Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 702-870-3940
- Fax: 702-870-3950
- E-Mail: bvhp@lvnvlaw.com
- Website: www.barronpruitt.com
Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Asbestos Litigation
- Automobile Liability
- Bad Faith
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Vehicle
- Common Carrier
- Complex Litigation
- Construction Defect
- Coverage Issues
- Environmental Liability
- Excess
- First and Third Party Defense
- Garage Liability
- Insurance Coverage
- Motor Carriers
- Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Primary and Excess Insurance
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Property Damage
- Self-Insured Defense
- Surety
- Transportation
- Trial and Appellate Practice
- Trucks/Heavy Equipment
- Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
- Wrongful Death
Cases Gone to Trial: 100+
About Us
Barron & Pruitt, LLP, is a litigation-oriented law firm serving the needs of Nevada and Utah insurers and self-insureds. The firm's practice includes the handling of first-party and third-party claims arising under personal, commercial and specialty insurance lines; representation of insurers in policy disputes and property and casualty claims; construction litigation, including claims involving architects' and engineers' coverages; defense of self-insureds against third-party liability claims; the defense of employers in "wrongful termination" actions; products liability defense; defense of professional negligence, and errors and omissions claims; defense of claims against governmental entities; and the defense of, and coverage litigation involving environmental and pollution claims.
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- Auto-Owners Insurance Company
- Chubb & Son, Inc.
- Federated American Insurance Company
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
- HealthSmart
- Hudson Insurance Company
- National Claims Management
- Nevada General Insurance Company
- Sentry Insurance Company
- USAA
- Wells Fargo/Wachovia Insurance Services, Inc.
- Western World Insurance Group
Non-Insurance Clients
- Blue Martini
- CCMSI
- ClubCorp
- Dollar General Stores
- Republic Services, Inc.
Personnel Information
Partners
David Barron
North Las Vegas, NV
Admitted
- California, 1981
- Nevada, 1981
- U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1981
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
Dave Barron was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began working with insurers and their insureds while still in law school. His broad professional experience ranges from insurance coverage and defense of primary and excess insurers in bad faith actions to complex bodily injury claims; major auto, trucking and transportation accidents; construction defects and failures; products liability; professional liability; premises liability (including security related lawsuits); environmental and asbestos litigation; approximately 100 jury trials; and appeals.
Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Publications:
- Author: "Insurance Litigation in Nevada", National Business Institute
Education:
- The University of Utah, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1977
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1980
William H. Pruitt
North Las Vegas, NV
Admitted
- Utah, 1991
- Nevada, 1998
- U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1991
- U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2010
Bill Pruitt is from a military family, his dad, a Pearl Harbor veteran. If his approach to practicing law could be summed up in two words they’d probably be "Get ready." So while most cases settle, he still looks at each of them as if one day he may have to answer "Yes, your honor," to what’s usually the first question a judge asks—"Ready, counsel?" Bill handles cases in Nevada and Utah courts. In addition to trial work, his practice emphasizes major bodily injury claims; traffic and transportation accidents; products liability; insurance coverage disputes and bad faith litigation; asbestos claims; professional negligence; complex litigation and appeals.
Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Education:
- Brigham Young University, B.A., 1987
- University of Idaho, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1990
Language:
- Spanish
Associates
John D. Barron
North Las Vegas, NV
Admitted
- Nevada, 2016
- Colorado, 2019
- U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 2016
Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Clark County Bar Association
Education:
- The University of Utah, B.S. (cum laude), 2008
- The University of Utah, J.D., 2013
Joseph R. Meservy
North Las Vegas, NV
Admitted
- Nevada, 2016
- U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2019
Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Clark County Bar Association
- American Inns of Court
Education:
- Brigham Young University, B.A., 2011
- Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D. (Dean's Honor Roll), 2015
Language:
- Japanese
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