Bradley Austin Attorney
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Bradley Austin

Partner
Biography

Brad Austin is a trial and litigation attorney with the firm’s commercial litigation practice group. His practice is focused on complex business, civil, and commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on breach-of-contract disputes, commercial torts, financial service and real estate litigation, class action lawsuits, professional malpractice, and shareholder derivative litigation. Brad prosecutes and defends actions for businesses – ranging from small private to Fortune 500 – and individuals seeking injunctive relief, declaratory relief and monetary damages in state and federal court, the Supreme Court of Nevada and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and JAMS and AAA arbitration and mediation.

Brad is a member of the Snell & Wilmer Ethics and Attorney Development Committees and routinely serves as pro bono counsel for the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada’s Children’s Attorney Project.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Nevada
  • United States District Court, District of Nevada


Education

  • University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors)
    • Mediation Clinic
    • Criminal Defense Clinic
    • Associate Editor, Texas International Law Journal
    • Associate Editor, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law
  • Brigham Young University (B.A., Political Science)
    • Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science National Honor Society)

Languages

Portuguese

Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2022-2025)
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation (2024)
    • Rising Stars Edition (2017-2019, 2021-2023)
  • Honor Roll, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (2018)
  • Legal Elite – Top Southern Nevada Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine (2016-2018)
    • Best Up and Coming Attorneys (2015-2018)

Previous Professional Experience

  • Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate (2012)
  • United States District Court, District of Nevada, Judicial Extern to The Honorable Kent Dawson (2011)

Community Involvement

  • United Way of Southern Nevada
    • Board of Directors (2021-Present)
    • Governance and Nominations Committee (2021-Present)
  • Henderson Chamber of Commerce
    • Leadership Henderson Class of 2020
  • Various pro bono representations with the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (2013- present)
  • Boy Scouts of America
    • Eagle Scout
    • Charter Committee Chair (2017-2019)
  • Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans Clinic (2010-2013)

Representative Presentations and Publications

  • “High Court’s Clear and Loud Voice on Forum-Selection Clauses: Enforce Them,” Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (December 5, 2013)