Adam Hosmer-Henner

Practice Areas

Appellate

Commercial & Complex Litigation

Gaming & Administrative Law

Career

Adam Hosmer-Henner represents Nevada’s largest companies and entities in high-profile cases throughout the state. He is Chair of the Appellate Practice Group and has handled over forty appeals at the Nevada Supreme Court and argued multiple cases before the Court. Mr. Hosmer-Henner represents his clients in litigation and arbitration involving a wide range of complex matters and focuses on health care, gaming, antitrust and unfair trade practices, intellectual property, trusts and estates, and commercial torts.

Mr. Hosmer-Henner previously worked in the Antitrust and Competition Department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York. He also worked as a legal advisor for the Remote Gambling Association in Brussels, Belgium where he counseled the association and its members on regulatory, tax and competition issues affecting the European online gambling sector.

Professional Memberships

Member, Commission to Study the Adjudication of Business Law Cases

Member, Commission on the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure

Member, Appellate Litigation Section, State Bar of Nevada (past Chair)

Member, Lawyer Advertising Advisory Committee, State Bar of Nevada

Member, Pro Bono Committee, Nevada Supreme Court

Member, Pro Bono Committee, U.S. District Court of the District of Nevada

Lawyer Representative, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada (2023-2025)

Member, Bruce R. Thompson American Inn of Court

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Washoe County Bar Association

Member, Clark County Bar Association

Graduate, Leadership Program, Reno + Sparks Chamber of Commerce

Publications

Presentations and Publications

Author, Non-Final, Appealable Administrative Orders, Appellate Briefs, The Writ, Washoe County Bar Association, Sept/Oct 2023

Author, Navigating Multi-Party Appeals, Appellate Briefs, The Writ, Washoe County Bar Association, May/June 2023

Moderator, judges panel on Civil Practice, District of Nevada’s Federal District Conference, May 11, 2023

Author, A Wynn for the Nevada Gaming Commission, Appellate Briefs, The Writ, Washoe County Bar Association, Sept/Oct 2022

Author, The Virtual Raise It or Waive It: Preserving an Accurate Appellate Record of Remote Trial Court Proceedings, Nevada Lawyer, June 2021

Author, Co-operating to Reduce the International Regulatory Burden, European Gaming Lawyer, Winter 2013

Author, In-Room Mobile Gaming in Nevada, Casino Lawyer, Fall 2011

Author, Preventing Game-Fixing: Sports Books as Information Markets, 14 Gaming L. Rev. 31 (2010) (Shannon Bybee Award for outstanding paper on a subject in the field of gaming law)

Author, Unstable Equilibriums in the European Gambling Market, European Gaming Lawyer, Winter 2010

Personal

Community Involvement

Member, Board of Trustees, Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN)

Pro Bono, Lawyer in the Library program, Washoe County Law Library

Pro Bono, Office of Military Legal Assistance, Nevada Attorney General’s Office

Pro Bono, Project Salute, Young Lawyers Section, State Bar of Nevada

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Nevada

California

New York

Work Highlights

Prime Healthcare Services – Reno, LLC v. Hometown Health Providers Insurance Company, Inc. et al., Case No. 3:21-c-00226 (District of Nevada)

Lewis v. Renown Regional Medical Center, Inc., Case No. 74300 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Turner v. Renown Regional Medical Center, Inc., Case No. 77312 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Cabral v. Caesars Entertainment Corp., Case No. 78580 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Artman v. Eldorado Resorts, Inc., Case No. 89879 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Fair Maps Nevada et al. v. Cegavske et al., Case No. 3:20-cv-00271 (District of Nevada)

Jackson v. Fair Maps Nevada PAC, Case No. 80563 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Washoe County School District v. Washoe County, Case No. 83592 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Schmidt v. Kieckhefer, Case No. 66528 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Hyatt v. Yee (California Franchise Tax Board, Case No. 15-15296 (Ninth Circuit)

In re: HCV Prison Litigation, Case No. 3:19-cv-00577-MMD-CLB (U.S. District of Nevada) (Lead Class Counsel)

Paliotta v. State, Dept. of Corrections, Case No. 66664 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Carone v. Div. of Indus. Relations, Case No. 70718 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Church v. Washoe County, Case No. 71884 (Nevada Supreme Court)

Education

Awards