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Attorney at Law, Self-employed, 2014-present

Associate Attorney, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Associate Attorney, Hall Jaffe Clayton, Limited Liability Partnership, 2013-2014

Summer Associate, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, 2008-2008

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Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I was raised, mostly in Tennessee, by a school teacher and a retirement home director. My parents always worked hard to provide for my sister and me, and to teach us both important life lessons. One of those lessons went something like this: if you see a problem, look for the solution. In other words, anyone can sit on the sidelines and complain that something is wrong, but good citizenship requires something more -- it requires us to be doers, not just talkers.
My wife Apryl was born and raised here in Las Vegas, and she has seen our city grow and change considerably. While I was learning important life lessons from my parents in Louisiana and Tennessee, Apryl was learning the same life lessons here in Nevada from her grandmother, an immigrant to this country, and a proud and active, 37-year member of the Culinary Union. Apryl and I are now raising two daughters here ourselves, instilling these same values in them, and we try to pass along the lesson of being part of the solution to our older daughter Bella, a nine-year-old rising fourth-grader. When our younger daughter Harper is older, we will do the same for her, but she won't turn one until after Election Day this year, so there are some other important life lessons she needs to learn first!

I moved to Las Vegas permanently in 2009, and this city and its people have been very good to me. I am proud to call Las Vegas my home. But I realize that many of my friends and neighbors wouldn't say the same for themselves. For the last seven years, I have listened to my fellow Nevadans' concerns. I have noted some of my own concerns. And I have talked -- in courtrooms, boardrooms, and around dining room tables -- about the challenges our community faces. Now, it is time to heed the lesson my parents taught me, the same lesson I hope to teach my own daughters: to become a doer, and not just a talker, not only to see the problems, but to actively look for, and work toward, the solutions.

As a family lawyer, I am in the solutions business already. And I get a front-row seat to the parade of problems my fellow Las Vegans encounter on a regular basis. Our seniors are vulnerable to predatory practices, a broken guardianship system, and a lack of access to critical services. Our students are facing class sizes that are far too large and testing that is far too frequent. Our neighbors are dying from traffic accidents and gun violence at alarming rates. Our LGBTQ friends still face discrimination. Our sister faces an enormous risk of domestic abuse, and our brother just had to shutter his rooftop solar startup. The challenges facing our valley are indeed great, but they are by no means insurmountable. As one of my personal heroes, Robert F. Kennedy, famously remarked, difficult times can cause despair, but they are also, more importantly, "filled with opportunity."

I am running to represent the people of District 37 -- and indeed of all of Las Vegas -- in the Nevada Assembly, because I want to be a doer for our community. I am running to be a dedicated and steadfast advocate of and for the good people I meet every day in this beautiful valley we call home. I am running to be a part of the solution. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike, we are all Las Vegans, and Nevadans, first. Whoever you are, and whatever challenges you and your family are facing, I pledge that I will be Your Advocate in the Assembly, and I sincerely appreciate your support.