case should not be just another file. This Firm offers INDIVIDUAL FILING DATES because your case should be filed when you need it filed. This Firm does not batch file cases so your case is filed when most convenient for you. With Individual Filing Dates, clients also receive the attorney's undivided attention at the creditors' meeting. Other firms have scheduled batch filing dates and will shelve your case until their next filing date. Don't get lost in the crowd, you deserve better.

This Firm offers LOW flat fees to all clients and gladly offers PRO BONO services to qualifying low-income individuals.

At the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., your case is not just another file. This Firm has a LIMITED CASELOAD to ensure that your case gets the attention that it requires.

Avoid being a victim of the local bankruptcy mills. Quite simply, the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., offers BETTER SERVICE FOR LESS!

PROFILE OF DAWN M. PAPAELIOU, ESQ.
Dawn M. Papaeliou graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in May 2002. Ms. Papaeliou passed the State Bar Exam on her first attempt and was admitted to practice law in the State of Nevada in December 2002.

Dawn Papaeliou has represented hundreds of debtors in chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcies as an associate attorney at two local law firms. She also acquired extensive bankruptcy experience while working for local chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee Yvette Weinstein from 2003 to 2005. Ms. Papaeliou assisted the Trustee in the administration of chapter 7 bankruptcy estates, liquidation of assets, and distribution of estate funds to creditors.

Ms. Papaeliou operated the Law Office of D. M. Papaeliou, P.C., and provided legal services through the City of Las Vegas Senior Citizen Law Project in 2006, until she joined the Department of Justice Office of the United States Trustee in Reno, Nevada. While employed with the Office of the United States Trustee, she investigated the eligibility of debtors in chapter 7 cases, examined chapter 7 debtors under oath at creditors’ meetings, and pursued the dismissal and/or conversion of cases to chapter 13 relief. Dawn Papaeliou also provided oversight of chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, monitored chapter 11 reorganizations in the Reno area, and otherwise ensured compliance with the United States Bankruptcy Code.

In late May 2007, Ms. Papaeliou returned to the Las Vegas area as debtor's counsel. Today, Ms. Papaeliou continues her dedication to debtors' issues as a bankruptcy lawyer for the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C. Dawn Papaeliou also continues her commitment to the Las Vegas community as an active member of Habitat for Humanity and Clark County READS.

Charles E. Kelly has a unique background that enables him to represent clients and provide them unique perspectives based upon his training and experience. He is a Former Federal Prosecutor. As such he conducted many sophisticated jury trials; particularly in White Collar criminal law cases and drug cases.

He also has the benefit of having been trained in a large Institutional Law Firm where he represented primarily Fortune Five Hundred Companies in National Litigation.

His Firm is dedicated to addressing each Client individually and providing them with the best possible defense.

He has also practiced in a large, Institutional Law Firm setting where he represented Fortune Five Hundred Clients in sophisticated litigation.